Marcha de Ituzaingó

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Marcha de Ituzaingó is the name of an Argentine military march . This march is next to Office Sash ( Banda Presidencial de la Argentina ) and mace ( Bastón de mando ) of the President to one of three would sign the Argentine presidency . The march is played at every public appearance by the President of Argentina upon arrival; also at certain ceremonies in which civil and military representatives are involved, when the troop flags of the military units involved are withdrawn . Since its first performance on May 25, 1827, the 17th anniversary of theMay Revolution , this always remained the function of this piece of music, with the exception of the period from January 26, 1946 to August 28, 1959, in which the San Lorenzo March was used as the presidential march .

The Marcha de Ituzaingó was one of the first own marches of the independent Argentine state. The march is a purely instrumental piece written by an unknown composer. However, it is often attributed to the Brazilian Emperor Peter I , a well-known amateur composer who is said to have dedicated it to Margrave Felisberto Caldeira Brant , commander of the Brazilian associations in the Argentine-Brazilian War . The march fell into Argentine hands at the Battle of Ituzaingó on February 20, 1827, which ended in the defeat of the Brazilians. After various accounts of the events, the Argentine troops found a score either in a bag or box left on the battlefield or in the pocket of a fallen Brazilian soldier. This score is said to have stated that the march was to be played after the first great victory of the Brazilian army and was to be named after the place where this battle would have taken place. Carlos María de Alvear , the commander of the Argentine troops, took the words of the unknown author as an opportunity to name the march, which premiered a few weeks later, after the battle of Ituzaingó. Contrary to the intentions of its original author, the march has since been reminiscent of a victory for the armed forces of Argentina .

The Marcha de Ituzaingó was used by the military junta after the overthrow of President Isabel Perón as symbolic signature music for the announcement of Communiqué No. 1 on March 24, 1976 at 3:21 a.m., with which the public informed and informed about the military coup it was set that the armed forces had taken control of the country. The piece of music thus marked the beginning of the ( euphemistically ) "Process of National Reorganization" designated Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983) .

literature

  • Gesualdo, Vicente: Historia de Bandas Militares. In: Todo es Historia , Las Bandas Militares edition : el coraje a través del ritmo , 1977.

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