Gardemusik Wien

The Gardemusik Wien (Guards Band Vienna in English) is one of nine military bands in Austria and is the seniormost band in the Austrian Armed Forces. Unlike its German counterparts in the Bundeswehr, the band lacks a corps of drums, which is the most essential part to the German format. It consists of 60 military musicians who provide musical accompaniment to the Gardebataillon, of which it is the official regimental band.

Brief history It was created following the implementation of the Austrian State Treaty in September 1955. At the time of its creation, it was under the command of the Austrian national border guard department. It has been under the command of the Austrian Land Forces since January 1956, when the Army Battalion took over all representative tasks in Vienna. By May 1957, the regiment was renamed to the Guards Battalion, therefore branding the band as the Gardemusik. The Gardemusik was the only Austrian military band to not be affected by the reduction in staff and cuts to its budget by the government in October 2014.Militärmusik stark verkleinert The Gardemusik carries out an annual 15-week training course new recruits.

Tasks The primary tasks of the Gardemusik are to provide support to ceremonial events such as accreditations of ambassadors, welcoming ceremonies, and parades and to conduct annual receptions for the diplomatic corps (mostly done by the symphonic wind orchestra). In addition to its main tasks, the Gardemusik produced over twenty recordings, in addition to military marches including recordings of works by Johann Strauss, Carl Michael Ziehrer and Joseph Lanner. The unit has a Sexennial tradition to compose a new military march in honor of the election of a new Federal President, which was more recently done for President Alexander Van der Bellen in 2017.diepresse.com: Gardemusik bläst erstmals den Opernball-MarschderStandard.at: Gardemusik bläst Opernball-Gästen erstmals den Marsch

List of leaders

The title of Director of Music (DOM) belongs to the highest-ranking officer in the band, who is the de facto leader of the band. Currently, this position is held by Colonel Bernhard Heher. The DOM is assisted by the deputy director and the bandmaster.

Directors of Music 1956–1960: Gustav Gaigg 1960–1971: Friedrich Hodick 1972–1975: Rudolf Bara 1975–2002: Johann Schadenbauer Since 2002: Bernhard Heher

Deputy Directors 1963–1965: Franz Josef Kohsich 1965–1968: Anton Sollfellner 1968–1969: Rudolf Bodingbauer 1969–1971: Rudolf Bara 1990–1995: Hannes Lackner 1997–2002: Bernhard Heher Since 2005: Johann Kausz

Bandmasters 1956–1960: Josef Hahn 1960–1974: Johann Bauerstätter 1975–1980: Josef Hain 1980–993: Hermann Auer 1993–2011: Josef HöllerArkadenhofkonzert 2011 - Musikmeister in Ruhestand verabschiedet Since 2011: Gerald Springer

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