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86 La Musica e L'arMa La Banda aLL'estero (1916-1947)

Berlino, 1941. Durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, la Banda dell’Arma prese parte ad alcune iniziative di carattere culturale”.
Nel 1941, ebbe l’occasione di presentarsi al pubblico berlinese nel corso di una manifestazione tra bande militari.
Al centro del palco il Maestro, Luigi Cirenei impegnato nella direzione di un pezzo musicale.

The military band abroad

(1916-1947)

fter Italy entered World War I on 24 May on Podgora hill on 19 July 1915, the band returned
1915, the military band and the flag of the Ca- to Rome. In 1916, the band of the Carabinieri Cadets
a rabinieri Cadets Legion were deployed with Legion was invited to participate in tours in the al-
the mobile Carabinieri Regiment. After the bloodshed lied countries, performing first in Paris at a concert
in honor of wounded Allied soldiers and
then, in 1917, in Lyon and Saint Etienne.
The 1918 tour in the United Kingdom
(London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Liver-
pool, Newcastle and Southampton) was
an incredible success.
Since then, the band’s presence was re-
quired everywhere and its success was
international indeed as it represented
two key elements of Italy: the Carabinie-
ri, who had already become well known
abroad, who successfully synergized
with the military band musicians with
great musical skills.