Großkonzert der Deutschen Wehrmacht in Madrid

[GregSingh]

From Das kleine Volksblatt, 04.10.1940, p. 8

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Google translation:

At the invitation of the Spanish authorities, on Friday, today in the bullfight arena in Madrid a major concert of 200 men music corps of the German Wehrmacht will take place. Following this, the music corps will give concert in favor of the Spanish winter relief organization in one of the concert halls in Madrid.

There is a video footage of this event in German newsreel no.528 from October 16th, 1940.
The bullring was called Plaza de Toros.

[Ivan Ž.]

Hi, Greg, and thanks for posting.

There is a video footage of this event in German newsreel no.528 from October 16th, 1940.

We've mentioned this one in the past, in the music section's quiz. First shown in the newsreel are the corps of drums playing Spohr's "Gruß an Kiel" (instead of "Parademarsch der Spielleute"), which is followed by the bands playing Henrion's "Kreuzritter-Fanfare". For those who haven't seen it, here's a link (skip to 1:30) https://d1.net-film.ru/web-tc-mp4/fs40679.mp4 (By the way, the newsreel report mentioned 180 musicians.)

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As can be seen, one of the performing bands belonged to the 107th Infantry Regiment (see the "IR 107" trumpet banner). The coat of arms seen on one of the trumpet banners is of the town of Bad Kreuznach, where the II battalion of this regiment was stationed.

Cheers,
Ivan