Florentiner March (Julius Fucik)
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@zorakj I dont know loool i didnt know taiwanese had bands XD
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@cchat5 The group playing appears to be the National Taiwan University Wind Orchestra, therefore it makes sense that they are Taiwanese. And why do you care?
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I love Fucik
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@ KarlBonner - Of course, one does need to keep in mind that the tune for "The Star Spangled Banner" is the old English beer-drinking song "To Anachreon In Heaven."
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@baiereuph I tend to have the same attitude toward our national anthem. Most bands play it at a moderate and mostly steady tempo, but my preference would be a much slower and darker sound with plenty of rubato. I think it has to do with my sense of patriotism being founded more on things like human rights, as opposed to an orderly and structured military ethos. Musically that translates into a noble, ponderous and harmonious playing style - perfect for a French horn ensemble BTW.
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THis is beautifully played. I agree that around 3:30 it feels like its juuuuuuuuust about to die. But other than that, beautiful.
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It keeps feeling like it's about to lose momentum and stop. Give my the Gebruder Rungling B&B band. Too slow, and still doesn't catch the beautiful lyricism at about 3:30, just sounds like it's abo u t t o d i e ooooooooooooout.
Then come back to hit you on the head. Where the hell is the conductor going?
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@LeNinjaBob Amen. I don't get these people it's really not that far off. Much better to have proper musicality and blend and intonation than deal with tempo pyrotechnics. The only part that that is a bit....lethargic maybe is the trumpet fanfare at the beginning, would like to have seen it a little bit more vibrant being a trumpet player. The trio also lags significantly and started to put me to sleep, should be the same tempo as the rest....maybe that's what they were talking about.
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why are they all chinese?
too slow! its not a funeral march! bloody hell
oafclegendary 3 years ago 14
The misattribution is easily explained: Fucik himself subtitled his march "Grande Marcia Italiana" (Great Italian March) and "Florentiner" (Florentine) refers to the Italian City of Firenze (Florenz, Florence), then part of the Austrian empire, in whose army Fucik served as a bandmaster.
rotweissrot100 2 years ago 7