Brazilian Marine Pipes, Drum and Bugle Corps
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The Brazilian Marine Pipes, Drum and Bugle Corps (Banda Marcial dos Fuzileiros Navais) is the only field music (corps of drums, drum and bugle corps and pipe band) formation in service in the Brazilian Marine Corps and within the wider Brazilian Navy, and one of a few active formations today in service in the Brazilian Armed Forces. Formed in 1822 on the basis of the field music formations of the present day Portuguese Marine Corps stationed in Brazil (when it was part of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and then as part of the Royal Brigade of the Navy (Brigada Real da Marinha) stationed in the colony), it is also the oldest in South America.
Brief history and present day role
The BMPDC, as a component of the Marine Corps and the Navy, has been the primary field music formation of the corps since independence, and plays alongside the
In the Independence Day parade of 7 September 1946, the then Drum, Fife and Bugle Corps had just been reorganized in the manner of the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, in response to and in honor of the Brazilian participation in the Second World War as a 123-strong field music formation, during that parade it was then made up of the Corps Bandmaster, the deputy bandmaster, the drum major, 8 bass drums, 8 single tenor drums, 8 cymbals, 8 snare drums, 16 field snare drums, 16 fifes, 24 1st bugles, 24 2nd bugles and 16 tenor bugles. In 1951, it became the Pipes, Drum and Bugle Corps when 16 Great Highland bagpipes, a gift to the Corps by bagpipers of the British Armed Forces, arrived in Brazil and was given to the Corps by the crew of the USS St. Louis (CL-49), which under the name Almirante Tamandaré, was commissioned as the flagship of the Navy. Another relic of the past lies in its Turkish crescent, a symbol and instrument of European origin used in the old bands of the Army and Navy in the 19th century. The following year, the BMPDC was deployed to the United Kingdom to celebrate the Coronation of Elizabeth II and the bagpipers played for the first time, after receiving bagpipe training in the Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming based in Edinburgh by British Army instructors. The Corps had also performed on behalf of the Navy in France, Paraguay and Portugal, in the 2005 Bastille Day military parade and in the 2011 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.[2] In 1956, the drum corps appeared on film for the first time when it performed in the movie Fuzileiro do Amor.[3]
Recent national performances include the
Musical repertoire
As a military marching band, the Pipes, Drum and Bugle Corps exclusively plays traditional marches adapted for the brass, fife and the bagpipe, in addition to contemporary works and Brazilian pop and folk tunes. Among many other marches, its primary repertoire includes the following:
- Cisne Branco
- Commander Narciso March
- Living in Beulah Land
- Tiro de Guerra
- Suricate I
- March no.10
See also
References
- ^ "Banda do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais mantém tradição com gaitas de fole escocesas". Ministério da Defesa. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ "Banda da Marinha vai participar de festival na Escócia". Época. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "Ensaio da Banda Marcial do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais em 1956 HD". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ "Marinha confirma apresentação da Banda Marcial do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais em Imperatriz". Jornal O Progresso. 9 October 2011.,
External links
- "Bandas | Comando-Geral do CFN". marinha.mil.br. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- "Banda Marcial do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.