Thematic Cat. #:

JH.UE1

First performance:

11 March 1962, London, Royal Albert Hall “Music for an Emperor” concert, Covent Garden Opera Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Horovitz

Duration:

5′

Instrumentation:

2.2.2.2./2.2.0.0.timp.2 perc./strings

Manuscript:

Royal College of Music Library

Notes:

Arrangement of fragments from an early piano edition of a set of marches by Paer, played in the Tuileries Gallery “during the procession of Their Majesties on the day of their Nuptial Blessing.”