harles A. Zimmermann (1861 16 January 1916) was an American composer of marches and popular music.
Zimmerman composed his most famous march, "Anchors Aweigh", in 1906 while he was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy. The lyrics were written by Arthur Miles, a cadet. The song was originally written as a football marching song.
He served as bandmaster of the United States Naval Academy Band starting in 1887.
He composed numerous songs for the 1902 stage play The Wizard of Oz. "Anchors Aweigh" is the song of the United States Navy, composed in 1906 by Charles A. Zimmerman with lyrics by Alfred Hart Miles. Zimmerman was at the time a Lieutenant, and had been bandmaster of the United States Naval Academy Band since 1887. Miles was Midshipman First Class at the Academy, in the class of 1907, and asked Zimmerman to assist him in composing a song for that class, to be used as a football march. Another Academy Midshipman, Royal Lovell (class of 1926) later wrote what would be adopted into the song as its third verse.harles A. Zimmermann (1861 16 January 1916) was an American composer of marches and popular music.
Zimmerman composed his most.