Sechseläutenmarsch

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The Sechseläutenmarsch is a march whose origin is not fully understood. It is considered the unofficial anthem of the city of Zurich and is played in particular at the Zurich Sechseläuten ; hence the name. In Germany it is played as the march of the voluntary hunters from the wars of liberation or the old hunters march .

history

It is not clear who actually composed the Sechseläutenmarsch. Melodic similarities can be found in the time of Louis XIV; for example, Jean Baptiste Lully is named as a composer. According to other sources, its origin is said to be in the Tsarist Empire, where it is said to have been played as the "Gschwindmarsch of the foot troops in Suvorov's time". Prussian troops took it over and called it "March of the volunteer hunters from the Wars of Liberation 1813 - 1815" ( AM II, 239).

Around 1870 the Konstanzer Regimentmusik and the Colmarer Dragoon Music took part in the Sechseläuten and played the hunter's march there, which was enthusiastically adopted by the Zurich guilds. The fanfare-like introduction is mostly left out today. The march is still occasionally played in military parades in Russia today . He can also be found at the Biewerumer Quetschekerb .

In Rottweil , it is traditionally played by the youth band at the fool's jump, which leads the "fool seed" (children). Only then does the town band follow with the well-known fool's march and the fools in traditional fool's dress.

Among other things, the former Zurich local radio station Radio Z (now Energy Zurich ) used the beginning of the melody of the march as a jingle for the news program between the start of broadcasting in 1983 and around 1986 .

text

Due to the distinctive melody, text underlay is used trivially (e.g. as carnival music ). The following is sung to the melody of the march:

Another soul saved from alcohol-et
Another soul released from alcohol

Web links

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  • A detailed history of the Sechseläuten march can be found in: Thomas Sprecher, Zunft zur Schiffleuten (ed.): History of the Zunft zur Schiffleuten von Zürich , Volumes I and II, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-033-06317-4 , here: Volume II, pages 442-445.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alter Jäger-March ( Memento from December 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). In: salinia.de .
  2. ↑ The Sechseläuten March
  3. ↑ Audio sample on YouTube
  4. ↑ Another soul saved from alcohol on YouTube