- Prince of Denmark's March
The Prince of Denmark's March, commonly, though erroneously, known as the "
Trumpet Voluntary ", is a work byJeremiah Clarke , composed around 1699. Clarke was the first organist of the then newly rebuilt St. Paul's Cathedral.For many years, the piece was incorrectly attributed to his elder, and more widely-known, contemporary,
Henry Purcell , who was organist of Westminster Abbey. The misattribution emanated from an arrangement for organ, that was published in the 1870s by a Dr.William Spark , then town organist ofLeeds . It was later adopted by Sir Henry Wood in his well-known arrangement fortrumpet ,string orchestra and organ.The oldest source is a collection of keyboard pieces published in 1700. A contemporary version for wind instruments also survives. [Randel, Don Michael (1996). "The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music", p. 164. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674372999.] According to some sources, the march was originally written in honour of
George, Prince of Denmark , the consort of the then Princess, later QueenAnne of Great Britain .The march is very popular as
wedding music [Bride Magazine, Inc. (2003). "Bride's Book of Etiquette", p. 231. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group. ISBN 0399528660.] (it was played during thewedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles inSt Paul's Cathedral ) and was often broadcast by theBBC duringWorld War II , especially when broadcasting to occupiedDenmark . It is also used as the march of the Nobel prize laureates at the Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm on December 10th.A brief portion of the tune can be heard at the end of the
Chumbawumba song, "Tubthumping ", and also during the fade-out of theBeatles songs, "All You Need Is Love " and "It's All Too Much ".Notes
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*cite journal |last= Cudworth|first= CL|authorlink= |year= 1953|month= |title= Some New Facts About the Trumpet Voluntary|journal=
The Musical Times |volume= 94|issue= 1327| publisher =Novello & Co | location =London |pages= pp. 401–403|issn= 00274666|oclc= 53165808|id= |url= |accessdate= |quote=|doi= 10.2307/933069External links
* [http://www.easybyte.org Easybyte] - free easy piano music for The Prince of Denmark's March
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* [http://www.virtuallybaroque.com/track077.htm Recording performed on a virtual organ]
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