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 | | An interesting account of the introduction of Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 to academic processionals in the US can be found at http://www.elgar,org/3pomp-b.htm Now, for bonus points: people have been singing Gaudeamus Igitur around academe for a very long time. |
 | | I was told this from an early age BTW, as my father was born in Worcester, England, which is famous for four things: Elgar, the sauce, the porcelain factory and the Civil War battle. |
 | | The melody is particularly well known because of its inclusion in Brahms, "Akademische Fest-Ouverture" for orchestra published in 1881." Apparently, some of the verses of "Gaudeamus Igitur" do appear in 13th century manuscripts, but certainly not the entire song. |
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