- 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
- 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.
- “Baron von Schönfeld March,” Vienna Symphony Orchestra, accessed January 5, 2022, https://www.wienersymphoniker.at/de/content/freiherr-von-schoenfeld-marsch-op-422.
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