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Alexander Frame Lithgow was born on December 1, 1870 in Glasgow (Scotland). When he was 6 years old, his family immigrated to Invercargill, New Zealand. A recognized child prodigy, he was accepted...Concert Band
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MVSR3516
O Vitinho
“O Vitinho” is not only one of the most beautiful Portuguese marches, it rather constitutes a new type of that musical genre that has been virtually unknown in Central Europe that far. An abundance...Concert Band
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MVSR2561
Falkenflug
The term "Sokol" stands for a gymnastics movement that originated in Prague in 1862. The word comes from the Czech language and means "falcon". In Slavic mythology, the qualities of courage and pride...Concert Band
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MVSR2778
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Olympiade
Jaroslav Labský was born in Praskačka (near Königgrätz) in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia. He studied at the Prague Conservatory and was already working as an orchestra...Concert Band
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MVSR3377
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Olympiade
Jaroslav Labský was born in Praskačka (near Königgrätz) in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia. He studied at the Prague Conservatory and was already working as an orchestra...Concert Band
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Prager Leben
Jaroslav Labský was born in Praskačka (near Königgrätz) in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia. He studied at the Prague Conservatory and was already working as an orchestra...Concert Band
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MVSR3380
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Bai-Kai-Lai
Karel Pospíšil was born in Běstvina (Bohemia) in 1867. He first learned the piano and then the violin. Later he became a teacher and school director in Prague. Pospíšil...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR3447
Hoch Heidecksburg
It appears to be the fate of many a great, and even world-famous march that the renown of its often unknown composer is connected with one march only. This definitely holds true for the fascinating...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2007
Steigermarsch
The so-called Steigerlied with its well-known line of text "Glück auf, Glück auf, der Steiger comes" has a truly ancient tradition in Germany. Its age cannot be determined...Concert Band
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MVSR3234
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Schönes Prag
The gymnastics organization “Sokol” fostered Czech national ideas in an especial way. The majority of the Czech population then lived in Central Bohemia where Kolin is located. There...Concert Band
Unterstufe
MVSR0356
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Preußens Gloria
It goes without saying that the victorious Franco-German War of 1870/71 and - associated therewith - the foundation of the German Empire together with the proclamation of the German emperor in the...Concert Band
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MVSR1687
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Andulka Marsch
The gymnastics organization “Sokol” fostered Czech national ideas in an especial way. The majority of the Czech population then lived in Central Bohemia where Kolin is located. There...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2995
Berliner Luft
“Berliner Luft” (Berlin Air) was originally a march song that appeared and was premiered in a burlesque of the same name by Paul Lincke in 1904. Soon after this, the composition became...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR3446
Stets treu!
Sebastian Sürgers (*1982) learned to play flute in the local music school and had his first experience as a musician and conductor in the community band. After doing his service with the...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR3322
Prager Burg
"Around the Prague Castle" (Okolo Vyšehradu) is one of those typically Czech marches that are unmistakably embedded in the colorful folklore tradition of their home country. It...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2636
Admiral-Stosch-Marsch
On October 10, 1871, Emperor Wilhelm I decreed the establishment of a permanent navy band in Wilhelmshaven. Stabshoboist (Bandmaster) Latann became the first leader of this band of the 2nd Naval...Concert Band
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MVSR2597
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Mon Salut à St. Petersbourg
Hans Christian Lumbye was a Danish director and composer; he was born on May 2, 1810 in Copenhagen. Lumbye learned to play the violin and trumpet, had music theory lessons and early on began to write...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2676
Mussinan-Marsch
Ludwig von Mussinan (1826-1908) was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Bavarian Army. Due to his bravery shown in the battle of Sedan during the Franco-German war of 1870/71 he was decorated with the...Concert Band
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MVSR2594
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Waidmannsheil
In September 1871 August Reckling took over the baton of the Grand-Ducal Mecklenburg Rifle Battalion No. 14. He was awarded the title of a Grand-Ducal Mecklenburg Music Director in 1883 and retired...Concert Band
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MVSR2593
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Helenenmarsch
The renowned “military music” publisher Bote & Bock organized annual “competitions” between 1852 and 1862. They were march contests with the aim to gain excellent marches to be eventually used in...Concert Band
