{"id":61064,"date":"2025-10-06T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=61064"},"modified":"2025-10-13T19:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:56:27","slug":"a-beautiful-tribute-to-spain-by-a-german-army-music-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/10\/06\/a-beautiful-tribute-to-spain-by-a-german-army-music-band\/","title":{"rendered":"A beautiful tribute to Spain by a German Army music band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The German Army has a musical heritage dating back to the Prussian era, in the 18th and 19th centuries, and is characterized by its martial spirit.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/09\/02\/the-german-army-revives-one-of-its-most-famous-military-marches-from-world-war-ii\/\">The German Army revives one of its most famous military marches from World War II<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2021\/11\/07\/lili-marleen-a-great-short-film-about-world-war-ii-and-some-interesting-facts-about-the-song\/\">'Lili Marleen': A great short film about World War II and some interesting facts about the song<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>On October 1, the <strong>Panzergrenadierlehrbataillon 92<\/strong> (Armored Grenadier Training Battalion 92) of the German Army held a change of command ceremony at its Sub-Officer Friederike Kr\u00fcger Barracks (until almost a month ago Hindenburg Barracks) in South Munster (Lower Saxony). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundeswehr.de\/de\/organisation\/heer\/organisation\/1-panzerdivision\/panzerlehrbrigade-9\/panzergrenadierlehrbataillon-92#:~:text=Das%20zur%20Panzerlehrbrigade%209%20geh%C3%B6rende,und%20B%C3%BCndnisverteidigung%20und%20Eins%C3%A4tze%20bereit.\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Woyth S\u00e1nchez had been in command of this unit since May 2022<\/a>, commanding its approximately 700 panzer grenadiers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54837120594_63f278485e_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54837120594_ff071072a6_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">Grenadiers of the Panzergrenadierlehrbataillon 92 of the German Army (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundeswehr.de\/de\/organisation\/heer\/aktuelles\/einsatz-slowakei-beendet-5836006\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bundeswehr<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p><strong>As is customary at German Army military parades, this one featured musical accompaniment<\/strong> by the Heeresmusikkorps Hannover (Hannover Army Music Corps). In this video published last Saturday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BadBonsai1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bad Bonsai<\/a> <strong>we can see this music unit playing the \"Pr\u00e4sentiermarsch Friedrich Wilhelm III\"<\/strong> (Presentation March of Frederick William III), also known as the \"Preu\u00dfischer Pr\u00e4sentiermarsch\" (Prussian Inspection March), <strong>a musical piece composed in the 18th century by King Frederick William III of Prussia<\/strong>, an instrumental march incorporated into the musical repertoire of the Prussian Army in 1841 and which has been performed by the German Army since its foundation in 1871. In this case, <strong>the march was played during the troop review:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ein letztes Abschreiten der Front L92 durch OTL Woyth Sanchez  - Preu\u00dfischer Pr\u00e4sentiermarsch\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/94YTPyLUsdE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you may have noticed, <strong>the commander of the aforementioned German battalion has Spanish roots<\/strong>. His name, Ricardo Woyth S\u00e1nchez, is surely explained by the fact that he is the son of a Spanish mother and a German father. <strong>In Germany, a first name and a surname are commonly used.<\/strong> German soldiers wear their single surname on their identification patch, above the left pocket of their tunic. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5xkY3hYmDNg?si=l5tb-PYXpk9d8_MG&t=274\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lieutenant Colonel Woyth S\u00e1nchez wears both of his surnames on his chest<\/a>, a way of always remembering his Spanish ancestry. At this change of command ceremony, <strong>the Heeresmusikkorps Hannover performed a Spanish pasodoble, \"Amparito Roca\", in honor of the outgoing officer<\/strong>, a beautiful tribute to the Spanish roots of their current Lieutenant Colonel:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spanisches Temperament und deutsche Milit\u00e4rmusik. Kann das gut gehen? Amparito Roca - Paso Doble\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yMzXr5qj1yg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\"<strong>The outgoing commander, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Woyth S\u00e1nchez, wanted to say goodbye with a musical piece that expressed the Spanish temperament<\/strong>\"<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yMzXr5qj1yg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">points out Bad Bonsai<\/a>. The pasodoble \"Amparito Roca\" was premiered on September 11, 1925 by Jaume Texidor Dalmau (1884-1957), a Catalan musician born in Barcelona but who spent much of his life in Valencia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Texidor began his career as a composer when he was the director of the band of the 68th Regiment of the Spanish Army in Melilla.<\/strong> \"Amparito Roca,\" named after one of Texidor's students, was his best-known work, although he also composed other pasodobles and several processional marches. <strong>I am pleased to see that his work is also known in Germany.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yMzXr5qj1yg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bad Bonsai<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German Army has a musical heritage dating back to the Prussian era, in the 18th and 19th centuries, and is characterized by its martial spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,11544,11348],"tags":[25444,25446,16710,10929,25440,25445,20447,25439,25441,25442],"class_list":["post-61064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-army","category-music","tag-amparito-roca","tag-frederick-william-iii-of-prussia","tag-german-army","tag-germany","tag-heeresmusikkorps-hannover","tag-jaume-texidor-dalmau","tag-munster-lower-saxony","tag-panzergrenadierlehrbataillon-92","tag-prasentiermarsch-friedrich-wilhelm-iii","tag-preusischer-prasentiermarsch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}