Festival Procession (Feierlicher Einzug)

Composer: STRAUSS, Richard
  • Strauss composed Festival Procession (Feierlicher Einzug) for brass ensemble in 1909.
    • The complete title of the piece is “Feierlicher Einzug der Ritter des Johanniter-Ordens” (Festival Procession of the Knights of the Order of St. John). The Knights of the Order of St. John were founded in Jerusalem during the First Crusade and helped take care of the poor on pilgrimage.
    • The Knights of the Order of St. John commissioned Strauss to write this work.1

Sources

  1. “Feierlicher Einzug,” Baton Music, accessed February 18, 2026, https://www.batonmusic.nl/catalogue/feierlicher-einzug-bm1069/.

Cut IDs

22286