| "Under the Double Eagle" | |
| Type: | March |
| Composer: | Joseph Franz Wagner |
| Native Name: | "Unter dem Doppeladler" |
| Native Name Lang: | de |
| Key: | E-flat major |
| Opus: | 159 |
| Form: | Ternary |
| Publisher: | Eclipse Publishing Co. |
"Under the Double Eagle", Op. 159, is an 1893 march composed by J. F. Wagner, an Austrian military music composer. The title is a reference to the two-headed eagle in the coat of arms of Austria-Hungary.[1]
It was published in the United States in 1902 by Eclipse Publishing Co., a branch of Joseph Morris Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2]
This piece is in E-flat major, though the Trio is in A-flat major. It is written in ternary form.
In 1935, Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers, with an arrangement by Mort Glickman[3] on Bluebird Records,[4] was second only to the Carter Family in the top Hillbilly (Country) music hits of the year.[5] It became a Western swing standard, and has been recorded by many Country and Bluegrass artists since.[5]
The tune was parodied in the Benny Goodman recording "Benjie's Bubble" and was also used for the well-known Monty Python's Flying Circus animation segment "Conrad Poohs And His Dancing Teeth".