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The Brass Band of Dubrovnik |
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It is special experience to reside in Dubrovnik during holidays and Saint days when the main street, Stradun, vibrates with the sound of Dubrovniks Brass Band orchestra. This musical ensemble has been performing for over one hundred and sixty years. There are only a few cities in Europe that can boast of a musical band with such a long musical tradition.
The historical development of such music in Dubrovnik was accompanied by a number of hardships, financial problems, as well as competitive ones. As a point of interest, we note that there were as many as five bands at the same time in Dubrovnik during a certain period after World War I. After World War II, a National Band was formed in Dubrovnik, a unique musical body that was active under this name until 1981. It was then renamed the Brass Band of Dubrovnik, a name it has retained up until today. In Dubrovnik, the tradition of playing in a Brass Band orchestra has been passed on from generation to generation in numerous families, whose members are active musicians in the "muiki", as it is fondly called. The Dubrovnik Majorettes, a team of thirty girls, have been performing alongside Dubrovniks Brass Band for the past few years. |