Air Force Music Corps 1

Air Force Music Corps 1 - LwMusKorps1 -
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active	1958 to 2014
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	air force
Branch of service	Military music service
Strength	~ 60 men
Insinuation	Air Force Technical School 1
Location	Neubiberg
commander
boss	Lieutenant Colonel Karl Kriner

The Air Force Music Corps 1 was a music corps of the Bundeswehr. The corps was set up in 1958 from parts of what would later become the Air Force Music Corps 2 in Karlsruhe and in March 1959 it was relocated to Neubiberg , a community on the southern outskirts of Munich .

On October 26, 2011, the Federal Defense Minister announced the dissolution of the music corps as part of the Bundeswehr reform . On March 24, 2014, Air Force Music Corps 1 was decommissioned with a solemn appeal; the final dissolution took place on June 30, 2014.

task

The music corps looked after the Bundeswehr locations in Upper Bavaria , Swabia , Franconia and the Upper Palatinate during the military ceremony . In addition, it held a lively concert activity in the context of public relations. Operations beyond this geographical area were not uncommon. There were many high points in the history of a musical corps that celebrated its 50th birthday. This also included numerous missions abroad, such as B. Concerts and major concerts in Bari and Piacenza ( Italy ) as well as Mont-de-Marsan ( southern France ), an assignment at the German performance show in Japan , music shows in Holland , France , Hungary and Canada , troop support in the USA , Canada, Great Britain and of Switzerland and inserts in Turkey , in Portugal , Belgium , Czech Republic , Romania and Austria , and in May 1998, the 40th International military pilgrimage to Lourdes (France).

But there were also numerous highlights in Germany. These included the incidental music for Rolf Hochhuth's Die Midwife , the setting for the Olympic Games in Munich 1972 , the appearance at the " Lustige Musikanten " on ZDF , as well as the NATO music festivals in Kaiserslautern and Mönchengladbach , the award of the Konrad Adenauer Prize in Munich Herkulessaal and international music shows in Karlsruhe , Bremen , Hamburg , Kiel , Braunschweig , Stuttgart and most recently in 1998 in the Olympiastadion Berlin on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Berlin blockade .

In addition to the large wind orchestra , the music corps had a “small wind ensemble” (approx. 15 men) and several chamber music ensembles to fulfill its diverse musical tasks .

management

The chiefs of the Air Force Band 1 were:

Period	Rank	Surname
1958-1964	major	Wilhelm Siebertz
1965-1972	Lieutenant colonel	Helmut Schaal
1972-1991	Lieutenant colonel	Roland Lintner
1991-1995	major	Roland Kahle
1995-1996	Lieutenant colonel	Volker Wörrlein
1996-2010	Lieutenant colonel	Hans Orterer
2010-2014	Lieutenant colonel	Karl Kriner

Web links

• Website of the Air Force Music Corps 1 ( Memento from July 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Armed Forces Office, Military Music Department (Ed.): "With timpani and trumpets". 50 years of military music by the Bundeswehr . 1st edition. Purk, Bremen 2006, ISBN 3-9809465-3-3 , p. 87 .