Johann Gottfried Piefke
Johann Gottfried Piefke | |
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| Born | 9 September 1817 |
| Died | 25 January 1884 |
Johann Gottfried Piefke(9 September 1817 – 25 January 1884) was a German band leader, (Kapellmeister) and composer of military music.
Piefke was born inSchwerin an der Warthe,Prussia (nowSkwierzyna,Poland). In the 1850s, he was band leader for the 8th Infantry Regiment in Berlin. His famousmarchesincludePreußens Gloria,Düppeler Schanzen-Marschand theKöniggrätzer Marsch– the latter composed after theBattle of Königgrätzin 1866, the decisive battle of theAustro-Prussian War).[1][2]He arrangedFranz Liszt's symphonic poem –Tassofor military band and may also have similarly arranged some of Liszt's marches. He died inFrankfurt an der Oder.
Piefke also wrote:
- Pochhammer Marsch
- Siegesmarsch
- Gitana Marsch
- Margarethen Marsch
- Kaiser-Wilhelm-Siegesmarsch
- Der Alsenströmer,a march commemorating theBattle of Alsduring theSecond Schleswig War.
- Der Lymfjordströmer,another march commemorating the Danish War.
Honors
[edit]Piefke received the following medals:
- Düppeler-Sturmkreuz,1864
- Golden Medal of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, 1865
- Royal Order of the House of Hohenzollern,1869
- Iron CrossSecond Class, 1870
- Prussian Crown Order,1880
In popular culture
[edit]- "Piefke" persists as a derogatory nickname for Germans in Austria.[1]
- Piefke'sKöniggrätzer Marschcan be heard playing during thebook burningscene in the filmIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade.It was one ofAdolf Hitler's favorite marches and was often played during his public appearances.
References
[edit]- ^abHakkarainen, Heidi (11 July 2019).Comical Modernity: Popular Humour and the Transformation of Urban Space in Late Nineteenth Century Vienna.Berghahn Books. p. 237.ISBN978-1-78920-274-8.
- ^Markovits, Andrei S. (10 August 2021).The Passport as Home: Comfort in Rootlessness.Central European University Press. p. 280.ISBN978-963-386-422-7.
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