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Trumpets and Drums
Trumpets and Drums () is an adaptation of an 18th-century English Restoration comedy by Farquhar, "The Recruiting Officer". It was written by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with Benno Besson and Elisabeth Hauptmann.
It was first performed in 1955 in a production directed by Besson, with music by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (whose songs for the play have been called "Weill-like" by John Willett). It was the first premiere of Brecht's final season at the Berliner
- Snare drums
- Bass drums
- Cymbals
- Single tenor drums
- Glockenspiels
- Bugles (and optionally trumpets)
The corps is led by a single drum major. In some corps, especially in civil-based ones, other brass instruments may be added into the bugle section.
Military corps have tabards applied on the bass drums, snare drums, glockenspiels and bugles on every occasion that it is performing. One such formation is the Military Academy of Venezuela Corps of Drums. Recently there