DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS PERFORMANCE PORTFOLIO ...

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& '1875 A Promenade concert is held on the týh November featuring the
Coldstream Guards and a local Choral Society. A mistake is made during the
playing of the National Anthem and later; rioters attack the mayor's house.
The following trial attracts the world's press and results in crowds of
sightseers to the building interfering with the corn trade'.
Troovina the Colo
" Daily Guard changing took place between Horse Guards and St James's
Palace however on special occasions such as Her Majesty's birthday she
would come along and views the proceedings.
" Eventually this developed into a much more significant parade and muster of
Royal Household troops.
" The first musical record is dated 1864 and took a similar pattern to today's
parade, which included the massed bands troop in slow and quick time.
" By this time Saxhoms had been invented and the Comet -Piston was in use
within the Guards Bands.
" The first performance of Les Huguenot, can be traced to 1869 however it was
not the automatic choice that it is today because in 1874 the slow troop was
Verdi's, Slaves Chorus from the opera Nabucco, which was played for a
number of years.
4, As you listen imagine the massed bands marching in slow time across Horse
Guards Parade in the presence of Queen Victoria.