This bright march, composed around 1826, is a reminder of the war between the United Provinces of the River Plate and the Brazilian Empire. Composed by an anonymous author, it was probably assigned no title with the intention of paying homage to the Brazilian troops at the site or date of some victorious battle they expected to win.
On February 20, 1827, the two armies clashed close to the Ituzaingó stream, in the Brazilian province of Rio Grande do Sur. The Argentine Army, led by General Carlos de Alvear, defeated the Brazilians, which had the support of German mercenary troops and were led by the Marquis of Barbacena, in a journey where the republican cavalry played a major role.
The defeated troops abandoned their camp, leaving behind arms and materiel. The musical score of this march was found there and considered war bounty; it was therefore added to the Argentine musical heritage. It was performed for the first time before the Army in operations on May 25, 1827, on the seventeenth anniversary of the first patriotic government.
