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nyphil: Walking Music This time of year, our home base of Avery Fisher Hall is, by day, a bustle of activity for college graduation ceremonies as students from the likes of NYU and Fordham march across the stage, sheepskin in hand. It recently led us to unearth this score copy of Elgar’s Military March No. 1, the trio of which is better known as Pomp and Circumstance, from our Digital Archives. But, as one of our Facebook fans asked: Why is this the graduation song to beat all graduation songs? “Pomp and Circumstance” was first heard in its popular use at Yale University’s 1905 graduation, where Elgar was receiving an honorary doctorate of music. As a result, Yale music professor Samuel Sanford (a friend of Elgar’s) incorporated a few works by the composer into the proceedings, including the trio from March No. 1 as a recessional. It’s still used in that capacity at Yale, and quickly became a popular processional for other colleges and high schools. The work was first heard at the Philharmonic two years after Elgar received his honorary degree from Yale, in 1907 at a concert conducted by Walter Damrosch. So, I think the point of this whole thing is that we should blame yale for making the piece popular. DAMN YOU YALE. #forever haunted.
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saxopwns: Yamaha NAMM Custom Z Silver by gvSAXBOY on Flickr.
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victoriousvocabulary: FORZA [noun] musical force. [Raluca Turliu Cobilanschi]
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passionfordisaster: Have you ever triangled so hard?
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fluteheaven: Simba and the Flute by =Puffleduck on deviantART on We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/54810718/via/botdf2121 omg too cute
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leadingtone: Josef Hofmann performs at the old Metropolitan Opera (National Archives & Records Administration)
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gershwinning: deceptivecadenza: shostalicious: flutterflute: shostalicious: hjaxon1701: shostalicious: flutterflute: Sh-Shostakovich??? I thought he was Harry Potter when I saw this picture!!!! …..Oh my goodness :O bu he’s smiling derpy shosty???!!!?!?? Oh Dmitri. Adorably derpy Dmitri. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Dmitri Shostakovich, one of the greatest composers of the Soviet Union and winner of Witch Weekly’s Most Charming Smile Award. derpmitri better become a thing let’s make this happen come on tiny shosty fanbase, the fate of your favorite dead russian composer’s fandom rests in your hands! “derpmitri better become a thing let’s make this happen” YES YES YES YES YES *ahem* dear tumblr user deceptivecadenza, i’m sorry. this hurts me in a bad place in a bad way “Shosty fanbase” omg
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Star Trek Into the Darkness Soundtrack?

#will be on repeat for the next week. 

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saxopwns: bow by jaydumars on Flickr.
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