when did elgar compose
The song -- the trio section of the first march in a series written by Elgar -- was not written with the intention of being a graduation processional. Elgar built up his reputation as a composer of works for great choral festivals throughout England. In 1901, Elgar began composing five marches that would be named Pomp and Circumstance Marches.. He is perhaps best known for the first of the marches, which went on to be simply named, Pomp and Circumstance, or The Graduation March..