Schönfeld-Marsch

Composer: ZIEHRER, Carl Michael
  • Ziehrer’s Schönfeld-Marsch, Op. 422 was named after and dedicated to Anton von Schönfeld, General of the Artillery and General Inspector of Troops in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
  • As music director of the fourth Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment, Ziehrer was tasked with writing orchestral pieces for public concerts.1
    • Schönfeld-Marsch premiered at one such concert in 1890.2

Sources

  1. Silvia Kargl and Friedemann Pestel, Notes in accompanying booklet, 2019 New Year’s Concert performed by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Christian Thielemann, Sony 590289, 2019, compact disc.
  2. “Baron von Schönfeld March,” Vienna Symphony Orchestra, accessed January 5, 2022, https://www.wienersymphoniker.at/de/content/freiherr-von-schoenfeld-marsch-op-422.

Cut IDs

23269 10867