Egyptischer Marsch

Egyptischer Marsch (Egyptian March), Op. 335, is a march composed by Johann Strauss II. It was commissioned for the inauguration of the Suez Canal, celebrated on 17 November 1869 in Port Said, where Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria officiated at the ceremonial opening, though it was first performed on 6 July 1869 in Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, under the title "Tscherkenssen-Marsch" (March of the Circassians).^[1] Strauss later dedicated the work to Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden.

In musical terms, Johann Strauss' "Egyptian March" has been described as a "representative example of an" alla turca "composition... characterised by melodic arabesques and metric syncopations".^[2]

References

^ Liner notes Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine for Strauss, II, J.: Edition – Vol. 13, Naxos Records (in German)
^ O'Connell, John Morgan (2017). Commemorating Gallipoli Through Music: Remembering and Forgetting. Lexington Books. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-4985-5621-7. OCLC 1035390422.

External links

Ägyptischer Marsch: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Ägyptischer Marsch on YouTube, Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann (Vienna New Year's Concert 2019 [de])
"Circassian March", score, HathiTrust
"Egyptischer Marsch", score, HathiTrust

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[1] Liner notes Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine for Strauss, II, J.: Edition – Vol. 13, Naxos Records (in German)

[2] O'Connell, John Morgan (2017). Commemorating Gallipoli Through Music: Remembering and Forgetting. Lexington Books. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-4985-5621-7. OCLC 1035390422.

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