Composition Year | 1927 |
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Genre Categories | Fanfares; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra |
Work Title | Civic Fanfare |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Elgar, Edward |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IEE 150 |
Key | B-flat major |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1927 |
First Performance. | 1927/09/04 |
Dedication | Percy C. Hull |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Early 20th century |
Instrumentation | Orchestra: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba timpani, percussion, organ, viola, cello, bass |
Extra Information | Written for the mayoral procession at the opening of the Three Choirs Festival at Hereford Cathedral, 4 September 1927. Scored for full symphony orchestra without 1st and 2nd violins. Intended to be followed a side drum roll leading to Elgar's arrangement of "God Save the King" when the orchestral violins (silent until then) join with the chorus. |