Dessau March
The Dessau March , also called Alter Dessauer ( Army March I, 1b), is a slow infantry march .
It is believed that it originally came from Italy . After the battle of Cassano in 1705, Leopold I von Anhalt-Dessau is said to have played the melody of a folk song , which he liked so much that he wanted to hear it all the time. Already at the battle of Turin a year later, the march is said to have been played on his entry into the city. The Dessau is characterized by sophisticated trumpet solos. Until the First World War it was the presentation march of the infantry regiment Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau No. 26.
literature
- Hans-Peter Stein: Transfeldt. Word and custom in the army and the navy. 9th, revised and expanded edition. Stuttgart 1986.
Web links
Wikisource: This is how we live - popular ridiculous version of the Dessau March. In: Silcher / Erk (Hrsg.): Allgemeines Deutsches Kommersbuch , No. 756, Verlag Moritz Schauenburg, Lahr 1858
