Pariser Einzugsmarsch
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"Pariser Einzugsmarsch" was a march
composed by Johann Heinrich Walch
and was probably already well known around 1800 in Frankfurt am Main. On 31 March 1814, it was played in presence by Emperor Francis I
, Tsar Alexander I
, and King Friedrich Wilhelm III during the expedition of the allied troops in Paris
at the end of the War of the Sixth Coalition
.
Due to the clearly anti-French title, the march became popular during the time of the Empire. In addition, still later during the Weimar Republic
and the later in the Third Reich, it was a popular symbol of the French-German "hereditary enmity“. .
In 1940, after the victory of the German armed forces over France, the march was played like in 1814 during the invasion of German troops in Paris. In the Federal Republic of Germany
it is rarely played in public due to its problematic history. Abroad the march is particularly popular in Russia, a traditional repertoire of the military music of the country since 1814.
March (music)
A march, as a musical genre, is a piece of music with a strong regular rhythm which in origin was expressly written for marching to and most frequently performed by a military band. In mood, marches range from the moving death march in Wagner's Götterdämmerung to the brisk military marches of John...
composed by Johann Heinrich Walch
Johann Heinrich Walch
Johann Heinrich Walch , was a German conductor, chamber musician and choral master for both the Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg as well as of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in Gotha in the current German state Thüringen...
and was probably already well known around 1800 in Frankfurt am Main. On 31 March 1814, it was played in presence by Emperor Francis I
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real power of those positions. With his wife, Maria Theresa, he was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty...
, Tsar Alexander I
Alexander I of Russia
Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....
, and King Friedrich Wilhelm III during the expedition of the allied troops in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
at the end of the War of the Sixth Coalition
War of the Sixth Coalition
In the War of the Sixth Coalition , a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and a number of German States finally defeated France and drove Napoleon Bonaparte into exile on Elba. After Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia, the continental powers...
.
Due to the clearly anti-French title, the march became popular during the time of the Empire. In addition, still later during the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
and the later in the Third Reich, it was a popular symbol of the French-German "hereditary enmity“. .
In 1940, after the victory of the German armed forces over France, the march was played like in 1814 during the invasion of German troops in Paris. In the Federal Republic of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
it is rarely played in public due to its problematic history. Abroad the march is particularly popular in Russia, a traditional repertoire of the military music of the country since 1814.