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The first outline (piano rendition) was written in 1795. For the first time in 1845, in celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the battle, the march was given lyrics, "Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner! Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth!...." because the regiment by then had been renamed "Ansbach-Bayreuth". In the time
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Prussian 5th (Bayreuther) Dragoon Regiment (later renamed the Ansbach-Bayreuth Dragoons) destroyed 20 battalions of Austrian and Saxon troops and captured 2,500 prisoners and 67 regimental standards. This forced Prince Charles of Lorraine to
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Austrian and Saxon forces were white, like fresh snow. The speaker is boasting that the close-packed white-coated Austrians would melt away before the Dragoons' charge like a field of springtime
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of the German Kaiser the title "Hohenfriedberger" was symbolic both on the basis of its connection with the great military victories of
Friedrich II and because of the authorship of the
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Hohenfriedberg, these Dragoons did not yet bear the title "Ansbach-Bayreuth".
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was the composer of the piece. (The melody appears to be largely derived from
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There are many legends surrounding the origins of the march. Supposedly, the
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I, 21 (Army March I, 1c and Army march III, 1b)), also called "
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198:added Der Hohenfriedberger as a trio to his "
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722:Kurt Christoph, Graf von Schwerin
202:" written after the victorious
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268:Original 1845 commermorative
518:whether musket, threaten us:
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111:Der Hohenfriedberger Marsch
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652:to the place we are today:
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430:tut niemals nicht flieh'n!
291:und rĂŒste dich zum Streit!
132:on 4 June 1745 during the
628:Drum, Kinder, seid lustig
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499:Drum, Kinder, seid lustig
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465:And they also still stand
433:Und stĂŒnd'n sie auch noch
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371:Drum, Kinder, seid lustig
357:Drum, Kinder, seid lustig
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669:To the Ansbach Dragoons!
427:Ein preuĂ'scher Dragoner
300:Sich das preuĂische Heer
251:, the Austrian commander
158:Battle of Hohenfriedberg
138:Battle of Hohenfriedberg
65:Battle of Hohenfriedberg
770:German military marches
551:Halt, Ansbach-Bayreuth!
548:Halt, Ansbach-Dragoner!
473:We could ride them down
439:Wir reiten sie zusammen
288:Schnall um deinen SĂ€bel
218:download the audio file
196:Johann Gottfried Piefke
170:Frederick II of Prussia
107:Hohenfriedberger Marsch
18:Hohenfriedberger Marsch
637:Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth!
634:Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner!
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620:Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner!
598:on Friedberg's heights
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505:Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner!
494:Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth!
491:Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner!
421:Hab'n Sie keine Angst,
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377:Auf, Ansbach-Dragoner!
366:Auf, Ansbach-Bayreuth!
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655:Up, Ansbach Dragoons!
614:Und ruft unser König,
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554:Wisch ab deinen SĂ€bel
538:Up, Ansbach-Bayreuth!
535:Up, Ansbach Dragoons!
524:Up, Ansbach-Bayreuth!
521:Up, Ansbach Dragoons!
462:does not flee, never!
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408:Up, Ansbach Dragoons!
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394:Up, Ansbach Dragoons!
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666:and all ready to go:
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563:auf Friedbergs Höh'n
532:and all ready to go:
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486:Ob SĂ€bel, ob Kanon',
454:Colonel von Schwerin
442:wie FrĂŒhlingsschnee.
405:and all ready to go.
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329:Buckle on your sabre
274:English translation
204:Battle of KöniggrÀtz
99:Der Hohenfriedberger
687:KöniggrÀtzer Marsch
586:, Ansbach-Bayreuth!
580:, Ansbach Dragoons!
557:und laĂ vom Streit;
260:Frederick the Great
200:KöniggrÀtzer Marsch
134:Second Silesian War
43:Frederick the Great
697:Badonviller Marsch
663:So, boys, be jolly
566:Ist weit und breit
529:So, boys, be jolly
459:A Prussian Dragoon
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126:Austrians
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681:See also
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324:Bayreuth
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80:Composed
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109:" or "
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