The Military Music Corps of the Spanish Armed Forces is responsible for performing military music at military ceremonies of the Spanish Armed Forces. It forms part of the Common Corps of the Spanish Armed Forces, along with the Military Legal Corps, the Intervention Corps, and the Medical Corps.
History and description This branch of the Army was created in 1989 with Law 17/89 Regulating the System of Professional Military Personnel, which centralized various branches of the Armed Forces for more efficient management. The emblem of this branch is a lyre surrounded by two veined and fruited oak branches, joined at their trunks and tied at the point.
Members of the Military Music Corps are grouped into senior and basic ranks: in the former they hold the ranks from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel, and in the latter from sergeant to chief warrant officer, to whose titles the term "musician" is added. Training for members of this corps takes place at the Military Music School, created in 2001 and located at the Matacán School Group military base in Madrid. Its function is to train members of the Armed Forces' music units and to teach their two fundamental specializations: conducting and instrumental performance.
Units by region +RegionNameBranchImageAndalusiaWar Band of the Light Infantry Brigade "King Alfonso XIII" II of the Legion ArmyBand of Music of the Southern Regional Command Battalion ArmyMusic Unit of the Tablada Air Base Group Air and Space ForceMusic Unit of the Southern Third of the Navy NavyAragonGeneral Military Academy Band ArmyMusic Unit of the Zaragoza Air Base Group Air and Space ForceBalearicsMusic Unit of the Headquarters of the General Command of the Balearic IslandsCanary IslandsMusic Unit of the Canary Islands Sub-Inspectorate HeadquartersMusic Unit of the Headquarters Group of the Canary Islands Air Command Air and Space ForceCastile and LeónBand of the Headquarters Battalion of the "Brunete" Mechanized Division No. 1 ArmyValencian CommunityMilitary Music Unit of the High Readiness Land Headquarters ArmyGaliciaMilitary Naval School Band NavyMusic Unit of the Operational Logistics Force ArmyMusic Unit of the Northern Marine Corps NavyMadridMadrid Marine Infantry Group Music Band NavySchool of Military MusicMusic Unit of the General Directorate of the Civil GuardMusical Unit of the Spanish Royal Guard Royal GuardMusic Unit of the General Sub-Inspectorate of the Army No. 1. CenterMusic Unit of the Central Air Command Air and Space ForceMusic Unit of the King's Inmemorial Regiment No. 1MelillaMusic Unit of the Headquarters Battalion of the General Command of MelillaMurciaMusic Unit of the General Air Command Air and Space ForceMusic Band of the Levante Tercio 1874Music Unit of the Third of Levante of the Navy Castilla-La ManchaMusic Unit of the Infantry AcademyCeutaMusic Unit of the Headquarters Battalion of the General Command of Ceuta
See also
Corps of Army Music Royal March
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