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"Imperial Edward" is an American military march composed in 1902 by John Philip Sousa, and dedicated to Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom. Sousa received permission to dedicate the march to Edward VII during a conversation with the royal family after his command performance concert at Sandringham on December 1, 1901. The march was premiered by Sousa's band with a performance in Montreal on May 21, 1902. Sousa would later conduct the piece for King Edward in January 1903, during a performance at Windsor Castle.
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| dbo:abstract | "Imperial Edward" is an American military march composed in 1902 by John Philip Sousa, and dedicated to Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom. Sousa received permission to dedicate the march to Edward VII during a conversation with the royal family after his command performance concert at Sandringham on December 1, 1901. The march was premiered by Sousa's band with a performance in Montreal on May 21, 1902. Sousa would later conduct the piece for King Edward in January 1903, during a performance at Windsor Castle. (en) |
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| dbp:author | John Philip Sousa (en) |
| dbp:caption | 1903 (xsd:integer) dbr:John_Philip_Sousa dbr:Edward_VII Sandringham House, where Sousa requested and received permission from the royal family to dedicate a march to King Edward VII in 1901 (en) |
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| dbp:dedication | King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (en) |
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| dbp:genre | March (en) |
| dbp:header | Edward VII and Sousa (en) |
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| dbp:name | Imperial Edward (en) |
| dbp:published | 1902 (xsd:integer) |
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| dbp:text | 94.0 This short but vigorous break strain ends with a decrescendo in m. 86 leading to a soft statement of the final strain first time through. The cymbal crash in m. 83 should be let to ring all the way to m. 86. (en) This trio is also unusual in its performance practice. Piccolo, E-flat clarinet, cornets, trombones, and cymbals are still tacet at the beginning of the trio, and clarinets remain down the octave. However, in m. 46 and m. 50, cornets and trombones enter for only the four quarter notes indicated, with a poco crescendo, as an answer to the trio melody in the woodwinds. All instruments then re-enter for the crescendo to forte/fortissimo in m. 55-58. The whole scheme then repeats beginning with the subito piano pick-up note in m. 58, and the trombones have a surprise soli statement of “God Save the King” from m. 60-65, which is suddenly played forte over the rest of the band . (en) The pick-up half note to the first strain in m. 8 is usually changed to mezzo-forte from the original fortissimo to allow for a crescendo in the first three measures of the strain. Beat two of m. 11 is the peak of the phrase and is typically followed by a sfz accent in the percussion on the next downbeat. All voices then immediately decrescendo to piano and start the dynamic process over again in the second half of the strain. (en) This second strain is typically performed with alterations both times, rather than just the first time. Piccolo, E-flat clarinet, cornets, and trombones and cymbals are tacet both times, and euphonium and tenor saxophone are also tacet the first time only. Clarinets are down one octave form the original both times, and all instruments play at piano with a crescendo to mezzo-forte in m. 38 as indicated. On the repeat, all parts are played exactly the same except for the addition of the countermelody in euphonium and tenor saxophone. (en) I have never written a piece of music that I did not feel the inspiration. I have never turned out but one piece that I consider in any manner mechanical. That was “Imperial Edward,” the march I dedicated to King Edward on my second [sic] command to play before him—and that had to be finished in a hurry. For a part of it I felt an inspiration. For the rest, instead of digging down to the vein of gold, I struck a vein of ashes and used it. (en) The recommended tempo is 118-120 bpm. The accent on beat two of m. 3 should be stronger than the first four half notes of the march and be slightly delayed. The cymbal crashes on the downbeats of m. 5-8 are all choked to leave space for the cornet/trumpet fanfares in those measures. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | "Imperial Edward" is an American military march composed in 1902 by John Philip Sousa, and dedicated to Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom. Sousa received permission to dedicate the march to Edward VII during a conversation with the royal family after his command performance concert at Sandringham on December 1, 1901. The march was premiered by Sousa's band with a performance in Montreal on May 21, 1902. Sousa would later conduct the piece for King Edward in January 1903, during a performance at Windsor Castle. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Imperial Edward (en) |
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