Life Guards' Dragoon Music Corps

The band traces its ancestry back to the 1500s when King Gustav Vasa raised his first regiment of horse.

The black Shires carry the kettle drums and are from the world's tallest horse breed.

The Greys are of Altkladruber breed of the Imperial and Royal stud Kladruben -Kladruby-nad-Ladem in today's Czech Republic.

The Chestnuts of Swedish Warm blood carry the cornets, horns, bass trumpets, euphoniums and tubas.

LDK's many ensembles form the basis for the varied occasions required in the professional armed forces of today.

The Royal Swedish Cavalry Band presents everything from single fanfare trumpet calls, through brass quintets and sextets up to accompanying music and all 30 musicians performing simultaneously in concert.

Life Guards' Dragoon Music Corps
LDK circa 1820
Jacket m/1895 of the Life Guards with musician's swallows nests (other ranks only)