Military music service
The military music service of the German Federal Armed Forces comprises 15 troop units of the military music . It is one of three specialist services in the Bundeswehr .
assignment
The mission of the military music service is to look after the armed forces by providing musical accompaniment to ceremonies such as solemn vows and handing over of command as well as welfare measures in the Bundeswehr missions abroad . Furthermore, the protocol service for high foreign dignitaries is one of the tasks. The military music service appears as part of public relations work and the maintenance of external relations at home and abroad at public events.
The music corps of the German Armed Forces can act flexibly, according to the order and the situation. Not only brass music , but also, for example, classical music , opera , operetta , musical , rock music , pop music and jazz are part of the permanent repertoire . A music corps can be a large wind orchestra , a marching band , a big band , a jazz combo , a chamber music ensemble, a string ensemble, or popular. Furthermore, individual music corps have line-ups that reflect the musical characteristics of their locations or their troupe (e.g. alphorn players ).
In the event of a defense , military musicians are deployed in the medical service. In addition to his musical career, every musician also has a medical training that corresponds to his career. The medical service career courses for NCOs and sergeants take place at the medical academy of the Bundeswehr in Munich . The skills acquired there are regularly refreshed.
organization
The the stands at the head of the military music service Armed Forces Office assumed Military Music Center of the Bundeswehr in Bonn . Subordinate to this are the 15 ensembles of the Bundeswehr, the staff music corps of the Bundeswehr , the music corps of the Bundeswehr , the training music corps of the Bundeswehr , 6 army music corps , 2 air force music corps , 2 marine music corps, 1 mountain music corps and the big band of the Bundeswehr .
The technical management of all music corps lies with the head of the military music service of the Bundeswehr (referred to as stage manager for military music until around 1980 ), who is also head of the military music center of the Bundeswehr .
Careers and training
In the Bundeswehr there are four career paths: the teams , the NCOs , the sergeants and the officers of the military music service. There is also one reserve career track .
For the career of officers in the military music service, the commitment period as a temporary soldier is 18 years. It is possible to convert the employment relationship into that of a professional soldier . The training takes place at the Robert Schumann University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf , where the Master of Music degree is obtained.
For the career of sergeants in the military music service, the commitment period is eight to twelve years. The training includes a bachelor's degree in orchestral instruments.
history
In the preparatory phase for the creation of new German armed forces in the Federal Republic of Germany, it is said several times that Chancellor Konrad Adenauer attached great importance to the creation of military music corps (“Don't forget the music!”). He demanded that at least one music corps should be set up at the turn of the year 1955/56. With a deployment order of October 4, 1955, the establishment of a music corps in Andernach was ordered on January 1, 1956 . In 1956 the following were set up: Mountain Music Corps, Army Music Corps 1, Army Music Corps 2, Army Music Corps 10, Army Music Corps 300, Air Force Music Corps 2, Air Force Music Corps 3, Marine Music Corps North Sea, Marine Music Corps Baltic Sea. The Bundeswehr Music Corps followed in 1957 and the Air Force Music Corps 1 in 1958. The Bundeswehr Training Music Corps was set up in 1960, the Army Music Corps 12 in 1962 and the Bundeswehr Big Band in 1971. In the course of the German reunification in 1991 the military music corps III, the army music corps 14, the air force music corps 4 and the staff music corps of the Bundeswehr were set up.
The head of the military music service of the Bundeswehr was part of the armed forces office until the reorganization in 2009. He was supported by the Department of Military Music. The military music formed a separate element here and was subordinate to the General Development of the Armed Forces Base and head of the specialist departments in the Armed Forces Office. The head of the military music service was the highest technical superior of all military musicians in the entire armed forces and in this capacity was responsible for the professional development. With the realignment of the Bundeswehr , the music corps that were still part of the armed forces were transferred to the military organizational area of the Armed Forces Base and placed under the Bundeswehr Military Music Center.
After the Bundeswehr Center for Military Music was founded in 2009, it initially led three of the music corps. After the dissolution, partial relocation and renaming of some orchestras, it led all of the remaining 14 music corps of the Bundeswehr and the big band from 2014.