Oberstufe
MVSR2454
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Schemua-Marsch
Schemua Marsch
Anton Blaton studied both in Prague and at the Budapest Music Academy. He then was employed for a short time in Opava and Dresden as a theater musician. After that he embarked on the career of a...Concert Band
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MVSR2596M
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Schemua-Marsch
Schemua Marsch
Anton Blaton studied both in Prague and at the Budapest Music Academy. He then was employed for a short time in Opava and Dresden as a theater musician. After that he embarked on the career of a...Concert Band
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MVSR2596
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Parademarsch der 18er Husaren
Konrad Neefe, the authority on Saxon military music in the 19th century writes about the composer of the “Parademarsch der 18er Husaren” (“March of the 18th Hussars”): “Of all the staff trumpets of...Concert Band
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MVSR2599
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Našim Hraničářům
Nasim Hranicarum
Karel Eška was born at Nýřany in the vicinity of Plzen, and also grew up there. In his youth time he learned to play trumpet and fluegelhorn. He therfore joined the ranks of Infantry Regiment (IR)...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2562
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Andreas-Hofer-Marsch
From May 01, 1896 until his tragic early death, Karl Komzák was exclusively active as director of the spa orchestra in Baden. Only a few invitations to foreign countries interrupted this...Concert Band
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MVSR2598M
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Egerländer Marsch
The career of the Imperial and Royal Military Bandmaster Wendelin Kopetzky began in Field Rifle Battalion No. 29. From there he went to the navy (1869-1871). Most of the time, however, he served as...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2717
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Neue Kameraden
The important phases of Carl Teike’s life are well known: The time of his education at Wollin, his military duty in Ulm, which, after a promising beginning did not end in a way that Teike had...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2560
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Bei der Mühle
The gymnastics organization “Sokol” fostered Czech national ideas in an especial way. The majority of the Czech population then lived in Central Bohemia where Kolin is located. There these new ideas...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2899
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Andreas-Hofer-Marsch
From May 01, 1896 until his tragic early death, Karl Komzák was exclusively active as director of the spa orchestra in Baden. Only a few invitations to foreign countries interrupted this...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2598
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Margarethenmarsch
As a son of an organist and town musician Johann Gottfried Piefke grew up in a musical environment and it does not surprise therefore, that he enrolled for his military service in 1835 in the band of...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2487
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Ungarns Kinder
When we discovered the march “Ungarns Kinder” (“Children from Hungary”) with the Bürgerkapelle Lana in South Tyrol, it was clear on the one hand that this march was a real gem, on the other hand we...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2590
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Jászkun Induló
Jaszkun Indulo
The young promising regimental bandmaster Josef Müller (1821-1876) and his regiment, the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment No. 62 Johann August Freiherr von Turszky were stationed in the Hungarian...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2595
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Wagram-Marsch
It is interesting to note that there is no formation which is represented more often in the German March Collections than the (Austrian) Sudeten-German Infantry Regiment No. 42. It may be found there...Concert Band
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MVSR2521
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Brandenburger Präsentiermarsch
Alfred Pechau was born in Bergen near Magdeburg on December 23, 1921. Between 1936 and 1940 he studied clarinet and saxophone with Erich Banse in Rätzlingen (Altmark). Afterwards, Alfred Pechau...Concert Band
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MVSR2431
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Jetzt geht's los
It is probably not generally known that Franz Lehár, the most prominent representative of the so-called “era of the silver operetta”, was an Austro-Hungarian military bandmaster at the beginning of...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2529
76er Regimentsmarsch
Anton Rosenkranz (1827-1888) served as regimental bandmaster in the Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 76 from 1878 to 1888. In 1876 Lieutenant General, later General Albert Baronet Knebel von...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2467
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Boccaccio
Franz von Suppé (1819-1895) is regarded as the actual founder of the Viennese operetta. Even in excellent encyclopedias entries on this composer are marginal only. Young Franz von Suppé came to...Concert Band
Oberstufe
MVSR2513
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Prinz Eugen
