Arthur (Drummond) Bliss
English Born 02 Aug 1891 Died 27 Mar 1975The origins of the Musique de la Garde Républicaine stretch back to 1848, though the group did not make their first official appearance until 1852 during a trooping of the colour on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Drawing public praise from the Military Governor of Paris, Filed-Marshal Magnan, the ensemble's young conductor and founder, Paulus, turned the simple group into a brass and reed orchestra with the name 'Musique de la Garde de Paris'.
In 1871 the group was renamed 'Musique de la Garde Républicaine' and, from 1872, began a series of foreign tours that have taken it all over the world as a representative of French culture.
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