Formation of the music corps
Lineups of the Army Music Corps
- The first music corps of the Bundeswehr was set up on January 2, 1956 as Music Corps III A in Andernach . On March 16, 1959, it was renamed Army Music Corps 12 and in 1961 it was relocated to Düsseldorf . On April 1, 1964, it was renamed Army Music Corps 7 . The Army Music Corps 7 was decommissioned at the end of 2006 in the course of the transformation of the Bundeswehr and the dissolution of the 7th Panzer Division and dissolved on June 30, 2007.
In addition, the following music corps were set up:
- The Army Music Corps 1 in Hanover was set up on July 1, 1956 as Music Corps II A in Hanover. It was named after March 16, 1959.
- The Army Music Corps 2 was set up on July 1, 1956 as Music Corps IV A in Kassel and carried this name from March 16, 1959.
- The Army Music Corps 4 was set up on July 1, 1956 as Music Corps VI B in Sonthofen and relocated to Munich on August 1, 1956 . In October 1956 the music corps was divided into the music corps VI A in Munich (this resulted in the Army Music Corps 4 in Regensburg on March 16, 1959 ) and the music corps VI B (this became the Army Music Corps 8 on March 16, 1959 , later the Mountain Music Corps ) . The Army Music Corps 4 in Regensburg was decommissioned on December 31, 2006 in the course of the restructuring of the Bundeswehr and dissolved on June 30, 2007.
- The Army Music Corps 300 was set up as Music Corps IV B in Idar-Oberstein on July 1, 1956 and moved to Koblenz at the end of 1956 . On March 16, 1959, it was renamed Army Music Corps 5 and on May 1, 1985 into Army Music Corps 300.
- The Army Music Corps 5 was set up in Gießen on October 1, 1985 and disbanded on March 31, 1993 in the course of reunification.
- The Army Music Corps 6 was set up as Music Corps IB in Hamburg on July 1, 1956 and renamed into Army Music Corps 6 on March 16, 1959. It was dissolved on December 31, 1992.
- The Army Music Corps 9 in Stuttgart was set up as Music Corps VA in Böblingen on April 1, 1956 and was renamed Army Music Corps 9 in 1959. It was disbanded in October 2003.
- The Army Music Corps 10 was set up on July 1, 1956 as Music Corps VB in Ellwangen (Jagst) . On October 1, 1958, when it was relocated to Ulm, it was renamed to Army Music Corps 10.
- The Army Music Corps 11 was set up as Music Corps II B in Bremen on July 1, 1956 and was renamed Army Music Corps 11 in 1959. In 1993 it was dissolved.
- The Army Music Corps 12 was set up on May 1, 1962 as Air Force Music Corps 5 in Fürstenfeldbruck . On April 1, 1963, the name was changed to Army Music Corps 13 . On January 16, 1964, the company moved to Nuremberg and on April 1, 1964 it was renamed to Army Music Corps 12. On October 1, 1965, this Army Music Corps was relocated to Veitshöchheim .
- The Army Music Corps 14 had been stationed in Neubrandenburg since it was set up as Army Music Corps 80 (?) On April 1, 1991 . It was in 2008 Wehrbereichsmusikkorps I renamed.
- Army Music Corps 70 : see Military Music Corps III
Establishment of other music corps
- The Bundeswehr training music corps was set up on July 1, 1960 as a training train with the staff music corps in Siegburg , renamed the Bundeswehr training music corps in 1963 and relocated to Hilden on May 5, 1969 .
- The Bundeswehr Big Band was set up as a Bundeswehr show orchestra in Euskirchen on March 29, 1971 , and was renamed the Bundeswehr Big Band on February 15, 1973.
- The Bundeswehr music corps in Siegburg was set up as the Bundeswehr training music corps in Rheinbach on February 16, 1957 , relocated to Siegburg on February 16, 1959 and renamed the Bundeswehr staff music corps on June 1, 1959 . On July 1, 2000, it was renamed the Bundeswehr Music Corps.
- The mountain music corps of the Bundeswehr in Garmisch-Partenkirchen was set up on July 1, 1956 as Music Corps VI B in Sonthofen and relocated to Mittenwald on August 1, 1956 . In October 1956, the Music Corps was divided into Music Corps VI A in Munich, which became Army Music Corps 4 in Regensburg on March 16, 1959 , and Music Corps VI B , which became Army Music Corps 8 on March 16, 1959 . On March 23, 1963, the company was relocated to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It was renamed to Mountain Music Corps 8 and later called Mountain Music Corps.