The only Bandmaster-of-the-Army of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy was Andreas Leonhardt (1800-1866) who was musically educated in Vienna, Bratislava and Naples. He served in different regiments and...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2519
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Erzherzog-Albrecht-Defiliermarsch
Without any doubt the “unmistakable light-footed elegance” of Hermann Josef Schneider’s (1862-1921) marches exercised a forming influence on the Austrian military march. Even in Sweden one of his...Concert Band
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MVSR2477
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With Sword and Lance
There are not many composers who acquired universal renown on the basis of one march only, and whose career, on the other hand, is virtually unknown even today. Hermann Starke belongs to that group,...Concert Band
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MVSR2502
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Our Director
When the LP “Marches for Twirling” that was performed by the Eastman Wind Ensemble under the baton of the legendary Frederick Fennell became available in Germany in the early 1960s, one of the finest...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2503
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Barataria
Karl Komzák (1850-1905) is rightly considered to have been one of the supporting pillars of Viennese music very much like his colleague Carl Michael Ziehrer. His unfortunate death during an accident...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2504
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Wien bleibt Wien
Today most people associate the name Schrammel with the so-called Schrammel quartet, as its sound is considered to be Viennese to the core all over the world. However, usually only the adepts of wind...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2383
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Hunyadi Induló
The first performance of the opera “Hunyadi László” by Ferenc Erkel (1810-1893) at the National Theater in Pest took place in times that foreboded the revolt of 1848. The rise of this stage work to...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2495
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Kärntner Liedermarsch
The “Kärntner Liedermarsch” (“March on Carinthian Songs”) truly is kind of a Carinthian national anthem. It was composed by Anton Seifert (1826-1873) who was an Austrian military bandmaster. He...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2505
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Deutschmeister Regimentsmarsch
Among the numerous marches that were dedicated to the Infantry Regiment Hoch- und Deutschmeister No. 4 that had been established in Donauwörth in 1696, the “Deutschmeister Regimentsmarsch”...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2478
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Zauber der Montur
Magic of the Uniform
Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843-1922), the last court ball music director, was one of the truly great personalities of Viennese music. This means that he was for more than “only” a preeminent military...Concert Band
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MVSR2486
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Washington Grays
Claudio S. Grafulla (1810-1880) was born on Menorca, one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea, and came to the United States when he was 28 years old. There he joined the ranks of...Concert Band
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MVSR2442
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Bruckerlager-Marsch
Johann Nepomuk Král was born in Mainz as son of a musician who served with Infantry Regiment (IR) No. 35. Král’s father later became city music director in Mainz and he was also responsible for the...Concert Band
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MVSR2451
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Venezia
The march „Venezia” by Gaetano Fabiani (1841-1904) is probably the most famous Italian march in Germany. It is regarded as a preeminent example of the Italian art of the march, and as a...Concert Band
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MVSR2452
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Alexander Frame Lithgow was born on December 1, 1870 in Glasgow (Scotland). When he was 6 years old, his family immigrated to Invercargill, New Zealand. A recognized child prodigy, he was accepted...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR3516
O Vitinho
“O Vitinho” is not only one of the most beautiful Portuguese marches, it rather constitutes a new type of that musical genre that has been virtually unknown in Central Europe that far. An abundance...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2561
Falkenflug
The term "Sokol" stands for a gymnastics movement that originated in Prague in 1862. The word comes from the Czech language and means "falcon". In Slavic mythology, the qualities of courage and pride...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2778
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Olympiade
Jaroslav Labský was born in Praskačka (near Königgrätz) in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia. He studied at the Prague Conservatory and was already working as an orchestra...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR3377
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Olympiade
Jaroslav Labský was born in Praskačka (near Königgrätz) in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia. He studied at the Prague Conservatory and was already working as an orchestra...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR3377M
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Prager Leben
