A true Viennese, Wagner was nicknamed the ‘Austrian March King’ though he did write other music. As a young boy he was a great soprano singing in a church choir. He later studied harmony, composition and instrumentation under the renowned Johann Hasel. He entered the military and became bandmaster of successively three Austrian regiments when he travelled widely within the Austrian Empire, but always preferred to be in Vienna where he was very popular. He resigned from the army in 1899 and formed his own orchestral band which soon became popular. He died in 1908 having written about 400 compositions of which some 250 were published, including his most famous march, Under the Double Eagle. He wrote three operettas but it is not known if they were ever performed.
And here we have an anime girl, singing to the same tune, giving a guided tour of various sites the original authors… helpfully renovated around Tokyo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwMbIFYCYEk
(Seriously, this kinda makes me squirm with irony overload…)
|Chet and Hank|
Josef Franz Wagner (1856-1908)
A true Viennese, Wagner was nicknamed the ‘Austrian March King’ though he did write other music. As a young boy he was a great soprano singing in a church choir. He later studied harmony, composition and instrumentation under the renowned Johann Hasel. He entered the military and became bandmaster of successively three Austrian regiments when he travelled widely within the Austrian Empire, but always preferred to be in Vienna where he was very popular. He resigned from the army in 1899 and formed his own orchestral band which soon became popular. He died in 1908 having written about 400 compositions of which some 250 were published, including his most famous march, Under the Double Eagle. He wrote three operettas but it is not known if they were ever performed.
Above – © The Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain
Unter Dem Drümpfenadler
Grüẞ Gott.
Meanwhile, Yankee march becomes Japanese traditional-esque tune!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW6FL1k_tfU
And here we have an anime girl, singing to the same tune, giving a guided tour of various sites the original authors… helpfully renovated around Tokyo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwMbIFYCYEk
(Seriously, this kinda makes me squirm with irony overload…)
Whoa. Hadn't thought about what Austrians maybe thought about what we did to their march.