Prussian March - Yorckscher Marsch (Fife and Drum - Version 1)

Yorckscher Marsch, by the Fifes and Drums of the Old Barracks. The marsch is named after the Prussian General Yorck, Beethoven’s march is also known as Yorckscher Marsch or Marsch des Yorck’schen Korps (Armeemarschsammlung II, 103 (Armeemarschsammlung II, 37) and Heeresmarsch II, 5), the march was composed in 1809 in F-Major as a “Marsch für die böhmische Landwehr“. Originally the march was dedicated to the Austrian Archduke Joseph Anton Johann, but after 1813 it was named after the Prussian General Yorck, who had distiguished himself in battle during the campaign of 1813. Johann Yorck, count von Wartenburg. Johann also rendered Hans (born Sept. 26, 1759, Potsdam, Prussia -died Oct. 4, 1830, Klein-Öls, Silesia), Prussian field marshal, reformer, and successful commander during the Wars of Liberation (1813–15) against France. His initiative in signing a separate neutrality agreement with Russia during the Napoleonic invasion of that country (Convention of Taurogge