Marinens Musikkår

Marinens musikkår (German: Marinemusikkorps ) is the wind band of the Swedish Navy . It was founded in 1685 and is located in Karlskrona . The command command for the military music service of the Swedish Wehrmacht is the Military Music Staff Försvarsmusiken (FöMus).

The music corps is used at troop ceremonies and concerts in southern Sweden as well as for protocol honorary service on foot. These include the state ceremonies of the king, government, Reichstag and the admiralty and generals as well as parades at the changing of the guard . Concerts with the symphonic wind orchestra and with smaller, chamber music ensembles are also part of the field of activity. There are 36 military musicians serving in the Karlskrona Marine Music Corps, who, like the Navy, are equipped with the Navy uniform m / 1948.

occupation

2 flutes , 1 oboe , 7 clarinets , 1 bassoon , 2 saxophones , 3 French horns , 4 trumpets / cornets , 3 trombones , 1 euphonies , 2 tubas , 1 double bass and 3 percussionists .

history

Today's Marine Music Corps was created on the occasion of the inauguration of the Admiralty Church Kungliga Amiralitetskyrkans in 1685 as marine music in Karlskrona. In 1780, the division into two orchestras for the 1st and 2nd Marine Regiment Första and Andra volunteer regimentet . This was replaced in 1804 by the music corps of the naval artillery regiment. From 1871 a new music corps of the Navy was set up by musicians from other music corps in Karlskrona, but until 1915 it was only manned by brass instruments. The first music director was music sergeant major of the naval artillery regiment August Friedrich Fiedler, who was replaced by music director Frans Ferdinand Heimdahl in 1873.

The Karlskrona Marine Music Corps was merged in 1957 with all music corps of the army , navy and air forces for military music under a department head and inspector of military music. The 25 music corps of military music were transferred to "regional music" outside the armed forces in 1971 and dissolved in 1988. The music corps in Karlskrona was not disbanded and in 1993 it was returned to the armed forces. In 2009 it was assigned to the Livguard .

It was used for the Swedish troops in Kosovo and Afghanistan, as well as in Germany, France, Lithuania, Finland, England, Norway, Denmark, Russia and Canada.

Names

Sjöartilleristernas musikkår , 1804–1824
Sjöartillerikårens musikkår , 1824–1832
Sjöartilleriregementets musikkår , 1832–1845
Marinregementets musikkår , 1845–1877 (continued to exist alongside Flottans musikkår i Karlskrona, founded in 1862 )
Flottans musikkår i Karlskrona , 1862–1957
Flottan's musikkår , 1957–1960
Military Musikkåren i Karlskrona , 1960–1971
Regional music Karlskrona ("Flottans musikkår") , 1971–1993
Marinens musikkår , 1993–