Jaroslav Labský was born in Praskačka (near Königgrätz) in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia. He studied at the Prague Conservatory and was already working as an orchestra...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR3380
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Bai-Kai-Lai
Karel Pospíšil was born in Běstvina (Bohemia) in 1867. He first learned the piano and then the violin. Later he became a teacher and school director in Prague. Pospíšil...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR3447
Hoch Heidecksburg
It appears to be the fate of many a great, and even world-famous march that the renown of its often unknown composer is connected with one march only. This definitely holds true for the fascinating...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2007
Steigermarsch
The so-called Steigerlied with its well-known line of text "Glück auf, Glück auf, der Steiger comes" has a truly ancient tradition in Germany. Its age cannot be determined...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR3234
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Schönes Prag
The gymnastics organization “Sokol” fostered Czech national ideas in an especial way. The majority of the Czech population then lived in Central Bohemia where Kolin is located. There...Concert Band
Unterstufe
MVSR0356
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Preußens Gloria
It goes without saying that the victorious Franco-German War of 1870/71 and - associated therewith - the foundation of the German Empire together with the proclamation of the German emperor in the...Concert Band
Oberstufe
MVSR1687
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Andulka Marsch
The gymnastics organization “Sokol” fostered Czech national ideas in an especial way. The majority of the Czech population then lived in Central Bohemia where Kolin is located. There...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2995
Berliner Luft
“Berliner Luft” (Berlin Air) was originally a march song that appeared and was premiered in a burlesque of the same name by Paul Lincke in 1904. Soon after this, the composition became...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR3446
Stets treu!
Sebastian Sürgers (*1982) learned to play flute in the local music school and had his first experience as a musician and conductor in the community band. After doing his service with the...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR3322
Prager Burg
"Around the Prague Castle" (Okolo Vyšehradu) is one of those typically Czech marches that are unmistakably embedded in the colorful folklore tradition of their home country. It...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2636
Admiral-Stosch-Marsch
On October 10, 1871, Emperor Wilhelm I decreed the establishment of a permanent navy band in Wilhelmshaven. Stabshoboist (Bandmaster) Latann became the first leader of this band of the 2nd Naval...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2597
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Mon Salut à St. Petersbourg
Hans Christian Lumbye was a Danish director and composer; he was born on May 2, 1810 in Copenhagen. Lumbye learned to play the violin and trumpet, had music theory lessons and early on began to write...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2676
Mussinan-Marsch
Ludwig von Mussinan (1826-1908) was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Bavarian Army. Due to his bravery shown in the battle of Sedan during the Franco-German war of 1870/71 he was decorated with the...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2594
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Waidmannsheil
In September 1871 August Reckling took over the baton of the Grand-Ducal Mecklenburg Rifle Battalion No. 14. He was awarded the title of a Grand-Ducal Mecklenburg Music Director in 1883 and retired...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2593
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Helenenmarsch
The renowned “military music” publisher Bote & Bock organized annual “competitions” between 1852 and 1862. They were march contests with the aim to gain excellent marches to be eventually used in...Concert Band
Oberstufe
MVSR2454
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Read
Schemua-Marsch
Schemua Marsch
Anton Blaton studied both in Prague and at the Budapest Music Academy. He then was employed for a short time in Opava and Dresden as a theater musician. After that he embarked on the career of a...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2596M
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Schemua-Marsch
Schemua Marsch
Anton Blaton studied both in Prague and at the Budapest Music Academy. He then was employed for a short time in Opava and Dresden as a theater musician. After that he embarked on the career of a...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2596
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Parademarsch der 18er Husaren
Konrad Neefe, the authority on Saxon military music in the 19th century writes about the composer of the “Parademarsch der 18er Husaren” (“March of the 18th Hussars”): “Of all the staff trumpets of...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2599
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Našim Hraničářům
Nasim Hranicarum
Karel Eška was born at Nýřany in the vicinity of Plzen, and also grew up there. In his youth time he learned to play trumpet and fluegelhorn. He therfore joined the ranks of Infantry Regiment (IR)...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2562
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Andreas-Hofer-Marsch
From May 01, 1896 until his tragic early death, Karl Komzák was exclusively active as director of the spa orchestra in Baden. Only a few invitations to foreign countries interrupted this...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2598M
