My brother used to play it on vinyl when I was a toddler. I’m pretty sure he said it was by Tchaikovsky. It sounded like it was played with a full symphony. A fast triple-meter time signature (maybe 6/8).
My attempt to sketch it out (the first line is the scale interval, the second is the beat):
Another way to recognize it: there’s a football cheer that I remember from a Three Stooges episode that goes, “Give 'em the axe, give 'em the axe, give 'em the axe, the axe, the axe…” which matches the rhythm pretty closely.
Googling “Tchaikovsky” and “military march” has turned up a couple of pieces that are definitely not it.
“Give 'em the axe” is a football chant from Stanford/Cal games. I think the Stooges used it in “Out West” - but I don’t think it relates directly to Tchaikovsky. Maybe I’m wrong.
Nothing yet that matches the music mentioned in the OP, but I’m listening to some great music! Thanks to all.
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Seriously, could you (the OP) be remembering some part of Tchaikovsky’s Slavonic March? :dubious:
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No, but thank you for that - you've IDed a snippet (4:45-6:22) which I've played for years in my rendition of "Guitar Rag" (it's an eclectic version). Much appreciated!
No, but the part starting at 7:36 was recorded as a popular song “Stranger in Paradise” (which I should have remembered from seeing that commercial in the 1970’s for a classical music compilation). Thanks!
Since we seem to be shotgunning this, how about the Radetzky March? It’s by Johann Strauss (Sr), not Tchaikovsky, but its cadence seems to match. The video is from the Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s concert, where the march — and audience participation — are traditional.
