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Land of Hope and Glory

music 1901; words 1902; first sung June 1902 · 20th century

The tune is the broad "trio" melody of Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, composed in 1901. King Edward VII told Elgar that the melody would make a great song, and when Elgar was asked to write a work for the King's coronation he took up the idea in his Coronation Ode, to words by the poet and essayist A. C. Benson, using the march's melody in its first and last sections.

Songs in history

Land of Hope and Glory1902

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Land of Hope and Glory. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/land-of-hope-and-glory
MLA
“Land of Hope and Glory.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/land-of-hope-and-glory. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Land of Hope and Glory.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/land-of-hope-and-glory.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Land of Hope and Glory’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/land-of-hope-and-glory (Accessed: ).

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