Farewell of Slavianka - Abschied der Slawin

Fanfarekorps Koninklijke Landmacht “Bereden Wapens“ (NL) (Fanfare Band of the Royal Netherlands Army Mounted Regiments) More about the band: Music: Farewell of Slavianka was composed in 1912 by V. Agapkin, a cavalry-man and student of trumpet and composition at the Tambov Music College. The music is based on events in the Balkan wars of liberation from the five-hundred-year-long power of the Ottoman Empire and was dedicated to all Slav women sending their men to fight for freedom (Slavianka means “Slavic woman“).