Les Noces de Figaro - Overture (Mozart)

Garde Républicaine band founded 1848

The band of the Garde Républicaine, the French gendarmerie regiment that provides ceremonial guard in Paris. Its wind band was among the most admired in Europe and recorded extensively from the earliest days of the industry; it toured to the St Louis World's Fair in 1904.

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