Narva March
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The Narva March (Swedish: Narvamarschen; Finnish: Narvan marssi; Estonian: Narva marss) is a Swedish military march. It is now often used as a funeral march, especially at Finnish or Estonian state or military funerals.
The march, named after the 1700 battle of Narva, can be traced back in written sources to 1797, when it appeared in a Swedish piano book as Marsch nyttjad då Carl XII:e nalkades Narva ("The March used as Charles XII approached Narva").[1] Its ultimate origin is unknown, although some have speculated on an ultimate Scottish[2] or Irish[3] origin.
In 1818, on the centennial of Charles XII's death, the Swedish poet Erik Gustaf Geijer wrote a poem to commemorate the event. His words are now often used with the march, which is consequently better known by the first line "Viken, tidens flyktiga minnen" in Sweden.
References
- ^ Jonsson, Leif (1990). Ljusets riddarvakt: 1800-talets studentsång utövad som offentlig samhällskonst [Guardians of enlightenment: 19th century student songs as a form of "public art" in Swedish society]. Studia musicologica Upsaliensia (in Swedish). Uppsala: Uppsala University. p. 68.
- ^ Jonsson 1990, p. 405
- ^ Hedberg, K.G. (1988). 200 kvartettsånger utgivna av Sällskapet M.M. (2 ed.). Loviisa: Sällskapet M.M. Helsingfors. p. 44.