Gustav-Adolf Bunge (1885-1968)

[ansata1976]

[Topic renamed / post corrected by the host, Ivan Ž.]

I am interested in a list of all marches by Gustav-Adolf Bunge.

I have recordings of:
Ostpreußen-Marsch
Vor Modlin [Marsch]

Which other marches Gustav-Adolf Bunge composed?

I am interested in more details of his life (date and place of birth, date and place of death…)

[Ivan Ž.]

Hello again,

Gustav-Adolf Bunge was a composer and bandmaster of:
- Bayr. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 18
- 1. SS-Standarte
- SS-Standarte "Deutschland", I. Sturmbann
- SS-Standarte "Deutschland"
- SS-Standarte "Deutschland", Ersatz-Sturmbann
- SS-Artillerie-Ersatz-Regiment
- SS-Flak-Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Regiment

The marches that you listed were recorded for a controversial record entitled "Deutsche Präsentier- und Parademärsche" (released in 1970). The record was a homage to the Waffen-SS by the Bundeswehr. The marches were performed by Heeresmusikkorps 5 under Heinz Schlüter - except for the "Badonviller-Marsch" (Hitler's favourite march), which was performed by an unnamed band conducted by Fritz Bunge. The tracklist consisted of parade marches of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (the forerunner of the Waffen-SS), as was actually written below each track on the back cover of the record. Most tracks were old marches actually, only used by the SS, among other armed forces, but there were also three real SS marches included: "Ostpreußen-Marsch" and "Vor Modlin", composed by Gustav-Adolf Bunge ("zwei Märsche aus der Zeit der Waffen-SS [...] komponiert unter dem Eindruck des ersten Waffengangs des 2. Weltkrieges"), and "Panzergrenadiere", composed by Fritz Bunge in 1944 ("den Opfern und soldatischen Leistungen der SS-Panzergrenadiere gewidmet").

Cheers,
Ivan

Note: a couple of posts dealing with Fritz Bunge, who was likely related to Gustav-Adolf Bunge, have been split off into a new topic.

[ansata1976]

Thank you Ivan

[ansata1976]

Gustav-Adolf Bunge (born 24.01.1885 in Mühlberg/ Elbe, died 06.02.1968 in München)

…“ Sohn eines Stadtkapellmeisters, Militärmusiker; Solotrompeter und Kapellmeister in München, 1919-27 im Polizeidienst, dann Gründer und Leiter einer eigenen Kapelle. Ab l/IX/39 einen Monat im Polenfeldzug im Waffen-SS-Einsatz.“…

More marches:
Der Feldzug der 18 Tage [Marsch]
Freiherr-von-Eberstein-Marsch
Frontkameraden [Marsch]
Mit Trommel- und Hörnerklang [Marsch]
Panzerschiff-Deutschland-Marsch
Ritter-von-Hengl-Marsch
SS-Regiment Deutschland [Marsch]
SS-Standartenführer-Steiner-Marsch

Source: Fred K. Prieberg, "Handbuch Deutsche Musiker 1933-1945".

Are there recordings of the listed marches available?

[Ivan Ž.]

Are there recordings of the listed marches available?

As far as I know, no.

By the way, here's a photo from Bunge's personal file:

G-A-Bunge.jpg (105.14 KiB) Viewed 2919 times

Source: National Archives, RG 242, A3343 SSO-121, 865

[Fallersleben]

Aaahh, finally a face!

[Auceps]

Thank you for the photo again!

Aaahh, finally a face!

Wasn't there a photo in the book "Musik in der Waffen-SS"?

[Fallersleben]

True! I haven't had the book in my hand for years...

[Ehrenwacher]

[Split from Hermann Müller-John & Musikkorps der Leibstandarte-SS "Adolf Hitler"]

Portrait of H̶e̶r̶m̶a̶n̶n̶ ̶M̶ü̶l̶l̶e̶r̶-̶J̶o̶h̶n̶(?)

untitled.jpg (79.39 KiB) Viewed 1672 times

Source: http://www.popflock.com/learn?s=LSSAH

[Misidentification crossed out / file restored to its original resolution by the host.]

[Ivan Ž.]

It's not Müller-John but Gustav-Adolf Bunge, a cropped image from Fritz Bunge's Musik in der Waffen-SS.

Once again, I urge you and others doing so not to enlarge small files, the result is worse than original and they take up much more space.

Also, that popflock website is no genuine source, regardless of also being dead, so please don't use it anymore.

Cheers,
Ivan