Any famous "Marches" ?

Question

please give me names of the most famous pieces you know & their composers, pieces that have names like "march of sth.." or simply "march" , like Tchaikovsky' March from "The Nutcracker"....

Answer 1

John Phillip Sousa in this country, use to be known as the "March King"(don't know whether he's still referred to as such). Here's one of his best marches - "The Stars and Stripes Forever":



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMM0d--ZRyM&feature=related



Here's some of my "strictly" classical music, march favorites:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIGfEcuKIl8&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5wIQIDNw9o&feature=related



(not a march, but a "processional" - about the same thing-? - and be patient; has a glorious conclusion)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAHc-D-1jTU



(this conductor always conducts with his eyes closed; just try to disregard)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXYgL9H6lts



(march to the scaffold)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb7BJQ7LAlo



Alberich

Answer 2

The Dead March from Saul by George Frideric Handel



A funeral march, formerly attributed to Beethoven (WoO Anhang 13), believed to be by Johann Heinrich Walch, played at the Remembrance Day Cenotaph Service



The "Funeral March" from the incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream by Felix Mendelssohn



The Funeral March for the Final Scene of Hamlet by Hector Berlioz



Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" is one of the best known of the pieces that he wrote as incidental music for Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1842



1. Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1 In D Major - London PO; Solti, G.

2. Karelia Suite: Alla marcia - Philharmonia Orchestra

3. Jubel March - Vienna PO; Boskovsky, W.

4. Funeral March Of A Marionette - Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

5. Tannhauser: Grand March - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Howarth, E.

6. Rinaldo: March - English Chamber Orchestra

7. Saul: Dead March - English CO; Bonynge, R.

8. Aida: Grand March - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

9. Radetzky March - Vienna PO; Boskovsky, W.

10. Marche militaire - Wiener Philharmoniker



1. Crown Imperial (Coronation March) - London PO; Norrington, R.

2. Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary: Funeral March - Baroque Brass Of London

3. Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary) - London PO; Norrington, R.

4. March - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

5. Marche triomphale - London PO; Norrington, R.

6. Egyptian March - Wiener Philharmoniker

7. Joyeuse March - Swiss Romande Orch; Ansermet, E.

8. Napoleon March - Wiener Philharmoniker

9. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March - Montreal SO; Dutoit, C.

10. Russian March - Wiener Philharmoniker

Answer 3

Mozart - 'Alla Turca' also known as the 'Turkish March'

Beethoven - He also has a 'Turkish march'

Chopin - Funeral March