John Phillips Sousa - Under The Double Eagle

[amrein]

it is not from sousa , it is an austrian march

[19fetzohr90]

Is anybody else old enough to remember the radio commercials for Sunbeam Bread that were sung to this melody?

[gettoezblaster]

Wagner !!!

[nollo100]

Ganz sicher ein Östereich Marsch

[travismc93]

NOT SOUSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BachOmega00]

T R U M P E T S !!

[hidu57]

WAGNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[IRememberTheOldDays]

Wagner, NOT Sousa!!

[Endlessdonut97]

Man, you history buffs should take your conversation else where. This is a video for music, not talking about Hitler's pants. Jeese.

[oscarsdotter]

I don't think Hitler would have liked Sousa's version of Under dem Doppeladler, it's too full of life and joy, he probably preferred a more strict military version.

He wanted to be an artist, so let's ban all artists. At the end he married his Ewa, let's ban all marriages at least as far as heterosexuals are involved. And I guess he must have eaten at some time or other, so let's stop eating. Finally he died, how do we stop dying?

[rotweissrot100]

@oscarsdotter

Hitler didn't like at all what the Doppeladler presented. Guess why he deserted Austria to serve in the German army.

[darksage231]

In my opinion it's better with a brass band... The trombone part in the middle speaks for itself.

[grandpa72538]

This march was written by J.F. Wagner, not Sousa!

[CptQuestionMark]

It's time once again for Conrad Poohs and his dancing teeth.

[MrWullenbernd]

J. P. Sousa and his band made this march popular in the USA, but he is not the composer. "Under the Double Eagle" whas composed by Austrian March King Joseph Franz Wagner. Original title in German: "Unter dem Doppeladler".

[cliffordex]

@MrWullenbernd Indeed; I never even knew J.P. Sousa performed Under the Double Eagle, as I always liked Wagner's marches better.

Oh, and I know lots of people I hate that listen to the same kind of music I do; Hitler's dead, so don't let his aged decrepit name ruin the perfectly fermented music for you.

[ScienceManComics]

Yes, Hitler liked it, now be quiet and listen to the music.

[Treize69]

This is not only not Souza dude, it's not even American, it's Austro-Hungarian- you know, the country that had the Hapsburg DOUBLE EAGLE on the flag that it's armies marched UNDER.

[jobete1964]

they lie on your sun bed the fat buggers eating cocolate cake and leave with crumbs and fart every hour on the hour like Cuckoo clocks

[MrPorkmann]

Hitler liked chocolate cake and coffee - ban it.

Make vegitarianism illegal - Hitler was a veg.

Why not just make Austria/Germany illegal while we are at it.

[beherren]

So, JBC814, Sousa conducted this recording did he? That would be something of a challenge since he died in 1932.

But I would really like to know the who the band playing this is because it is the best version I have heard to date.

[pittdave]

All Hail Conrad Poohs!!!!!!!!!

[Zachary31798]

@rglbegl your thinking of Josef Wagner who was the 12th member of the NSDAP in the reichstag, Josef Franz Wagner, the composer, died in 1908 and lived in Austria all his life. by the way "Double Eagle" refers to the Austria-Hungary's coat of arms. The song has been used by The U.S. Armed forces and by the Austrian artillery regiment never by Nazi Germany. The march hitler would play as he marched his troops in would be "der konnigratzer marsch", "badenweiler",or "pruessens gloria".

[Zachary31798]

@rglbegl just because it has Germanic influence doesn't it automatically relates to Nazi Germany. Germany isn't fascist anymore and wasn't for decades after its founding. i take great pride in playing such a great piece of music so learn your history or don't say anything, this song wasn't even used by Germany in world war 2. by the way it was made by an Austrian composer, who had Germanic influence due to the fact that Austrians speak German

[TheInflicted]

@rglbegl So we have to ban all the music Hitler may have liked, even if they were written decades before WWII and already had a celebrated tradition around the world?

Hitler wore pants and had a dog too. Do we need to ban dogs and pants?

