Philip Egner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1870
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Death: 03-Feb-1956
Profession: musician
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Philip Egner
- Philip Egner (April 17, 1870 – February 3, 1956) was a U.S.
- military bandmaster who served as longtime director of the U.S.
- Army's West Point Band. As a child, Egner was a musical prodigy.
- During his early career he performed with the Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic, but left civilian life to join the U.S.
- Army at the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, spending three years in the Philippines as bandmaster of the 17th Infantry Regiment.
- He would later be appointed band director at the U.S.
- Military Academy at West Point and is best remembered for composing "On, Brave Old Army Team", West Point's fight song.
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