Philipp Sonntag (musician)
Philipp Sonntag († January 2001 in Waiblingen ) was a German military musician .
Sonntag was a military musician during the Second World War. Then the music director conducted the choir Wormser Liederkranz 1875 e. V. from 1946 to 1959. The Bundeswehr appointed him captain in the military music service in 1959 and entrusted him with the management of Army Music Corps 3 in Lüneburg until 1962 . (In 2001 this orchestra was renamed Military Music Corps I.) Most recently, as Lieutenant Colonel , Sonntag was chief of Army Music Corps 9 of the 1st Airborne Division (Bundeswehr) . Parade and parade marches could be heard under his direction, including the Great Zapfenstreich with the commands to march in and out.
From 1968 to 1978 he was music director of the Waiblingen Municipal Orchestra and conducted the music clubs in Weinstadt- Trümpfelbach and Leutenbach (Württemberg) (from 1980).
At international events, The Golden Lyre of Vichy (1974) and at the Carnival in Nice (1977), he represented Germany with the large brass orchestra of the Waiblingen Municipal Orchestra .
Works
- Big tattoo
- Radio recordings at Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR)
supporting documents
- ↑ Waiblingen Municipal Orchestra, Chronicle 1966–1978
Web links
- Media from and about Philipp Sonntag in the catalog of the German National Library
- Nine military marches with Army Music Corps 9 of the Bundeswehr from 1965 [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sunday, Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German military musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2001 |
| Place of death | Waiblingen |