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Re: Military Bands

Author: Franklin Liao
Date: 2010-09-04 20:29

I've long felt that classical music will eventually fall in the status of a true niche, one that will be sustained by a small subset of the population. What I fear is a loss of talent after the transition period is over... how many player will reach the greatness to that of Anton Stadler when Clarinet has become an instrument as foreign to the masses as the Serpent?

A musing that I have is for military marching bands fielding Electronic wind instruments in the future. This evolution in the music and the instruments used by armed forces isn't so surprising considering how far we've come in terms of military band, even comparing to the Napoleonic grand armee.

What I also have to add however is that a certain element of tradition will mean that the woodwinds used in the military might not become totally obsolete. For example, the Bagpipes have survived due to how symbolic it is historically. Flute/piccolo, snare drum as well as cornet all are deeply ingrained in the history of warfare that they will survive into the future.

Such cannot be said of the single-reed clarinet unfortunately.

Post Edited (2010-09-04 20:40)

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