Napoleon Marsch - Johann Strauss

[waltz333]

Again Johann Strauss my favorite composer

[CpLRoebuck59]

Vive la France!

[snipetracker]

It's a fine piece of music, and yet the images of war and destruction paint a much different image of Napoleon's legacy that is contradictory. It's like the romantic music that plays at the beginning of Dr. Strangelove when the nuclear bombers are refueling.

[huguenots114]

slightly faster than ive ever heard, and it's sooooooooo nice !!

[MRRWJ2]

Imagine Napoleon walking swiftly with this music playing. LOL

[Zwei4815]

Can't believe some people don't know who Louis Napoleon was.

[FilmComposeRaHoppe]

@Zwei4815 Some people do not even know who Dvorak or Sibelius was.

[LadyElisabethx]

very very nice, it make me feel happyyy!!!!!!!! :)

[TheD435]

some kids my age lissen to rap i lessin to classical,

[BangerBass123]

nice music .. but ... PREUSSEN's GLORIA IS BETTER !!!

[Beraru2010]

This song is a tribute to Napoleon III, not Bonaparte, who was his grandfather...

[plopodopolas567]

Napoleon I was Napoleon III's uncle.

[plopodopolas567]

@Beraru2010 Napoleon I was Napoleon III's uncle and technically they were both Bonapartes.

[AndyGC100]

Strauss family. outstanding!

[sirrington]

Was this celebrating Napoleon or was it mocking him?

[emg196]

@sirrington --good question

[raft222]

Johann Strauss the best composer ever

[TousavecNintendo]

Cette marche a été faite à l'occasion de la guerre de Crimée, elle n'a aucun rapport avec Napoléon Ier.

[mrwickwiz23]

Where's the waterloo??

[gipcambero]

VIVE L'EMPEREUR !!!!

[Shakaras]

Niech Żyje Cesarz!!!!!!!!!!!

[DarthGerardoWolf]

Simply AMAZING¡¡¡

[Cradlis]

Damn this is good to listen this again and again...

Vive l'Empereur!

[chevybbv8]

a masterpiece of austrian music !!!

[oreillyfan360]

Just curious, but what makes this Austrian music?

Was Strauss Austrian?, or is it like a musical style? - if the latter, than what are some other examples I could search for?

[chevybbv8]

The Strauss Family were an austrian musician family, the most popular are Johann Strauss Father and Johann Strauss Son.

You can search for Kaiserwalzer (Emperor's walz) Radetzky Marsch or Donauwalzer which are some of the most famous examples

[chengchunnam]

Apparently Johann Strauss didn't like

Napoleion

[vHumboldt77]

@chengchunnam - why would he dedicate a march to him then? :)

[chengchunnam]

@vHumboldt77 The Brits had also dedicated a march to Hitler,The Colonel Bogey March, the one ball thing

[vHumboldt77]

@chengchunnam - the obvious and foundless comparison: Bonaparte and Hitler. The only thing they had in common was the fact that they were beaten by Russian Winter. Other than that, nothing. Thanks to Bonaparte, many Jewish in eastern Europe became free citizens for the first time. That alone should shed that silly comparison to the dustbin. But there's more: half the world has codified laws thanks to Bonaparte's idea of codifying the French law...

[chengchunnam]

@vHumboldt77 Let's get back to beginning, Johann Strauss didn't like Napoleon because he was French and Strauss was Austrian, and that the two countries were at war. France was aggressive at that time, almost engulfing the the entire Europe,

no body like Napoleon except the Frehcn

[vHumboldt77]

@chengchunnam -not even that is black and white. How is it then that Bonaparte's second wife was none other than Marie-Louise, the daughter of Franz II, Emp. of Austria?. True: Napoleon's wars strained Europe -and ultimately the French too- and that his generals and ministers benefited from looting the vanquished lands. But it's also true that he brought progress to many of them --from the end of serfdom or second-class citizenship in eastern Europe to the dissolution of the Spanish Inquisition.

[lcmb1994]

@vHumboldt77 True, true!

As a matter of fact, most of the napoleonic wars were the consequences of the different coalitions' actions, pushing Napoleon to war.

What's more, there's no doubt that he democratised the territories he conquered..

[tudosiealex]

@chengchunnam

Best be trolling. In ANY armed conflict, there will ALWAYS be people who will support their countries' enemies. Take WW2, for example. There were Nazi sympathizers, loyalists and collaborators from all over Europe. There were even British collaborators.

To say that nobody liked Napoleon except the French would be pure ignorance.

[bh5496]

@tudosiealex yes quite, such as some italians, dutch and germanich people

[chengchunnam]

@vHumboldt77 I must admit that you're right with your points, to compare Hitler with Bonaparte is infact silly,one is deemed to be a hero while the other a demon. But I didn't compare them in the first place, I just made a joke that the Brits did also dedicate their march to vent their hatred. Strauss I believe had to acquiesce under the circumstances in order to success by taking side, otherwise things might turned difficult for him. That's all my surmise, nothing else, not big deal

[1piazzola]

@chengchunnam

I agree with you. It's a shame to compare Hitler and Napoleon. It's not a honour for Mr Cheng.

[vHumboldt77]

@chengchunnam ancient Egypt came back to light following his expedition which -maybe it's the only case in History- carried along all sorts of scholars, from architects to botanists, astronomers, chemists, etc. (read Vivant Denon's "Description of Egypt". The very idea of the EU stems from his attempts to boycott Britain...Was he a democrat?. Definitely no. But none of the kings and princes of the time were. Did he make war? Yes. Like all of them.

[vHumboldt77]

@chengchunnam --finally, if Bonaparte had not left a good legacy (contrary to Hitler), do you think he would be revered by his country and you'd have any prestigious orchestra playing this lovely marsch by Johann Strauss?.

[RhoDaZZGR]

Since there was no comments before this, thank you. Good piece :)