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| Job Mode : | Part-time Job |
| Published On : | 2023-04-25 |
| Last Application Date : | 0 days remaining (2023-09-16) |
| Category : | Engineering (Marine) |
| Pay Rate : | 100000 |
| Location : | 686562 |
| City : | Adipur |
| Country : | India |
| Job Posted By: | Universal Info Service |
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Job Description
Tradition holds that the words to the Marines' Hymn were written by a Marine serving in Mexico. In truth, the author of the words remains unknown. Colonel Albert S. McLemore and Walter F. Smith, Assistant Band Director during the John Philip Sousa era, sought to trace the melody to its origins. It was reported to Colonel McLemore that by 1878 the tune was very popular in Paris, originally appearing as an aria in the Jacques Offenbach opera Genevieve de Brabant. John Philips Sousa later confirmed this belief in a letter to Major Harold Wirgman, USMC, stating "The melody of the 'Halls of Montezuma' is taken from Offenbach's comic opera..."
