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Ottoman military bands are thought to be the oldest variety of military marching bands in the world, dating from the 13th century. [1] The military band is capable of playing ceremonial and marching music, including the national anthems and patriotic songs of theirs and other nations, both while stationary and as a marching band.
This is a list of marching bands. Major types include collegiate and military. Major types include collegiate and military. At least 16 U.S. colleges have had scramble bands , which are also included in this list.
A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who play while marching.Historically they were used in armed forces and many marching bands remain military bands.Others are still associated with military units or emulate a military style, with elements such as uniforms, flags and batons and occasionally rifles or sabers.
The London Military Band is a civilian military-styled band composed of professional musicians dressed in uniforms based on those worn by the Bands of the Household Division (especially of the Foot Guards) in the Victorian era. Their uniform reflects that of the Band of the Grenadier Guards in the final decades of the 19th century, with the ...
Military Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Mongolia; Military Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Transnistria; Military Band of the National Guard of Georgia; Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan; Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus
The group, described by Army and Navy Life as "one of the finest of all military bands in the world," and credited with John Philip Sousa as being equal in quality to the U.S. Marine Band, led the 1909 U.S. presidential inauguration parade, the first time a band other than "The President's Own" had done so.
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The band in 1975. In August 1949, the North China Military Band was founded with 200 members in Beiyuan under the North China Military Region.On October 1, 1949, at the proclamation ceremony of the PRC, the military band played in its debut appearance to a huge crowd in Tiananmen Square, playing for the first time the National Anthem (March of the Volunteers), and as the musical accompaniment ...