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Egerländer Marsch
The career of the Imperial and Royal Military Bandmaster Wendelin Kopetzky began in Field Rifle Battalion No. 29. From there he went to the navy (1869-1871). Most of the time, however, he served as...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2717
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Neue Kameraden
The important phases of Carl Teike’s life are well known: The time of his education at Wollin, his military duty in Ulm, which, after a promising beginning did not end in a way that Teike had...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2560
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Bei der Mühle
The gymnastics organization “Sokol” fostered Czech national ideas in an especial way. The majority of the Czech population then lived in Central Bohemia where Kolin is located. There these new ideas...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2899
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Read
Andreas-Hofer-Marsch
From May 01, 1896 until his tragic early death, Karl Komzák was exclusively active as director of the spa orchestra in Baden. Only a few invitations to foreign countries interrupted this...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2598
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Listen
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Margarethenmarsch
As a son of an organist and town musician Johann Gottfried Piefke grew up in a musical environment and it does not surprise therefore, that he enrolled for his military service in 1835 in the band of...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2487
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Ungarns Kinder
When we discovered the march “Ungarns Kinder” (“Children from Hungary”) with the Bürgerkapelle Lana in South Tyrol, it was clear on the one hand that this march was a real gem, on the other hand we...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2590
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Jászkun Induló
Jaszkun Indulo
The young promising regimental bandmaster Josef Müller (1821-1876) and his regiment, the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment No. 62 Johann August Freiherr von Turszky were stationed in the Hungarian...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2595
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Wagram-Marsch
It is interesting to note that there is no formation which is represented more often in the German March Collections than the (Austrian) Sudeten-German Infantry Regiment No. 42. It may be found there...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2521
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Brandenburger Präsentiermarsch
Alfred Pechau was born in Bergen near Magdeburg on December 23, 1921. Between 1936 and 1940 he studied clarinet and saxophone with Erich Banse in Rätzlingen (Altmark). Afterwards, Alfred Pechau...Concert Band
Oberstufe
MVSR2431
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Read
Jetzt geht's los
It is probably not generally known that Franz Lehár, the most prominent representative of the so-called “era of the silver operetta”, was an Austro-Hungarian military bandmaster at the beginning of...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2529
76er Regimentsmarsch
Anton Rosenkranz (1827-1888) served as regimental bandmaster in the Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 76 from 1878 to 1888. In 1876 Lieutenant General, later General Albert Baronet Knebel von...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2467
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Boccaccio
Franz von Suppé (1819-1895) is regarded as the actual founder of the Viennese operetta. Even in excellent encyclopedias entries on this composer are marginal only. Young Franz von Suppé came to...Concert Band
Oberstufe
MVSR2513
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Prinz Eugen
The only Bandmaster-of-the-Army of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy was Andreas Leonhardt (1800-1866) who was musically educated in Vienna, Bratislava and Naples. He served in different regiments and...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2519
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Erzherzog-Albrecht-Defiliermarsch
Without any doubt the “unmistakable light-footed elegance” of Hermann Josef Schneider’s (1862-1921) marches exercised a forming influence on the Austrian military march. Even in Sweden one of his...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2477
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With Sword and Lance
There are not many composers who acquired universal renown on the basis of one march only, and whose career, on the other hand, is virtually unknown even today. Hermann Starke belongs to that group,...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2502
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Our Director
When the LP “Marches for Twirling” that was performed by the Eastman Wind Ensemble under the baton of the legendary Frederick Fennell became available in Germany in the early 1960s, one of the finest...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2503
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Barataria
Karl Komzák (1850-1905) is rightly considered to have been one of the supporting pillars of Viennese music very much like his colleague Carl Michael Ziehrer. His unfortunate death during an accident...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2504
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Listen
Read
Wien bleibt Wien
