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Thread #6315 Message #4206325
Posted By: gillymor
31-Jul-24 - 07:30 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Marines' Hymn / Halls of Montezuma
Subject: RE: Origins: The Marines' Hymn / Halls of Montezuma
From the Marines website- "The music to the hymn is believed to have originated in the comic opera Geneviéve de Brabant composed by the French composer Jacques Offenbach."