Albert Parlow

German composer and music director of the Prussian Army, born 1 January 1824 in Torgelow, Western Pomerania and died 27 June 1888 in Wiesbaden, Germany.
In 1852, Parlow was asked to create the first German navy band in Stettin, Pomerania, for which he wrote the first German naval march, "Unter Vollen Segeln" (Under Full Sails). Two years later, he took over the direction of the band of the Prussian Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 34 in Stettin. In 1859, this regiment was transferred to Rastatt, Badensia, where it gave many concerts in the nearby spa town of Baden-Baden. In Baden-Baden, Parlow met Johannes Brahms, who asked him to orchestrate his "Hungarian Dances" Nr. 5, 6, 11 and 16.
In 1880, Parlow was transferred to the band of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 43 in Königsberg, East Prussia.
After retiring from the army, Parlow directed a symphonic orchestra in Hamburg in 1883. In 1886, he became the director of another orchestra in Wiesbaden, Hesse.
Parlow's most popular work is the "Amboss-Polka" (Anvil Polka), which became the parade march at a trot of the 2nd Württembergisches Ulanen-Regiment König Wilhelm I. Nr. 20 in Ludwigsburg.