The Preußischer Präsentiermarsch (Prussian Inspection March), also known as the Präsentiermarsch "Friedrich Wilhelms III.", is a German military march composed by Frederick William III of Prussia at his young age, inspired by the Hautboist corps in the late 18th century. This have been forgotten soon and the sheet music was rediscovered in 1835. Then it was performed in the Kalisch Review. In 1841, the King ordered including this march in Armeemarschsammlung. As a traditional inspection march used in every German military since the mid-19th century, this is the traditional inspection and colors presentation march of the German Federal Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr. It is also played during visits by foreign leaders to Germany by the Staff Band of the Bundeswehr (German: Stabsmusikkorps der Bundeswehr) during arrival honors ceremonies. It is also a favorite piece of German marching bands, played in civil functions and parades. In Bolivia this has become the standard marchpast piece of the Bolivian Navy, but adapted in slow time.
References
edit- Horstmann, Harry (2010). Der Soldat: In Sprache und Tradition (in German). pp. 160–161. ISBN 978-3839186039.
External links
edit- German military music - Prussian Presentation March
- Adolf Hitler's 50th Birthday Parade, with the march playing between 7:14 and 8:35, during the review of the participating soldiers of the Wehrmacht
- Prussian Presentation March playing from 1:24 to 2:19, as President Dwight Eisenhower, along with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and General-Inspector Adolf Heusinger, reviews the honor formation during his visit to West Germany as part of Eisenhower's 1959 European trip
- Prussian Presentation March playing from 1:21 to 2:09, as President Ronald Reagan, along with German President Carl Karstens, reviews the Guard Battalion during Reagan's visit to Bonn
- Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, along with Inspector-General Carsten Breuer and Konstanze von Schulthess-Rechberg, daughter of July 20 plot conspirator Claus von Stauffenberg, reviews the Guard Battalion and the recruits at the tune of the Prussian Presentation March during the Solemn Recruit Pledge in Memory of the German Resistance on July 20, 2023, from 14:52 to 17:48
- Prussian Presentation March played by the Staff Music Corps of the Bundeswehr, from 13:13 to 14:19 during the inaugural visit of the President of Colombia at Bellevue Palace in Berlin
- Bolivian sailors and soldiers marching during the 193rd Anniversary of the Bolivian Armed Forces military parade at the tune of the Prussian Presentation March, adapted as a slow march, from 0:00 to 9:53