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27-411: The basis for the creation of an extensive set of scores for military brass bands lies in a highest cabinet order ( Allerhöchste Kabinettsorder ) of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia on 10 February 1817 requesting a selection of proven compositions for every regiment of infantry, cavalry and artillery: In order to assist the regiments of the army in the selection of good military music, I have had

54-561: A number of well-proved pieces prepared, and a set of them is to be supplied to each regiment. As, in this way, the army will come into the possession of good music, I decree that on all ceremonial occasions, at grand parades, and reviews, and particularly those at which I am present, no other marches will be played. Friedrich Wilhelm III's initial collection consisted of 36 slow marches and 36 quick marches for infantry. This Army March Collection in time contained Prussian, Austrian and Russian marches, divided into three collections: Marches in

81-483: A total of 152 marches. The German Misplaced Pages article on the Armeemarschsammlung includes a comprehensive list based on Stephan ’s work de:Armeemarschsammlung . The only Luftwaffe march incorporated into the collection was Gustav Rath 's " Flieger-Parade " HM II, 143 (added in 1933). Rath 's march had won a competition in 1932 for army marches. Luftwaffenmusikinspizient (Chief of Music for

108-455: Is 1275 (the march "Semper Paratus" likely published in 1936 ) and the lowest is 9 (for "Fliegerhelden Marsch"). There are long gaps in the sequence of opus numbers and many marches have no opus number assigned. At least 300 of his marches were published (by thirty different publishers), but many more are lost or destroyed . Over 100 of Blankenburg's marches were recorded in the Heritage of

135-510: Is likely the most prolific march composer in history. For twenty years he composed at least one march a week . His one thousandth march was composed in 1928: "Der Tausendkünstler" (Jack of All Trades), dedicated to fellow composer Paul Lincke . He continued to compose marches until 1948 . Blankenburg numbered his march compositions at 1,328, but he was careless in assigning opus numbers or in completing compositions. He also renamed some older marches with new titles. The highest known opus number

162-723: The Armeemarschsammlung . Of these famous march composers, in the Heeresmarsch collection only Blon (" Unter dem Siegesbanner ", HM II, 152) and " Victoria " (HM II, 153); Friedemann (" Kaiser Friederich ", HM II, 151); and Teike (" Alte Kameraden ", HM II, 150) are included. Reasons for their lack of inclusion are several: These composers not being in military service in their most productive years, their marches considered more suitable to concert rather than parade use, and finally their marches considered more technically difficult than those adopted for either

189-599: The Historische Märsche und sonstige Compositionen für das kaiserliche und königliche Heer (Historical Marches and Other Compositions for the Imperial and Royal Army) was ready in time for Franz Joseph I of Austria ’s fiftieth jubilee year of 1898. Included were 49 marches and military tunes, including 36 officially recognized regimental marches arranged numerically by regiment: from the 1er Regimentsmarsch "Trautenauer Gefechtsmarsch" by Ferdinand Preis to

216-490: The 79er Regimentsmarsch "Jellačić-Marsch" (Anon). The official branch marches of the artillery (" Artillerie-Marsch " composer unknown) and navy (" Tegetthoff-Marsch " by Anton Rosenkranz ) plus one of the military academy marches (" Jung Österreich Marsch " by Andreas Leonhardt ) were also included in the publication. By February 1914 there were assigned marches for the four Tiroler Kaiserjägerregiment s as well as 102 Infantry Regiments. A new Army March Collection

243-565: The Bundeswehr and private organizations are attempting to resolve this situation and keep this collection of marches from disappearing. Several recordings have been made of marches from the Armeemarschsammlung with particulars about the collections. These include: Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

270-814: The AM or HM collections. In the early 1960s, Wilhelm Stephan (1908-1994), a military musician in the Bundeswehr , was charged with yet another revision of the Heeresmarschsammlung . Stephan selected the most famous works from the historic collection and assigned a new numbering system, returning to the older AM nomenclature: The marches in Collection I are numbered 1-53, in Collection II 101-164, and in Collection III 201-235, for

297-885: The Air Force 13 August 1936 – 1945) Hans Felix Husadel chose " Flieger-Parade " as Geschwindmärsche no. 47 for a collection of marches suitable for the new air force. At the same time, Carl Clewing and Husadel created a Liederbuch der Luftwaffe containing approved national hymns and song adapted to marches plus a new set of marches for military bands. Marches for the Reichsmarine and its later equivalent Kriegsmarine included HM I, 60 " Holländischer Ehrenmarsch " (i.e. " Präsentiermarsch der Marine ") of Jacob Rauscher; HM I, 61 " Marsch der I. Matrosendivision " of Prinz Heinrich von Preußen ; HM II, 145 " Unsere Marine " of Richard Thiele; and HM II, 156 " Panzerschiff Deutschland " of Erich Schumann. HM II, 130,

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324-549: The March series. His marches are all in the characteristic German style. He was fond of soaring euphonium countermelodies, which require a highly competent euphonium section prepared to perform in the upper register of the instrument. His marches also stress the piccolo, clarinet, and cornet sections. A few months before his 81st birthday, Blankenburg intended to compose another march, but he died in Wesel in 1956 before completing

351-524: The age of ten. He served actively in the military for two years (1896–1898), playing tuba in the band of the 6th Field Artillery Regiment in Breslau . After that his only service was prior to and during the early years of World War I in reserve bands. He played tuba in the band of Field Artillery Regiment No. 43 in Wesel from 1913 until 1915, when he got a medical discharge. He remained in Wesel for

