Der Hohenfriedberger Marsch
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Der Hohenfriedberger" also known as "Hohenfriedberger Marsch" or "Der Hohenfriedberger<br> Marsch", is one of the most well known German military marches. It takes its name from the<br> victory of the Prussians over the allied Austrians and Saxons on June 4, 1745 during the<br> Second Silesian War at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg, near Striegau (now in south western<br> Poland). It was possibly composed by Frederick the Great but that is doubted by most<br> musicologists. It was probably derived from another Prussian melody "The Pappenheimer March"<br> which dates to the early 16th century. In 1845, in commemoration of the centennial of the<br> battle, words were set to the tune.<br> It appears in a multi-volume collection of military music used from 1685 to 1823 by<br> Friedrich Deisenroth. There is little information available about these volumes. There are<br> photocopies of some of the tunes in the Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Library.<br> "Hohenfriedberger Marsch" is one of those. It was printed in Moon's Musick of the Fifes and<br> Drums, Vol 2: Slow Marches (1977)(as "Hohenfriedberger's Marsch").<br>
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