Bergkapelle St. Ingbert e.V. von 1839

About the Bergkapelle

The Bergkapelle St. Ingbert e.V. von 1839 is a wind orchestra from St. Ingbert in the Saarland and is one of the oldest mining bands in Germany. It emerged from the music band of the flour fund of the St. Ingbert mine and was founded in 1839 on the occasion of the presentation of a miners' banner to the St. Ingbert miners' guild. Until the mine's closure in 1959, the orchestra was staffed by miners, after which the support association founded in 1960 took over the uniforms and instruments. The repertoire includes march music, polkas, folk music, symphonic brass music, pop music and musical arrangements as well as big band jazz. The band performs in the traditional miners' uniform with black jacket, golden fringes and pit hat. The rehearsal venue has been the Rischbachstollen in St. Ingbert since 2000; in addition, the association runs its own youth training program from early musical education up to the Great Orchestra.

Site

St. Ingbert

Materials

March Music and Polkas, Symphonic Brass Music, Pop Music and Musical Arrangements and Big Band Jazz

Certificates

Pro-Musica Plaque (1969)

Industries

Association / Wind Orchestra, Brass Music, Cultural and Heritage Preservation

1. 01

   Youth training (early education, starter band)

2. 02

   Youth orchestra

3. 03

   Transfer to the Great Orchestra

4. 04

   Rehearsals at the Rischbachstollen

5. 05

   Concerts, parades and festival appearances

Repertoire and Line-up

Rehearsal Venue

St. Ingbert

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Association headquarters and rehearsal venue at the Rischbachstollen

Materials

March music, symphonic brass music

• Rehearsal venue at the Rischbachstollen (since 2000)

Inside the production

Awards

The Bergkapelle holds the Pro-Musica plaque "For Merits in Instrumental Music Making", awarded on 22 November 1969 by Federal President Dr. Heinemann as the first award to a Saarland association.

History

1. um 1836/37

   Emergence of the so-called music band from the flour fund of the St. Ingbert mine

2. 1839

   Founding of the Bergkapelle; consecration of the miners' banner at the Barbara festival, 4 December 1839

3. 1839–1885

   Era of the first bandmaster Johann Nikolaus Sonntag

4. 1885–1909

   Era of Heinrich Engel; performance for Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria at Edenkoben

5. 1909–1931

   Era of Christian Schetting, who had previously been bandmaster in the Buffalo Bill circus

6. 1935

   Works band of the Saargruben-AG after the annexation of the Saar territory

7. 1946

   Revival of the Bergkapelle under bandmaster Engelbert Wild

8. 1959

   Closure of the St. Ingbert mine

9. 1960

   Founding of the support association for the preservation of the Bergkapelle; takeover of uniforms and instruments

10. 1964

    Three-day 125th anniversary celebration in St. Ingbert

11. 1969

    Award of the Pro-Musica plaque as the first Saarland association

12. 1974

    End of the purely male society; from 1839 the band had been staffed exclusively by men

13. 1998

    Handover of the conductor's baton to Matthias Weißenauer on 16 October 1998

14. seit 2000

    Return to the old rehearsal venue at the Rischbachstollen

15. seit 2001

    Series of New Year's concerts

16. 2006

    Participation in "Brassed off" at the Saarland State Theatre, approx. 30 performances

17. 2007

    Start of participation in the International March Parades

18. 2012

    "Tales from the center of the earth" at the Saarland State Theatre on the occasion of the closure of the last Saarland coal mine

19. 2014

    175th anniversary featuring, among others, "Notte Italiana"