Leon Jessel, *1871 (Stettin); † 1942 (Berlin) war ein deutscher Komponist. Er komponierte vor allem Operetten The Parade of the Tin Soldiers (Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten), also known as The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, is an instrumental musical character piece, in the form of a popular jaunty march, written by German composer Leon Jessel, in 1897. Ein Versprecher wurde namensgebend: Von den Zinn- zu den Holzsoldaten The Parade of the Tin Soldiers was originally composed for solo piano. Jessel later published it for orchestra in 1905, as Opus 123 (Heinrichhofen's Verlag, Magdeburg). Today, it is also a popular tune for marching bands, concert bands, and small orchestras, and for extremely diverse alternate instrumentations as well. Since the early 1920s, the piece has been very popular in the U.S., and has also been frequently performed and recorded worldwide, often as The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers. Thorens Manivelle
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