Radetzky March

The Radetzky March ( Armeemarsch II, 145) is one of Johann Strauss ( father) composed and Field Marshal Josef Wenzel Graf Radetzky dedicated Radetz of march. The premiere took place on August 31, 1848 at the water Glacis in Vienna.

Used the famous theme of the march ( Opus 228) Strauss already in the "Jubilation Quadrille " his beginning is also similar to the second theme of the 1794 Allegro composed of Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 100 The high popularity of the march also that led on its distinctive rhythm ( datadám datadám datadám Damdam = three Anapäste, an iambic ) many concealed or openly derisive sub- texts were in circulation ( for example, if the courage in the chest exercises its Spánnkraft or if the pug übern with the sausage gutter jumps ). Its for Austria - Hungary almost symbolic meaning found therein reflected that Joseph Roth called his novel about the downfall of the Dual Monarchy Radetzky March.

For the trio used Strauss an older folk melody in three-quarter time, called " age dance from Vienna " or " Tinerl Song " ( named after a then-popular singer and Dudlerin ). When Radetzky after the victorious Battle of Custoza (1848 ) returned to Vienna, his soldiers sang on the road this popular song. Apparently Strauss heard these soldiers singing and built it, but in march time, but melodic hardly changed in the Radetzky March a.

The Radetzky March, the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is terminated traditional. The audience claps traditionally been in the clock after conducting with. The enacted version is not identical to the original version, it is rather a concert version with a richer instrumentation, arranged by Leopold Weninger The original version was compared with the New Year's Concert 2001, the more famous version: conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt opened with the purist original version of the concert and ended it in a traditional way with the concert version.

An exception was in 2005 - as these traditional addition accounted for out of respect for the victims of the great tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia.

The Radetzky March was used in the last decades several occasions as promotional music for different products, such as a milkshake company Bärenmarke and Bonduelle canned vegetables.

In the British television series number 6 ( The Prisoner 1967, German 1969) found the piece in a special way an almost thematic use. In place of confinement ( " the Village " ) the protagonist Number Six is the local brass band concerts now and then and is true also in stark contrast to the often slightly utopian setting standing Radetzky March.

In addition, he is next to the waltz " On the Beautiful Blue Danube " by Johann Strauss ( son ) ( Blue Danube Waltz ) and the Austrian pop song " I am from Austria" by Rain Fendrich as one of the secret hymns Austria.

Trivia

In football, the Austrian national football team of the Radetzky March is played before kick-off. Many fans swing doing a Austria flag to the beat.