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The proud Brotherhood of Marines is guided by principles, values, virtues, love of country, and its Warrior Culture. This brotherhood of American Patriots has no song. Instead, Marine Warriors have a hymn. They silently show their pride in their fellow Marines, their Corps, their Country, their heritage, and their hymn. The Marines' Hymn is a tribute to Warriors. Marine Warriors stormed fortress Derna, raised the American flag, and gave us "the shores of Tripoli.
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Fighting is their role in life. They "fight for right and freedom" and "to keep our honor clean. Marines need no song. They have a hymn. Ironically, no one knows who wrote the hymn, which was in widespread use by the mids. In he told the leader of the Marine Band that the tune had been adopted from the comic opera Genevieve de Barbant , by Jaques Offenback.
Yet, others believe the tune originated from a Spanish folk song.
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In The Marines' Hymn became the official hymn of the Corps. Thirteen years later in November the Commandant approved a change in the words of the first verse, fourth line. Because of the increasing use of aircraft in the Corps, the words were changed to "In the air, on land, and sea.
When you have attained absolute perfection, there is no need for further modification: He studied music from an early age and in entered the Paris Conservatoire as a student. In he was admitted as a violoncellist to the Opera Comique and soon attained much popularity with Parisien audiences. He became conductor of the Theatre Francais in and subsequently leased the Theatre Comte, which he reopened as the Bouffes-Parisiens. Most of his operas are classed as comic light and fanciful and include numerous popular productions, many of which still hold a high place in European and American countries.
Genevieve de Brabant was the wife of Count Siegfried of Brabant. Brabant, a district in the central lowlands of Holland and Belgium, formerly constituted an independent duchy.
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The southern portions were inhabited by Walloons, a class of people now occupying the southeastern part of Belgium, especially the provinces of Liege, Arlon and Namur. Every campaign the Marines have taken part in gives birth to an unofficial verse. For example, the following from Iceland: In , the Commandant of the Marine Corps authorized the following verses of the Marines' Hymn as the official version:.
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Views Read Edit View history. This page was last edited on 15 September , at By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Service song of the United States Marine Corps. Major Wallach is to be congratulated upon a wonderfully accurate musical memory, for the aria of the Marine Hymn is certainly to be found in the opera, Genevieve de Brabant The melody is not in the exact form of the Marine Hymn, but is undoubtedly the aria from which it was taken.
I am informed, however, by one of the members of the band, who has a Spanish wife, that the aria was one familiar to her childhood and it may, therefore, be a Spanish folk song.