Helenenmarsch

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The Helenenmarsch ( Army March II, 127 (173)) was composed in 1857 by the Prussian military musician Friedrich Lübbert (1818-1892). The march was originally created under the title Black and White after the Prussian national colors ; it is seldom carried under this title even today.

At the time of the composition, Lübbert was music director of the 35th Infantry Regiment stationed in the Federal Fortress of Luxembourg . As in previous years, the Berlin music publisher Bote & Bock had announced a composition competition for a new parade march . The winner of more than a hundred submitted competition entries was Lübbert with his march with the original title Black and White . He later dedicated the march to the Berlin writer and Salonnière Helene von Hülsen . The reason for the reallocation is not known. The frequently read statement that the dedicatee was the wife of Lübbert's regimental commander is obviously incorrect; Helene's husband, Botho von Hülsen , was rather general manager of the Royal Drama in Berlin in 1857. The composition is especially noticeable by their extremely catchy and peppy theme on which, due to its accuracy in 2 / 4 - stroke is particularly well suited for the soundtrack of the march passage.

The Helenenmarsch was the traditional march of the Panzer Artillery Battalion 25 ( PzArtBtl 25 ) of the Bundeswehr . Later he served as such a. a. the Army Command in Koblenz, which was dissolved in 2012 . Today it is the march of the Center for Geoinformation of the Bundeswehr , based in Euskirchen .

The Helenenmarsch achieved a certain degree of popularity in Germany in the 1970s , as Loriot selected it as the music for his cabaret portrayal of Grandpa Hoppenstedt in the sketch Christmas at Hoppenstedts . The scene in which Hoppenstedt underscores the march rhythm of the Helenenmarsch with sweeping arm movements is certainly one of the cult scenes of German television comedy today .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen von Arnim: German Soldier Yearbook. Schild Verlag, 1982, p. 357 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  2. ^ Helenenmarsch at the Rundel music publisher.
  3. ↑ Loriot - Grandpa Hoppenstedt - Helenenmarsch - 10 min on YouTube .