graduation march
Cap-and-gown anthem
A graduation march is a piece of music played during academic commencement ceremonies, typically as graduates process in or out.
The most famous is Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1," so ubiquitous at American graduations that hearing it evokes caps and gowns: The graduation march started and we filed toward our seats.
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- circumstanceCondition affecting an event
- pomp and circumstanceShowy formal ceremony
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
- diplomaAcademic completion document
cap · gown · cap and gown · tassel · ceremony · commencement · class of 2024 · recessional · brass · fanfare · orchestra · triumph · achievement · mortarboard · stage · walk · procession · Elgar
- school songsalma mater, fight song, school anthem, fight songs, rally songs
- celebration musichappy birthday, anniversary waltz, first dance song, bridal chorus, here comes the bride
- celebration songshappy birthday, birthday song, wedding song, anniversary song, victory song
- processionsparade, procession, funeral procession, military parade, motorcade
- processional musicrecessional, entrance music, bridal chorus, introit, exit music
- Ritual Musicprocessional, recessional, requiem, Gregorian chant, hymns
life ceremony music
graduation marchfuneral march
Music accompanying a coffin
funeral dirge · death march · wedding march · requiem · taps
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