Johann Gottfried Piefke
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Johann Gottfried Piefke was a German band leader, and composer of military music.
Johann Gottfried Piefke
An 1844 advertisement for a musical event organised by Piefke
Battle of Königgrätz
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The Battle of Königgrätz was the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire. It took place on 3 July 1866, near the Bohemian city of Hradec
Johann Gottfried Piefke
…Regiment in Berlin. His famous marches include Preußens Gloria, Düppeler Schanzen-Marsch and the Königgrätzer Marsch – the latter composed after the Battle of Königgrätz in 1866, the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War). He arranged Franz Liszt's symphonic poem – Tasso for military band and may also have similarly…
The Battle of Königgrätz, Georg Bleibtreu
Ludwig von Benedek, commander of the Austrian forces (lithograph by Eduard Kaiser, 1857)
Interior of the Swiepwald
![Cavalry engagement at the battle of Königgrätz (Alexander von Bensa, [de] 1866)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Gefecht_zwischen_k.k._Husaren_und_preu%C3%9Fischen_K%C3%BCrassieren_in_der_Schlacht_von_K%C3%B6niggr%C3%A4tz_%28A._Bensa_1866%29.jpg/500px-Gefecht_zwischen_k.k._Husaren_und_preu%C3%9Fischen_K%C3%BCrassieren_in_der_Schlacht_von_K%C3%B6niggr%C3%A4tz_%28A._Bensa_1866%29.jpg)
Cavalry engagement at the battle of Königgrätz (Alexander von Bensa, [de] 1866)