Florentiner Marsch, “Grande marcia Italiana,” Op. 214 Julius Fučík Born: July 18, 1872, Prague, Bohemia Died: September 25, 1916, Berlin, Germany Composed: 1907 Duration: 6 minutes The Florentiner Marsch, “Grande marcia Italiana,” was written in 1907 by the prolific Bohemian (Czech) composer and bandmaster Julius Fučik in Budapest, then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This seemingly incongruous set of particulars can be explained by the musical trends of the time