Today most people associate the name Schrammel with the so-called Schrammel quartet, as its sound is considered to be Viennese to the core all over the world. However, usually only the adepts of wind...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2383
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Listen
Read
Hunyadi Induló
The first performance of the opera “Hunyadi László” by Ferenc Erkel (1810-1893) at the National Theater in Pest took place in times that foreboded the revolt of 1848. The rise of this stage work to...Concert Band
Mittel-/Oberstufe
MVSR2495
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Read
Kärntner Liedermarsch
The “Kärntner Liedermarsch” (“March on Carinthian Songs”) truly is kind of a Carinthian national anthem. It was composed by Anton Seifert (1826-1873) who was an Austrian military bandmaster. He...Concert Band
Mittelstufe
MVSR2505
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Listen
Read
Deutschmeister Regimentsmarsch
Among the numerous marches that were dedicated to the Infantry Regiment Hoch- und Deutschmeister No. 4 that had been established in Donauwörth in 1696, the “Deutschmeister Regimentsmarsch”...Concert Band
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MVSR2478
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Zauber der Montur
Magic of the Uniform
Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843-1922), the last court ball music director, was one of the truly great personalities of Viennese music. This means that he was for more than “only” a preeminent military...Concert Band
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Washington Grays
Claudio S. Grafulla (1810-1880) was born on Menorca, one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea, and came to the United States when he was 28 years old. There he joined the ranks of...Concert Band
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Bruckerlager-Marsch
Johann Nepomuk Král was born in Mainz as son of a musician who served with Infantry Regiment (IR) No. 35. Král’s father later became city music director in Mainz and he was also responsible for the...Concert Band
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Venezia
The march „Venezia” by Gaetano Fabiani (1841-1904) is probably the most famous Italian march in Germany. It is regarded as a preeminent example of the Italian art of the march, and as a...Concert Band
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Invercargill
Alexander Frame Lithgow was born on December 1, 1870 in Glasgow (Scotland). When he was 6 years old, his family immigrated to Invercargill, New Zealand. A recognized child prodigy, he was accepted...Concert Band
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O Vitinho
“O Vitinho” is not only one of the most beautiful Portuguese marches, it rather constitutes a new type of that musical genre that has been virtually unknown in Central Europe that far. An abundance...Concert Band
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Falkenflug
The term "Sokol" stands for a gymnastics movement that originated in Prague in 1862. The word comes from the Czech language and means "falcon". In Slavic mythology, the qualities of courage and pride...Concert Band
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Olympiade
Jaroslav Labský was born in Praskačka (near Königgrätz) in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia. He studied at the Prague Conservatory and was already working as an orchestra...Concert Band
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Olympiade
Jaroslav Labský was born in Praskačka (near Königgrätz) in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia. He studied at the Prague Conservatory and was already working as an orchestra...Concert Band
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Prager Leben
Jaroslav Labský was born in Praskačka (near Königgrätz) in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia. He studied at the Prague Conservatory and was already working as an orchestra...Concert Band
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Bai-Kai-Lai
Karel Pospíšil was born in Běstvina (Bohemia) in 1867. He first learned the piano and then the violin. Later he became a teacher and school director in Prague. Pospíšil...Concert Band
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Hoch Heidecksburg
It appears to be the fate of many a great, and even world-famous march that the renown of its often unknown composer is connected with one march only. This definitely holds true for the fascinating...Concert Band
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Steigermarsch
The so-called Steigerlied with its well-known line of text "Glück auf, Glück auf, der Steiger comes" has a truly ancient tradition in Germany. Its age cannot be determined...Concert Band
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Schönes Prag
The gymnastics organization “Sokol” fostered Czech national ideas in an especial way. The majority of the Czech population then lived in Central Bohemia where Kolin is located. There...Concert Band
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Preußens Gloria
It goes without saying that the victorious Franco-German War of 1870/71 and - associated therewith - the foundation of the German Empire together with the proclamation of the German emperor in the...Concert Band
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Andulka Marsch
The gymnastics organization “Sokol” fostered Czech national ideas in an especial way. The majority of the Czech population then lived in Central Bohemia where Kolin is located. There...Concert Band
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Berliner Luft
“Berliner Luft” (Berlin Air) was originally a march song that appeared and was premiered in a burlesque of the same name by Paul Lincke in 1904. Soon after this, the composition became...Concert Band
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Stets treu!
