No work of music has a greater lock on a single ritual than Edward Elgar’s Pomp & Circumstance March no. 1 does on American graduations. Cock an ear in the direction of high school and university ...

Graduations throughout the United States erupt with some familiar sounds every year: the passionate cheering of friends and families, the lofty grandeur of speeches and, of course, one very ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roll out the pomp and dust off the circumstance: Beginning today at 6 p.m., approximately 721 young adults will graduate at high ...