Children of the Regiment

Julius Fučik

Subtitle: Op. 169. Die Regimentskinder

General Info

Year: ca. 1915 / 1996
Duration: c. 3:30
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wingert-Jones
Cost: Score and Parts - $50.00 | Score Only - $7.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This march, also known as Regimental Youngsters, was Opus 169 for Julius Fučik and a very important work in his career as a composer for military bands. According to his biographer, Stanislav Krticka, the ultimate goal of every Austrian bandmaster was to write at least one march for the Vienna parade grounds -- a march which would be loved by the commanding officer and also by the people of that musical capital. Fučik had previously written many marches without attaining this goal. In a letter to his brother Rudolf in Berlin, he wrote that he had just returned from Vienna, "where I had left the manuscript of my march Regimentskinder with the (publisher) Blaha. This march is a real Viennese regimental march, and I do hope it will be successful in Vienna, and all over the world." The work was accepted as an official march-past by the Imperial Austrian Army shortly after it was published and again as the traditional march for the Army's training school by the Austrian Defense Ministry in 1967. Die Regimentskinder is now in the repertoire of most European bands.

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Media

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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San Antonio (Tx.) Symphonic Band (Alfred Tapia, conductor) - 13 March 2022
Kentucky Virginia (Whitesburg, Ky.) Summer Winds (Jason Griffith, conductor) - 18 May 2021
Kokomo (Ind.) Park Band (Stephen Pratt, conductor) - 20 June 2018
Wisconsin Lutheran College (Milwaukee) Concert Band (Terry S. Treuden, conductor) – 9 December 2016
California State University, Fresno, Wind Orchestra (Roxanne Bates, conductor) - 11 March 2016 (2016 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
Tara Winds (Marietta, Ga.) (John R. Bourgeois, conductor) - 19 December 2015 (2015 Midwest Clinic)
Allegheny College (Pa.) Band Camp for Adult Musicians (Michelle Rakers, conductor) - 14 June 2013
Owasso (Okla.) High School Wind Ensemble (Eldon Janzen, conductor) – 20 December 2012 (2012 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Children of the Regiment (tr. Bourgeois) (ca. 1915/1996)
Concertino for Bassoon (arr. Belohoubek) (2015)
Der alto Brummbar. See: The Old Grumbly Bear and The Old Sore-Head
Entry of the Gladiators (arr. Balent) (1900/2004)
Entry of the Gladiators (arr. Holcombe Jr.) (1900)
Entry of the Gladiators (tr. Laurendeau; arr. Seredy) (1900/1936)
Entry of the Gladiators (tr. Laurendeau; arr. Seredy; ed. Ragsdale) (1900/1997)
Fanfare Sounds (arr. Bourgeois) (2017)
Florentiner (arr. Lake, ed. Fennell) (1907/1980)
Florentiner March (ed. Bourgeois) (1907/1999)
Florentiner March (arr. Rossi) (1907/2007)
Gigantic (arr. Sip) (2002/2016)
Kinizsi (ed. Ohnmeiss)
Kinizsi (arr. Borodach)
Marinarella (arr. Beek) (1907/2005)
Mississippi River (arr. Studnitzky) (1902/1995)
The Old Grumbly Bear (arr. Glover) (1910/2004)
The Old Sore-Head (arr. Rogers) (1910/2000)
Thunder and Blazes (arr. Foster Jr.) (1900/2011)
Unter Der Admirals Flagge (Singerling) (1983)
Victory Trophies (arr. Sip) (1915/2002/2016)

Resources

Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 214.