Adolf Scherzer

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Portrait of Adolf Scherzer
Scherzer's tombstone

Jacob Philipp Adolf Scherzer (also Adolf Scherzer ; born November 4, 1815 in Neustadt an der Aisch ; † January 23, 1864 in Ingolstadt ) was a Bavarian military musician and composer .

Life

Adolf Scherzer was born as a scion of the Neustädter branch of the Franconian family of musicians Scherzer, which was decisive for the city music of Erlangen and Ansbach . He received music lessons on many instruments from his father Jacob.

At the age of 18, he volunteered in the Royal Bavarian 7th Infantry Regiment in Ingolstadt in 1834 and became Royal Bavarian Music Master there in 1848 . In this position he composed several marches, of which the Avancier-March, created around 1850 - now known as the Bavarian Defiliermarsch  - is the most popular.

He is buried in the Westfriedhof in Ingolstadt in a grave of honor .

Scherzer monument in Neustadt an der Aisch

In 1995, Scherzer erected a memorial at Peter-Kolb- Platz in his native Neustadt an der Aisch .

Works (selection)

For wind orchestra

  • Goodbye in Schleswig , March
  • Bavarian parade march (formerly the Ingolstadt parade march and advance march ), around 1850
  • A harmless joke
  • March of the Hohenhausen regiment
  • New year polka

literature

  • Wolfgang Mück: The Royal Bay. Music master Jacob Philipp Adolph Scherzer (1815-1864). Composer of the "Bavarian Parade March". Schmidt, Neustadt ad Aisch 1996, ISBN 978-3-87707-495-4 .
  • Wolfgang Mück: In the middle of Franconia. Neustadt an der Aisch . Verlag Degener & Co., Neustadt ad Aisch 1999, p. 112 ISBN 3-7686-9260-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Scherzer, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scherzer, Jacob Philipp Adolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian military musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt an der Aisch
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1864
Place of death Ingolstadt