Sebastian Sürgers (*1982) learned to play flute in the local music school and had his first experience as a musician and conductor in the community band. After doing his service with the...Concert Band
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Prager Burg
"Around the Prague Castle" (Okolo Vyšehradu) is one of those typically Czech marches that are unmistakably embedded in the colorful folklore tradition of their home country. It...Concert Band
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Admiral-Stosch-Marsch
On October 10, 1871, Emperor Wilhelm I decreed the establishment of a permanent navy band in Wilhelmshaven. Stabshoboist (Bandmaster) Latann became the first leader of this band of the 2nd Naval...Concert Band
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Mon Salut à St. Petersbourg
Hans Christian Lumbye was a Danish director and composer; he was born on May 2, 1810 in Copenhagen. Lumbye learned to play the violin and trumpet, had music theory lessons and early on began to write...Concert Band
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Mussinan-Marsch
Ludwig von Mussinan (1826-1908) was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Bavarian Army. Due to his bravery shown in the battle of Sedan during the Franco-German war of 1870/71 he was decorated with the...Concert Band
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Waidmannsheil
In September 1871 August Reckling took over the baton of the Grand-Ducal Mecklenburg Rifle Battalion No. 14. He was awarded the title of a Grand-Ducal Mecklenburg Music Director in 1883 and retired...Concert Band
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Helenenmarsch
The renowned “military music” publisher Bote & Bock organized annual “competitions” between 1852 and 1862. They were march contests with the aim to gain excellent marches to be eventually used in...Concert Band
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Schemua-Marsch
Schemua Marsch
Anton Blaton studied both in Prague and at the Budapest Music Academy. He then was employed for a short time in Opava and Dresden as a theater musician. After that he embarked on the career of a...Concert Band
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Schemua-Marsch
Schemua Marsch
Anton Blaton studied both in Prague and at the Budapest Music Academy. He then was employed for a short time in Opava and Dresden as a theater musician. After that he embarked on the career of a...Concert Band
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Parademarsch der 18er Husaren
Konrad Neefe, the authority on Saxon military music in the 19th century writes about the composer of the “Parademarsch der 18er Husaren” (“March of the 18th Hussars”): “Of all the staff trumpets of...Concert Band
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Našim Hraničářům
Nasim Hranicarum
Karel Eška was born at Nýřany in the vicinity of Plzen, and also grew up there. In his youth time he learned to play trumpet and fluegelhorn. He therfore joined the ranks of Infantry Regiment (IR)...Concert Band
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Andreas-Hofer-Marsch
From May 01, 1896 until his tragic early death, Karl Komzák was exclusively active as director of the spa orchestra in Baden. Only a few invitations to foreign countries interrupted this...Concert Band
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Egerländer Marsch
The career of the Imperial and Royal Military Bandmaster Wendelin Kopetzky began in Field Rifle Battalion No. 29. From there he went to the navy (1869-1871). Most of the time, however, he served as...Concert Band
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Neue Kameraden
The important phases of Carl Teike’s life are well known: The time of his education at Wollin, his military duty in Ulm, which, after a promising beginning did not end in a way that Teike had...Concert Band
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Bei der Mühle
The gymnastics organization “Sokol” fostered Czech national ideas in an especial way. The majority of the Czech population then lived in Central Bohemia where Kolin is located. There these new ideas...Concert Band
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Andreas-Hofer-Marsch
From May 01, 1896 until his tragic early death, Karl Komzák was exclusively active as director of the spa orchestra in Baden. Only a few invitations to foreign countries interrupted this...Concert Band
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Margarethenmarsch
As a son of an organist and town musician Johann Gottfried Piefke grew up in a musical environment and it does not surprise therefore, that he enrolled for his military service in 1835 in the band of...Concert Band
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Ungarns Kinder
When we discovered the march “Ungarns Kinder” (“Children from Hungary”) with the Bürgerkapelle Lana in South Tyrol, it was clear on the one hand that this march was a real gem, on the other hand we...Concert Band
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Jászkun Induló
Jaszkun Indulo
The young promising regimental bandmaster Josef Müller (1821-1876) and his regiment, the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment No. 62 Johann August Freiherr von Turszky were stationed in the Hungarian...Concert Band