[DocuzanQuitomos]

@TheInflicted Not to mention he liked comedy, Charles Chaplin (ironically he found The Great Dictator funny), cartoons of Disney and other stuff :P.

[EnfieldGuy243]

@TheInflicted Just pants

[Zachary31798]

this is one of the peices my school band is playing for our winter concert

[Sylderon]

Please explain why John Philip Sousa would write a march about the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

/facepalm

[ZACKKrox]

Piccolo solo = ear sex

[JBC814]

Dufuss - this was by Josef Wagner, not Sousa. Make a correction or remove from YouTube.

[TheInflicted]

@JBC814 Dufuss - Sousa was conducting the band for this recording. Understand that conductors are also due credit or abstain from YouTube.

[JBC814]

@TheInflicted : You should have stated that he was the conductor. Several people misunderstood the connection. It is presumed that the composer is mentioned, not the conductor.

[paddyosee]

@TheInflicted It may have been Sousa's BAND, but probably NOT conducted by him; he had this thing about recordings and almost never conducted his band during recording sessions.

[Glinkaism1]

This is a also played by polka bands.

[mrivney]

Our h s marching band took 1st place at the National City CA Band review playing this song - great memories (not Sousa, tho.......) !

[RingoShort]

@mrivney We also did this in high school (Fallbrook, Ca) and always got a huge response to it.

Great tune

[SuperLucifer1998]

sukoiiiiii



[mac231208]

Is this the Boston Pops? Sounds like a Richard Heyman-ish arrangement, esp. the repeat of the trio. Ugh -- great march, but it needs to be played by a band sans strings.

[amazing763]

"Once again, for the record, all I know is what I read in the newspapers, and I read in the newspapers that John Philip Sousa writes ALL the marches. Similarly, Mark Twain makes all the witty remarks."

--Will Rogers

[paddyosee]

This is one of the five best non-Sousa marches out there. It's more of a concert piece; properly performed, it will blow off the roof!

[MyPasswordisGrawp]

Yeah this is by Wagner, not Sousa.

[m80kamikaze]

Well since people already beat me to it... I'll just say it anyways. Wagner not Sousa.

[sirbuick]

Been searching for this march for 3 YEARS! AWESOME!

[juvennino]

this ain't Sousa

[hammy012]

I played this in my band. I don't know why I enjoy it anyway. Even though I keep playing the wrong notes all the time.

[vpo2g2]

It's by W.H. Bagley.

[Mluke721]

were playing this song for band and the trio for flutes is impossible

[IdontneedanIpod]

CONRAD'S DANCING TEETH!

[screammachine87]

There's a solo for 3 Piccolo Flutes. I like it!

[grean555]

What version

[MrRgp]

epic piccolo

[MrRgp]

epic picolo

[DanTheManCalter]

All I can think of is dancing teeth...

[PayasYouListen]

There's a bit in the middle I'm not so familiar with. Maybe that's Sousa? This arrangement sounds very Sousa actually, but yes, the original was Josef Wagner. It's one of my favourite marches.

[Hikikomori013]

@PayasYouListen It's definitely a Sousa arrangement. I think he may have added the part you're talking about to Wagner's composition.

[fattoler]

Dancing teeth!

[JamesTJoplin]

Dear Lord! You say every march is by Sousa! He didn't write everything. He did write over 100 marches, this is no one! Still good. (It's by Wagner)

[mamp71]

Composed by Joseph Wagner and arranged by John Phillip Sousa, agreed?

[Bythesw23]

Why do people fail at history classes.

Austro-Hungarian piece of music.

[Tromboneto]

Sorry, but Under the double eagle is from Wagner :S

[barrhavener]

@Tromboneto

Be specific. Josef Wagner.

No relationship to Richard Wagner

[thestargeezer]

Some of you may not be aware, there is a man who has re-created the Sousa band and is touring the world as the Sousa Band playing all his marches and other music, Sousa didn't just write marches.

[archangell44]

I don't entirely know why, but I think of dancing teeth when I listen to this....

[exeggcuter]

@archangell44 That's probably because that monty python cartoon has a sped up version of this.

