Jody, In response to Matthew Caulfield's request for information on
The Marine's Hymn, the official tune is performed by the band here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSRlQPD6Xiw
From the Marine Corps Band website:
Composer: Jacques Offenbach
Genre: Holiday
The USMC Ceremonial Music page is found here:
http://www.marineband.marines.mil/Audio-Resources/Ceremonial-Music/
Respectfully,
WG Chapman - Curator of Organs
USMA USAG RSO WP NY
[ United States Military Academy
[ U.S. Army Garrison Religious Support Office
[ West Point, New York
[ At http://www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Library-and-Archives/The-Marines-Hymn/
[
[ "The music to the hymn is believed to have originated in the comic
[ opera Geneviéve de Brabant composed by the French composer Jacques
[ Offenbach. Originally written as a two-act opera in 1859, Offenbach
[ revised the work, expanding it to three acts in 1867. This revised
[ version included the song "Couplets des Deux Hommes d'Armes" and is
[ the musical source of The Marines' Hymn."
[
[ See also http://marissabidilla.blogspot.com/2007/12/gendarmes-duet.html
[ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marines%27_Hymn -- Robbie
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