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By 1794, instrumentation included a flute player and sixteen others, namely six clarinets, three bassoons, three horns, one trumpet, two serpents and one drums.
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The birth of the Grenadiers Band has been described to date from 1665, when each company had one soldier who had been instructed in playing the
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The Band of the Grenadier Guards plays regularly at various events as part of the
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of the Grenadier Guards worn on ceremonial occasions as in the band or the
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was introduced to British audiences in the late 17th century.
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Hart, Ernest (October 1918). "British Regimental Marches".
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Being given the Freedom of the City of Lincoln in May 2008
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The band on Horseguards Parade in London in 2008, rehearsing for Trooping the Colour
Horseguards Parade
Trooping the Colour
England
United Kingdom
Band of the Grenadier Guards
military band
Grenadier Guards
infantry
regiment
British Army
fife

Kiel
fife
Charles II
hautbois
Second World War
The British Grenadiers
Music for the Royal Fireworks
Vauxhall Gardens
Lt. Daniel Godfrey
City of Lincoln

Garden at Buckingham Palace

Marching band
Massed Bands of the Household Division
Changing of the Guard
Trooping the Colour

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