Under the Double Eagle
"Under the Double Eagle" | |
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March by Joseph Franz Wagner | |
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Native name | "Unter dem Doppeladler" |
Key | E-flat major |
Opus | 159 |
Form | Ternary |
Written | 1893 |
Publisher | Eclipse Publishing Co. |
"Under the Double Eagle" (German: Unter dem Doppeladler), Op. 159, is an 1893 march composed by J. F. Wagner, an Austrian military music composer. The title is a reference to the two-headed eagle in the coat of arms of Austria-Hungary.[1]
It was published in the United States in 1902 by Eclipse Publishing Co., a branch of Joseph Morris Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2]
This piece is in E-flat major, though the Trio is in A-flat major. It is written in ternary form.
In 1935, Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers, with an arrangement by Mort Glickman[3] on Bluebird Records,[4] was second only to the Carter Family in the top Hillbilly (Country) music hits of the year.[5] It became a Western swing standard, and has been recorded by many Country and Bluegrass artists since.[5]
The tune was parodied in the Benny Goodman recording "Benjie's Bubble" and was also used for the well-known Monty Python's Flying Circus animation segment "Conrad Poohs And His Dancing Teeth".
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Further reading
[edit]- Crew, Danny O. Presidential Sheet Music: An Illustrated Catalogue of Published Music Associated with the American Presidency and Those Who Sought the Office. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2001. ISBN 0786409282 OCLC 45313670