- The staff music corps of the Bundeswehr was set up on April 1, 1991 as the Army Music Corps East in Potsdam . In January 1994 it was renamed Heeresmusikkorps 400 and moved to Berlin on April 1, 1995 . On July 1, 1996, the name was changed to HMK 400 / Stabsmusikkorps Berlin and on July 1, 2000 to the Bundeswehr Staff Music Corps.
- The Military Music Corps I was set up as Musikkorps IA in Rendsburg on July 1, 1956 , relocated to Bad Eilsen on August 20, 1956 , to Bielefeld on October 1, 1957, and to Göttingen on September 3, 1958 . On March 16, 1959, the Music Corps IA was renamed Army Music Corps 3 and relocated to Lüneburg on September 10, 1959 . From October 2001 it was called Wehrbereichmusikkorps I. It was then dissolved on June 30, 2007 in the course of the transformation. The new Military Music Corps I became the previous Army Music Corps 14 (Neubrandenburg) on May 2, 2008.
- The Military Area Music Corps II was set up on July 1, 1956 as Music Corps III B in Münster . It was renamed to Army Music Corps 7 in 1959, Army Music Corps 13 in 1964 and Army Music Corps 100 in 1985 . From October 2001 it was called Military Area Music Corps II. This music corps was also dissolved on June 30, 2007.
- The Military Music Corps III was set up on March 15, 1991 as Army Music Corps 70 in Erfurt . It was later renamed to Army Music Corps 13 and in October 2001 to Military Music Corps III.
Lineups of Air Force Music Corps
- The Air Force Music Corps 1 was set up as Air Force Music Corps 4 in Neubiberg on April 1, 1958 and renamed Air Force Music Corps 1 in 1959.
- The Air Force Music Corps 2 was set up on August 1, 1956 as the Air Force Music Corps No. 2 in Uetersen and relocated to Karlsruhe in December 1957 . The name was changed to Air Force Music Corps 2 in 1959.
- The Air Force Band 3 was on 11 July 1956 as Luftwaffenmusikkorps 1 situated in Muenster. The name was changed to Air Force Music Corps 3 in 1959.
- The former Air Force Music Corps 4 was set up on April 1, 1958 as Air Force Music Corps 3 in Hamburg and renamed Air Force Music Corps 4 in 1959. In 1992 it was dissolved.
- The later Air Force Music Corps 4 was set up in 1991 as Air Force Music Corps 5 in Berlin. The name was changed on April 1, 1995.
Lineups of Marine Music Corps
- The Baltic Sea Marine Music Corps in Kiel was set up on June 1, 1956 in Eckernförde . It was divided after it was set up, which also created the North Sea Marine Music Corps in Wilhelmshaven .
- The North Sea Marine Music Corps emerged from the Baltic Sea Marine Music Corps after its division.
Head of Military Music Service
The former heads of the military music service were:
| Period | Rank | Surname | title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958-1968 | Colonel | Wilhelm Stephan | Stage manager military music |
| 1968-1975 | Colonel | Fritz Masuhr | |
| 1975-1980 | Colonel | Johannes Schade | |
| 1980-1987 | Colonel | Helmut Schaal | Head of Military Music Service |
| 1987-1991 | Colonel | Andreas Lukácsy | |
| 1991-2001 | Colonel | Georg Czerner | |
| 2001-2009 | Colonel | Michael Schramm |
Head of Military Music Department
The heads of the military music department were:
| Period | Rank | Surname |
|---|---|---|
| 1957-1961 | major | Karl Schneider |
| 1961-1965 | Lieutenant colonel | Friedrich Deisenroth |
| 1965-1968 | Lieutenant colonel | Fritz Masuhr |
| 1968-1972 | Lieutenant colonel | Karl Schneider |
| 1972-1976 | Lieutenant colonel | Fritz Hartung |
| 1976-1986 | Lieutenant colonel | Ernst-Albrecht Schulz |
| 1983-2003 | Lieutenant colonel | Kurt Ringelmann |
| 2003-2009 | Lieutenant colonel | Bernd Zivny |
Web links
- Music for the armed forces, federal police, police and community service (list from the German Music Information Center)
- Homepage of the Center for Military Music in the Bundeswehr
literature
- Music for the armed forces, federal police, police and community service . In: Deutscher Musikrat (Ed.): Musik-Almanach 2007/08 . Data and facts about musical life in Germany. ConBrio, 2006, ISSN 0930-8954 , p. 820-823 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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. 82 .
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