Marching Band
As a marching band is a particular expression of the band is called, whose members march to music. The size of marching bands varies between 20 and 500 people. The cast includes usually brass instruments, woodwind instruments, drums and percussion. Some marching bands are complemented by show dance groups, often uniforms are worn.
History
The marching band was born in the U.S. after the end of the civil war at the military level. One of the founders is John Philip Sousa. The style of music came at the beginning of military marching songs. After the Second World War, more private and school marching bands were founded. The direction of the modern marching bands emerged in the 1960s. As the style of the modern marching bands are rooted in the U.S., many names and terms have been taken from English without translation. The oldest German Marching Band ( "The Sound of Frankfurt " ) was founded in the 60s and still exists today. Recently, marching bands are increasingly being used at folk festivals for presenting popular music and the show associated with marching bands.
Mark
The repertoire of marching bands consists of compositions from pop, blues, marching band music and old-time jazz. The marching bands can be seen today mostly on the uniforms, music and show.