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Edward Elgar "Land of Hope and Glory Mother of the Free" Clara Butt LYRICS Pomp and Circumstance

Dear Land of Hope, thy hope is crowned-- God make thee mightier yet! On sovereign brows, beloved, renowned, Once more thy crown is set. Thine equal laws by freedom gained Have ruled thee well and long; By freedom gained, by truth maintained, Thine Empire shall be strong. Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, how shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set; God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet! Edward Elgar's song "Land of Hope and Glory" takes its melody from Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D." That march had its premiere in Liverpool on October 19, 1901, which was several months after Queen Victoria died. Its Trio section has the melody that caught on--the tune soon-to-be-known-as "Land of Hope and Glory." Victoria's son, Edward was to be crowned king after waiting a long time for this job. Edward reportedly told Elgar that the trio part of his March would make a fine song if words were added. Elgar asked the poet and essayist A. C. Benson to write words to this melody already popularized in the previously published Elgar work. But the King became deathly ill, which meant a postponement of the coronation until August 1902. Elgar's "new" song (in a sense it was new but the melody was already known) was first performed in June 1902, nearly 9 months after the march called "Pomp and Circumstance" was heard for the first time--but two months before Edward's coronation ceremony. Madame Clara Butt introduced the new song. What a voice! A true contralto voice is rare to begin with, but Clara Butt also brought to audience perfect diction and volume. Clara Butt was born in 1872 in Southwick, Sussex. In 1900 Clara married Kennerley Rumford. The singer was often photographed with her husband, two sons, and daughter--the camera suggested a perfect British family! Her voice was loud though don't take seriously the idea that one could hear her voice across the English Channel--it was never tried, I'm sure. A conductor said her voice could be heard across the Channel to make the point that Butt was loud. Edward Elgar composed pieces with the unique voice of Clara Butt in mind. She helped popularize the piece Elgar is now most famous for--I think of it as "Land of Hope and Glory" but it is usually titled "Pomp and Circumstance." One is a vocal version of a fine melody, the other instrumental. Clara Butt died in 1936. Edward Elgar "Land of Hope and Glory Mother of the Free" Clara Butt LYRICS Pomp and Circumstance