最能代表音乐这一特性的体裁应该数进行曲。进行曲可以是独立的作品，也可以是一个大型作品相对独立的组成部分。

    进行曲是一种用步伐节奏写成的声乐或器乐乐曲，它起源于16世纪西方的军乐。从17世纪起，由通常伴随队伍行进或用于世俗性的礼仪活动，逐渐进入音乐会演奏以及歌剧、舞剧音乐中，最终成为一种特定的音乐体裁。雄劲刚健的旋律和坚定有力的节奏是进行曲的基本特点。节拍一般用4/4拍或2/4拍。

    下面是欧美著名的进行曲： 

Alford: Colonel Bogey March （波基上校进行曲)
Bach, CPE: March
Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens -Turkish March 土耳其进行曲
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczi March 拉克奇进行曲
Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2 - Marche des contrebandiers
 
Bliss: Things to Come: March
Chabrier: Joyeuse marche
Clarke, Jeremiah: Trumpet Voluntary 'Prince of Denmark's March'
Coates, E: Dam Busters March
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1
    Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major, Op. 39 No. 4
 
Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators 角斗士入场
Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette
Handel: Rinaldo: March
    Dead March from Saul
    The Occasional Oratorio, HWV62: March
 
Karg-Elert: Nun danket alle Gott, marche triomphale, Op. 65 No. 59
Mendelssohn: Athalie: War March of the Priests
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March 婚礼进行曲
Meyerbeer: Le prophète: Coronation March 加冕进行曲
Nielsen: Aladdin Suite, Op. 34: Oriental Festive March
 
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges: March
Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695: March
Rimsky Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan: March
    Mlada: Procession of the Nobles
Schubert: Marche Militaire, D733 No. 1 军队进行曲
 
Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11: Alla marcia
Sousa: Washington Post 苏萨--被誉为进行曲之王
    The Stars and Stripes Forever 星条旗永不落
Strauss, J, I: Radetsky March, Op. 228 拉德斯基进行曲，维也纳新年音乐会的压轴曲目！
 
Strauss, J, II: Jubel Marsch
    Persischer Marsch, Op. 289
    Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 335
    Napoleon-Marsch
    Russischer Marsch
    Spanischer Marsch, Op. 433
    March "Zigeunerbaron"
 
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: March
    Marche slave, Op. 31
Verdi: Grand March from Aida
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Grand March
Walton: Crown Imperial

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