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Wagram-Marsch
It is interesting to note that there is no formation which is represented more often in the German March Collections than the (Austrian) Sudeten-German Infantry Regiment No. 42. It may be found there...Concert Band
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Brandenburger Präsentiermarsch
Alfred Pechau was born in Bergen near Magdeburg on December 23, 1921. Between 1936 and 1940 he studied clarinet and saxophone with Erich Banse in Rätzlingen (Altmark). Afterwards, Alfred Pechau...Concert Band
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Jetzt geht's los
It is probably not generally known that Franz Lehár, the most prominent representative of the so-called “era of the silver operetta”, was an Austro-Hungarian military bandmaster at the beginning of...Concert Band
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76er Regimentsmarsch
Anton Rosenkranz (1827-1888) served as regimental bandmaster in the Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 76 from 1878 to 1888. In 1876 Lieutenant General, later General Albert Baronet Knebel von...Concert Band
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Boccaccio
Franz von Suppé (1819-1895) is regarded as the actual founder of the Viennese operetta. Even in excellent encyclopedias entries on this composer are marginal only. Young Franz von Suppé came to...Concert Band
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Prinz Eugen
The only Bandmaster-of-the-Army of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy was Andreas Leonhardt (1800-1866) who was musically educated in Vienna, Bratislava and Naples. He served in different regiments and...Concert Band
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Erzherzog-Albrecht-Defiliermarsch
Without any doubt the “unmistakable light-footed elegance” of Hermann Josef Schneider’s (1862-1921) marches exercised a forming influence on the Austrian military march. Even in Sweden one of his...Concert Band
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With Sword and Lance
There are not many composers who acquired universal renown on the basis of one march only, and whose career, on the other hand, is virtually unknown even today. Hermann Starke belongs to that group,...Concert Band
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Our Director
When the LP “Marches for Twirling” that was performed by the Eastman Wind Ensemble under the baton of the legendary Frederick Fennell became available in Germany in the early 1960s, one of the finest...Concert Band
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Barataria
Karl Komzák (1850-1905) is rightly considered to have been one of the supporting pillars of Viennese music very much like his colleague Carl Michael Ziehrer. His unfortunate death during an accident...Concert Band
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Wien bleibt Wien
Today most people associate the name Schrammel with the so-called Schrammel quartet, as its sound is considered to be Viennese to the core all over the world. However, usually only the adepts of wind...Concert Band
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Hunyadi Induló
The first performance of the opera “Hunyadi László” by Ferenc Erkel (1810-1893) at the National Theater in Pest took place in times that foreboded the revolt of 1848. The rise of this stage work to...Concert Band
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Kärntner Liedermarsch
The “Kärntner Liedermarsch” (“March on Carinthian Songs”) truly is kind of a Carinthian national anthem. It was composed by Anton Seifert (1826-1873) who was an Austrian military bandmaster. He...Concert Band
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Deutschmeister Regimentsmarsch
Among the numerous marches that were dedicated to the Infantry Regiment Hoch- und Deutschmeister No. 4 that had been established in Donauwörth in 1696, the “Deutschmeister Regimentsmarsch”...Concert Band
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Zauber der Montur
Magic of the Uniform
Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843-1922), the last court ball music director, was one of the truly great personalities of Viennese music. This means that he was for more than “only” a preeminent military...Concert Band
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Washington Grays
Claudio S. Grafulla (1810-1880) was born on Menorca, one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea, and came to the United States when he was 28 years old. There he joined the ranks of...Concert Band
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Bruckerlager-Marsch
Johann Nepomuk Král was born in Mainz as son of a musician who served with Infantry Regiment (IR) No. 35. Král’s father later became city music director in Mainz and he was also responsible for the...Concert Band
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Venezia
The march „Venezia” by Gaetano Fabiani (1841-1904) is probably the most famous Italian march in Germany. It is regarded as a preeminent example of the Italian art of the march, and as a...Concert Band
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