Ismaili Band

Posted on September 19th, 2008 | by jeffrey2 |

By Ibrahim Machiwala

 The word band is borrowed from the French bande meaning troop. The synonymous word in Spanish is banda adopted from Teutonic form. The term band was used in England to apply to the King’s new orleans jazz festival Band of 24 violins at the court of Charles II (1660-1685). The word band represents a broad term that describes a group of musicians performing on wind and percussion instruments. Thousands years ago, when a procession of the Egyptian marched towards the shrine of Serpis, the healing-god, the musicians in the group played reed-pipes, tambourines and drums. The Bible describes, “an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets.” In Greece and Rome, trumpeters headed all triumphal processions. new orleans jazz festival

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