https://www.rundel.de/read_and_listen/10953

Prince Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau (1676-1747) became famous as a military commander. But he also had an impact on music history. After the Battle of Cassano in 1705, the melody of a folk song was supposedly played to him. He liked it so much that, from then on, he let the troops’ musicians play it. That way many people got to know the song, and it became a popular march of the infantry in the 18th century. Leopold’s nickname prevailed as the title: ...