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Josef Franz Wagner (20 March...(more) 1856 – 5 June 1908) was an Austrian military bandmaster and composer. He is sometimes known by the sobriquet 'The Austrian March King'.[2]
He is best known for his 1902 march Unter dem Doppeladler or Under the Double Eagle, referring to the double eagle in the coat of arms of Austria-Hungary. The march became a favourite part of the repertoire of American composer and bandleader John Philip Sousa, whose band recorded it three times. The piece was the official regimental march of the Austrian Artillery Regiment Number 2 till its dissolution in 2007.The first one-third part of the march song is featured in the 1992 computer game Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-1943 when Germany is being selected in the gameplay.

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