Description

Adolf Scherzer (1815-1864)

Bavarian Defilier March

2 Tp, 2 Pos

The Bavarian Defilier March (Army March II, 146 (AM II, 246)) was composed around 1850 by the Bavarian military musician Adolf Scherzer in Ingolstadt.

The march was originally dedicated to the Royal Bavarian 7th Infantry Regiment “Carl v. Pappenheim”, which was stationed in Ingolstadt at the time, and was first played as the “Avancier March”. The march was particularly popular during the war against Prussia in 1866 and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. It is said that King Ludwig II himself decided to elevate the march to the status of the Bavarian March of Advance and Defilade. Under its current title “Bayerischer Defiliermarsch”, the unmistakable march has become the symbol of the Free State of Bavaria.