[archangell44]

@exeggcuter Thank you Captain Obvious :)

[ThePeplow]

@exeggcuter The Monty Python number was Liberty Bell

[martinbizarro]

@ThePeplow The Monty Python cartoon is "Conrad Poohs and his dancing teeth" and it uses an organ arrangement of this.

[vonmazur1]

Alles ist frueher bekannt!!...F J Wagner nicht J P Sousa......

See some of us Americans have "Kultur" !!!

BTW: Often played by Country and Western Groups in the 50's as a waltz!!

Dale in AL

[Predatorwarrior18]

thanks been having trouble with this piece

[56ALEXX]

" Unter dem doppel adler "is the name of this march. The two eagles for both austrian and hungarian empires. So.J.P Sousa did not write this march

[Kosta139]

This is the best military march ever composed!

[HAISPAM]

This song makes me think of Conrad Poohs.

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

I suspect most of these compositions were accredited to Sousa because US military bands use these marches frequently, either in concert or in actual marching. The person who posted these tunes ( Zzahier) is too knowledgeable to attribute all of them to Sousa.

[Hikikomori013]

1:27 to 2:02 is definitely different from the version I'm familiar with. Did Sousa add the flute part in his arrangement?

[PayasYouListen]

@Hikikomori013 1:27 to 2:02 is precisely the bit I'm not familiar with. (See my stand-alone comment)

[ingledude]

Josef Franz Wagner, of Austria, wrote this song in 1902, although, it was a favorite of John Philip Sousa he didn't write it. How about some research.

[Bisfa1]

VERY fine band.

[dewalt6573]

this version must be the Sousa version, not the Wagner version. no dogfight

[Nixonfan2011]

this isn't sousa!!!

[blechzwerg]

I have to clarify something!

this an austrian military march, by Josef Wagner!

please add this information!

greez

[dienten99]

military march of america?!

german ;)

[vincentharlling90]

hey wait i also found this one in German Military march song....

[barrhavener]

@vincentharlling90

Austria was NOT part of Germany before WW II (see the movie "Sound of Music").

Thus, for example, the Blue Danube Waltz (composed in the same so-called "Romantic Era" as Under the Double Eagles) is definitely a Viennese Waltz and cannot be called a German Waltz. Can't you?

Same for the famous Radetzky March. It is Austrian

[papm619]

It's a simple march, but it's very nice.

[musilongas]

El autor de esta marcha fue el compositor autríaco Joseph Franz Wagner, quien la escribió en 1902.

[petermackett37]

Unter Dem Doppeladler - Josef Wagner,

he was an Austrian composer.

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

@petermackett37 .....Very good. You win the cigar for the correct answer.

[PrivateEccles]

@petermackett37 Right! Private Eccles

[philipvanlidth]

The double eagle is an emblem in heraldry that was first associated with the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire and was adopted by the Holy Roman Empire to associate it as the successor to the Western Roman Empire. When the last Holy Roman Emperor abdicated, dissolving the Holy Roman Empire in the face of defeat by Napoleon, he had already declared himself the Austrian Emperor, and the double eagle of the Holy Roman Empire became the symbor of the Austrian Empire...

[HierGibtsNixMehr]

@petermackett37 And Sousa actually didn't compose Austrian marches =)

[woodlist]

@petermackett37

Was he really? Well now! I'll go to the foot of our stairs.

:)

[Zachary31798]

@petermackett37 explains why it sounds so german, i love it

[ummFatimah98]

We played that in our band too!In 1984! It was not a march school marching bands usually played,it is more for adults but we managed it cause we were good enough hehe!

[rbtmdl]

This is not Sousa.

However, it was one of Sousa's favorite marches. He did a custom arragngment of this song, this is possibly Sousa's arragment.

[lilaznnerd69]

@rbtmdl or maybe this is sousa's interpretation...?

[pablononescobar]

@rbtmdl Sounds like Sousa, must be his arrangement

[1812over2]

@rbtmdl it isn't its wagners

[Spartakos9]

Josef Wagner.

Philip not Phillips.

[Socrates6767]

It's Wagner, not Sousa.