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Old Comrades (arr Lake)
Carl Teike (arr. Mayhew Lake and Louis-Philippe Laurendeau)
This work is also known by its German title, Alte Kameraden.
General Info
Year: 1889 / 1908 / 1938
Duration: c. 3:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Bass Saxophone
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Old Comrades ("Alte Kameraden") was written around 1889 in Ulm, Germany, by Carl Teike, a composer of military music. After presenting his superior with the musical score, Teike was allegedly told: "We have marches enough. Throw this one into the oven!"
The march was not burned but became one of most frequently played German military marches. It remains popular internationally and in Germany, where it was even played in the aftermath of World War II when such music was frowned upon.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
"Alte Kameraden" (German for Old Comrades) was written by Carl Teike in 1889, and has since become one of the most popular marches in the world. It was written to honor the loyalty among those comrades-at-arms who have served together in the military in their younger days, a loyalty that remained strong for the rest of their lives, long past their military experiences.
- Program Note from publisher
After an initial rebuff by an insensitive military bandmaster in 1889, Teike’s Old Comrades March has steadily gained international popularity -- it now ranks near the top of the world’s most popular marches. It has been performed by a single accordion, sung before World War II by a 200-voice soldiers’ choir, and whistled along with a band’s performance by 60,000 people at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. The title was chosen during a discussion between the composer’s regimental friends after he had decided to leave the army -- in the Prussian military code “comrades” vowed to protect each other regardless of the danger. Teike sold the march to the Fritz Morilce Publishing Firm in Stettin for six dollars after he learned that bands throughout Germany were copying the parts from each other.
- Program Note from Program Notes for Band
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. University of Wisconsin – Platteville Symphony Band (Matt Gregg, conductor) – 6 May 2009
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Foothill Symphonic Winds (Palo Alto, Calif.) (Roy Stahle, conductor) – 9 June 2019
- Encore Winds (Traverse City, MI) (Timothy Topolewski, conductor) - 7 October 2018
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Deutsche Art
- Emperor's Parole
- For Throne and Empire
- Graf Zeppelin (arr. Rundel) (1903/1986)
- Hohenstaufen Marsch
- In Treue fest! (arr. Wagner) (1993)
- Loyal and True
- Neue Kamaraden. See: New Comrades
- New Comrades (ed. Fennell) (1979)
- Old Comrades (arr. Richardson) (1899/1973)
- Old Comrades (arr. Bourgeois) (1899/1996)
- Old Comrades (arr. Laurendeau and Lake) (1899/1908/1938)
- Steadfast and True (1909)
Resources
- Alte Kameraden, Wikipedia Accessed 17 May 2016
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Carl Teike." Accessed 13 March 2015
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 585.
- Teike, C.; Laurendeau, L.; Lake, M. (1938). Old Comrades [score]. Carl Fischer: New York.