378-437: The classic "Gruß an Kiel" composed in 1864 by Friedrich Spohr , was also considered a navy march by the time it was adopted into the Heeresmarsch . Given the expansion of the fleet begun in 1890 under Kaiser Wilhelm II, " Gruß an Kiel " was often used as a greeting to ships entering and exiting the port of Kiel . All of these marches were adopted into the Heeresmarsch in 1933 except " Panzerschiff Deutschland " which

405-439: The composer's own favorite march). In the 1920s and 30s Blankenburg's marches attained European fame. Instead of accepting commissions, he composed marches when inspired. After World War II his compositional efforts dropped off. Despite the military titles of many of his marches and his short military band service, Blankenburg's compositions were never accorded official recognition by Germany's military authorities. Blankenburg

432-533: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.236 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 942996608 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:41:48 GMT Hermann Louis Blankenburg Hermann Ludwig Blankenburg (14 November 1876 in Thamsbrück – 15 May 1956 in Wesel ) was a German composer of military marches . Blankenburg was the only son of three children of Johann Heinrich and Ernestine Friederike Koch Blankenburg. He

459-601: The lower ranking states of the former Empire. Preparation of this collection ended in 1945. It was now divided into four subgroups: The collection continued to grow and be divided into new distinct groups: Group IV was added in 1929 and included two subdivisions: In 1933 Hermann Schmidt revised and renamed the collection to the Heeresmarschsammlung . Marches infrequently performed were eliminated and marches of Saxony were added. Trots and gallops were added which caused Collection III to be divided into IIIa slow marches and IIIb trots and gallops. The Heeresmarschsammlung

486-543: The marches incorporated into the army march collection have an official number including a Roman numeral designation (denoting collection) and an Arabic number (list number in the collection). Some well known examples: A comprehensive and systematic collection of marches was also created for the Kaiserlich und Königliche Armee (Imperial and Royal Austrian Army). On March 24, 1894, the Imperial and Royal War Ministry issued an order ( Kriegsministerium no. 1157) to create

513-509: The piece. Opinions vary on the quality of his marches. Composer and arranger Gay Corrie has said it is difficult to tell his marches apart but found the euphonium countermelodies and woodwind figures admirable . Commander Charles Brendler of the United States Navy Band 1942-1962 considered him the greatest march writer who ever lived . At the age of 60, he was made an honorary citizen of Thamsbrück. In 1976, Wesel changed

540-492: The publication of a standardized list of marches. This order includes: "The Imperial War Ministry intends to revive and preserve the tradition of outstanding epochs in the history of our nation and army by compiling and publishing in uniform orchestrations the older historic marches which owe their fame to successes in war, as well as suitable marches that were dedicated to the memory of glorious regiments, famous generals, or regimental colonels-in-chief". The official codification,

567-637: The rest of his life. Blankenburg played in and conducted community bands as well as performing in the orchestras in Dortmund , Wuppertal , and Duisburg . He also worked as a bricklayer and a policeman for a short time. His personal life was full of turmoil. In 1917 he was arrested by the military police from his former regiment for "deserting his family". He had married Magdalena Weidmann in Germersheim in 1898. In 1920 he married Käthe Trauthoff and

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594-684: The third (cavalry) collection were first published by Schlesinger in Berlin beginning in 1824 and continued by Bote & Bock in Berlin and finally Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig (a project terminated at the end of World War I). This was titled Collection of Marches and Fanfares for Trumpet-Music for the Use of the Prussian Cavalry ( Sammlung von Marschen und Fanfaren für Trumpetenmusik zum Gebrauch der preußischen Kavallerie ). All

621-613: Was adopted in 1939. A collection of songs for sailors Blaujacken-Lieder (Blue Jacket Songs) was compiled by Gerhard Pallmann for the Kriegsmarine . Many works from the older AM collection are missing original editions or are fragmentary. Some of the composers of the marches are unknown. The destruction of the Prussian State Archives in Potsdam in 1945 is partly to blame. The military music sections of

648-621: Was born with the middle name Louis but changed it to Ludwig later in life perhaps as a connection to Beethoven. Raised on a sheep farm in Thamsbrücke, he was expected to manage the farm someday. However, he showed a propensity for music starting with performing on the piccolo – a favorite instrument his entire life. His family agreed on his studying music as long as he promised to serve in the army for twelve years. Blankenburg taught himself to play various instruments including bassoon, tuba, and violin and he conducted his school orchestra at

675-542: Was decreed by the Reichswehr -Ministerium on May 15, 1925, under the supervision of military musician Hermann Schmidt (who would serve as Heeresmusikinspizient - Chief of Music for the Armed Forces 1929–1945). Old and newly composed marches were incorporated. Marches of the former Royal Prussian, Royal Bavarian, Royal Saxon, and Royal Württemberg Armies were now merged into one collection, alongside those of

702-536: Was denoted as HM (and also VDHM, for Verzeichnis Deutscher Heeresmärsche ). Some marches are noted as in both the AM and HM collections: Two famous marches newly added in the revised numbering scheme: Few of the most famed German march composers were incorporated in the Armeemarschsammlung or Heeresmarsch collections. Prolific and famed march composers Hermann Louis Blankenburg , Franz von Blon , Richard Eilenberg , Carl Friedemann , Ernst Stieberitz , and Carl Teike are not included in

729-624: Was then arrested for bigamy. In 1904, a march he had written years before was submitted to a Hawkes & Son march competition. Hawkes chose Blankenburg's march as the winner, from over 500 submitted, with the proviso the title be changed from "Deutschlands Fürsten" (Germany's Princes) to "Abschied der Gladiatoren" (The Gladiators' Farewell). The march became popular, and Hawkes (also Boosey & Hawkes ) would publish several more of Blankenburg's compositions, including "Adlerflug", "Festjubel", "Territorial", and "Mein Regiment" (the latter said to be

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