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The beret badge of Bundeswehr military musicians. There are 15 military bands of the Bundeswehr, including those of the German Army, Air Force, Navy, and joint bands.Before 2009, the military musicians of the Bundeswehr constituted a joint specialist service, the Military Music Service (German: Militärmusikdienst), subordinate to the Armed Forces Office (German: Streitkräfteamt).
On 5 May 1969, the band was moved from Siegburg to the Waldkaserne in Hilden. The first music officer cadets were trained in the band in 1978 and completed their studies at the music academy in Düsseldorf. Colonel Michael Schramm (later the head of the Military Music Service of the Bundeswehr) was the first graduate of the school.
The new Staff Band was founded on 1 April 1991 as the Eastern Army Band in Potsdam. In January 1994 it was renamed to the Heeresmusikkorps and was relocated to Berlin on 1 April 1995. On 1 July 2000, the Stabsmusikkorps in its current form was established. The Staff Band of the Bundeswehr has been led by Lieutenant Colonel Reinhard Kiauka since ...
It was originally established as the band of the 1st Mountain Division and is now associated with Military District IV. It was established as the band of the 1st Mountain Division in 1956 in Sonthofen. After being temporarily stationed in Munich and Mittenwald, it finally was permanently based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1963. [1]
The tour bus of the band in April 2014. Navy Band Kiel was set up on 1 June 1956 under the designation Navy Band Ostsee in Eckernförde. [6] At the same time, Navy Band North Sea in Wilhelmshaven was established, and was affiliated to the Ostsee Band and was housed in the band's base at Kiel Airport. At first, there was a lack of personnel and ...
Air Force Band Münster (Luftwaffenmusikkorps Münster) was founded in 1958 to serve as a military band for the German Air Force. [1] [2] It was initially formed in Uetersen as a single unit, Air Force Band 1. [3] Two more were created in March 1959. Following this, the three units were garrisoned in Karlsruhe, Münster, and Neubiberg. [4]
The German Democratic Republic reinstated the Großer Zapfenstreich in 1962 in an updated version, supplementing the traditional German ceremony with music based on "elements of the progressive military inheritance" including the song "For the Peace of the World" by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich and a medley of songs and marches drawn ...
Pages in category "German military bands" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Air Force Band ...