| Abstrakt: |
Military music was a feature of life throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire under the Habsburg rule, and its troops (as well as the troops of the Axis powers) marched to the resounding beat of their military bands from the outbreak of the war in 1914 until Armistice Day in 1918. Austro-Hungarian military music, the music performed by the bands of the Imperial and Royal Army, however, always reflected those national identities which were part of the multi-ethnic state “under the double-headed eagle”, but increasingly strove for national autonomy. This papers is an attempt to show the national hallmarks of the military music of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy under Hapsburg rule, some of which were apparent, whereas many others were not directly discernible, by identifying interrelations among the bandmasters, the members of the bands and the repertoire they performed and the audiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
