General Bem's Grand March, Op.86 (Viereck, John Conrad)

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Work Title General Bem's Grand March
Alternative. Title
Composer Viereck, John Conrad
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.86
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJV 9
Key E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
First Publication. 1849 – Philadelphia: A. Fiot
Dedication J.H. Schroeder Esq.
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Piano

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Bem refers to Józef Bem (1794–1850), a hero of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

(No.2 of Viereck's Opus 87 is "General Bem's Hungarian Galop".)

Shares op. no. with the later-published Donelson Grand March (suggesting the opus 86 there might possibly be a misreading?)