Ouistreham
05-07-2012, 12:08 PM
My favourite ones:
FRANCE - Marche de Marengo, which celebrates Napoleon's first major victory on the Austrian empire (a tradition says it was composed in the very evening following the battle). The "bridge" in the middle section (1:59 to 2:51) is the awesome La Victoire Est à Nous, played with cavalry trumpets;
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SWEDEN - The lesser famous but no less majestic Marcia Carolus Rex, named after king Karl XII, one of all times' greatest military leaders:
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GERMANY - The epic Hohenfriedberger Marsch, named after another Austrian defeat that saw Prussia rise as a major power in Europe:
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FRANCE - Marche de Marengo, which celebrates Napoleon's first major victory on the Austrian empire (a tradition says it was composed in the very evening following the battle). The "bridge" in the middle section (1:59 to 2:51) is the awesome La Victoire Est à Nous, played with cavalry trumpets;
5keHVDZPoFk
SWEDEN - The lesser famous but no less majestic Marcia Carolus Rex, named after king Karl XII, one of all times' greatest military leaders:
v_fBl-mBOg8
GERMANY - The epic Hohenfriedberger Marsch, named after another Austrian defeat that saw Prussia rise as a major power in Europe:
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