Cavalry march
A cavalry march is a work of military marching music that originally served as background music for the movement of mounted troops ( cavalry , field artillery ) in the field and during parades . Due to the special rhythm of the horse step , such marches were usually written in 6/8 time , the hard 2/4 or 4/4 time of the infantry marches was not very suitable. The occupation of the cavalry trumpet corps ( fanfares , timpani ) also differed significantly from their counterparts in the foot troops ( trumpets , whistles , small drums ).
With the end of the cavalry as a component of modern armies, cavalry marches have lost the actual purpose of their musical characteristics; today they serve as traditional marches of all branches of arms, on an equal footing with infantry marches . For reasons of tradition, there are still mounted units in some countries ( Great Britain , France (see picture), Sweden etc.) that also have a cavalry trumpet corps .
Cavalry marches were divided into three categories according to their tempo : marches at walk (slow tempo), marches at trot (faster tempo) and marches at gallop (fast tempo). Mounted units usually had a presentation or deployment march as well as a traditional march each at walk, at a trot and one at a gallop.
In the German army march collection there are cavalry marches in III. Collection, in the army march collection in collections IIIA and IIIB.
Well-known German cavalry marches
- Parade march of the 18 hussars (also Großenhainer) - Alwin Müller
- Free away! - Carl Latann
- The Great Elector's Riding March - Kuno Graf von Moltke
- Hie good Brandenburg all the way! (Fanfare March No. 1) - Richard Henrion
- Fehrbelliner Reitermarsch (Fanfare March No. 2) - Richard Henrion
- Crusader Fanfare - Richard Henrion
- Finnish Cavalry March - unknown
- March of the Hanoverian Dragoon Regiment "Cambridge" - unknown
- Cuirassier march "Great Elector" - Walther von Simon