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2 Comments:
Wow! That is the saddest piano piece I have ever heard.
The music is "Marching Through Georgia" by Goldmund
Marching Through Georgia (sometimes called Marching Thru' Georgia) is a marching song written by Henry Clay Work at the end of the American Civil War in 1865. It refers to U.S. Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's destructive March to the Sea late in the previous year.
Because of its lively melody, the song became widely popular with Union Army veterans after the war. However, General Sherman himself despised the "Marching Through Georgia", in part because it was played at almost every public appearance that he attended.[1] Outside of the Southern United States, it had a universal appeal: Japanese troops sang it as they entered Port Arthur, the British Army sang it in India, and an English town thought the tune was appropriate to welcome southern troops in World War II.
The song remains a popular with brass bands, and its tune has been adapted to other popular songs, including "The Land", "Billy Boys" and "Come In, Come In". It was also sung by a carpetbagger in Gone with the Wind.
George M. Cohan referenced the "Hurrah! Hurrah!" line in one of the verses of "You're a Grand Old Flag", juxtaposed with a line from "Dixie".
The Finnish protest song "Laiva Toivo, Oulu" (English: "The Ship Hope, Oulu") is set to the melody of "Marching Through Georgia", but with Finnish-language lyrics criticing the actions of the captain of the titular frigate Toivo.[2]
The song is referenced in the title of two counterfactual novels, S. M. Stirling's Marching Through Georgia references the title, whilst that of Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee references the chorus.
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