Something for the weekend. The Triumphal March from Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi. A play written in 1971 and set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the first part of the March has always struck me as the passing of History set to music.
Triumphal March
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
The beginning of my husband’s and my married “history”. I chose it for our wedding march almost 57 years ago! My mother, the church organist, was at first reluctant…”It’s so pagan…” But so is Mendelssohn’s.
My bride and I are newly weds by comparison! Thirty-seven years this December! Our wedding march was Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1088E6E2fY
My husband chose this music for the entrance to our nuptial Mass.
43 years in NOV.
How very beautiful