Discussion

Thanks Jane for your contribution. I think all ‘ranking’ of composers is a bit misleading and it was with tongue in cheek that I said Elgar was the better composer. In fact I like both but Elgar had such a wide range. The Pomp and Circumstance Number 4 is , I think, wonderfully evocative of Edwardian England and a better piece than the March Number 1 though this too has had ‘words’ set to it which I remmber singing at school . It reminds me of the existing Edwardian buildings in London.It isn’t jingoistic in essence but does reflect the fact that it was written in Imperial times.

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