Yorckscher Marsch (Ludwig van Beethoven)

The March for Military Band No. 1 in F major, WoO 18, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1808 or 1809 as a march Für die Böhmische Landwehr (For the Bohemian Militia). It was the first of three military marches written by Beethoven. From the name of the Prussian General Yorck, Beethoven’s march is also known as Yorckscher Marsch or Marsch des Yorck’schen Korps (Armeemarschsammlung II, 103 (Armeemarschsammlung II, 37) and Heeresmarsch II, 5), was composed in 1808 in F-Major as a “Marsch für die böhmische Landwehr“.