"Graf Zeppelin" is a German military march, written by military music composer Carl Teike. The name refers to Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
It was originally composed in 1903 under the title "March of the Teutons" (March of the Teutons). Joachim Toeche-Mittler, a German authority on the history of German military music, regarded the march as an "immortal" piece.[1] The march was published by Carl Fischer Music in the United States under the name "The Conqueror" in 1912, arranged by Canadian composer Louis-Philippe Laurendeau.[2] To avoid confusion, the march was often called "Graf Zeppelin (The Conqueror)" (ツェッペリン伯爵（征服者）) in CDs published in Japan.[3] The march was especially popular in the Soviet Union.[4] It was sometimes called "March of the Air Fleet" (Воздушный флот) in Russian.[5] It was once used as the Swedish navy's parade march.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Graf Zeppelin". Rundel.de. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ "The Conqueror" (PDF). bandmusicpdf.org.
- ^ "ツェッペリン伯爵行進曲（カール・タイケ）について" [About Graf Zeppelin March (Carl Teike)]. Osaka Gakuin University (in Japanese).
- ^ "Neue Kameraden". Der Spiegel (in German). Hamburg. 2 June 1965. Archived from the original on 2019-04-09. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ Воздушный флот (in Russian). 1911 – via Russian State Library.
- ^ "Till Stenbocksmarschen". 1997-09-22.
External links edit
- "Graf Zeppelin" (Teike): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Video on YouTube