They announced their final concert publicly as a grandeur finale. Six envelopes were therefore sealed and given to trustees of the orchestra to pass on to family members. They knew that sooner or later someone would reveal their whereabouts and the decided to go down in style.īut before doing so they all signed a pact saying that their descendants were given the task of reuniting the orchestra in 500 years and continue their work of spreading thought-provoking music. The sum was so large that the orchestra, tired and weary of living as fugitives, realised that it all had come to and end. In order to capture the orchestra the church issued a reward to the person that could provide such information that lead to the capture of the orchestra. Luckily generous people provided them with food and somewhere to sleep. The following two years the orchestra lead the lives of outlaws and were forced to perform in barns and outhouses, where only a strictly limited number of people were allowed to attend. When even these efforts shown futile the church ultimately framed the orchestra members for a murder and a ruthless manhunt began. This catchphrase eventually caught on and became the popular name of the orchestra. The Devils orchestra became the slogan they used and the members were accused of being everything from devil worshippers to the spawn of Satan. However, when this attempt to reduce the orchestras popularity failed, the church began to use more desperate measures in order to regain its former power. During church services priests slandered the music saying it was an insult to Christ himself. The orchestras extensive use of the prohibited tritonus interval in their music as well as their excessive lifestyles was facts that were not looked mildly upon. The church witnessed how their influence over the people decreased and began to depict the orchestra as treacherous, saying their intentions were anything but righteous. To many people the orchestra presented them to a new view upon things and a way to cope with everyday life. Gifts and tenancies had made the chruch extremely wealthy, and since the money merely was used to strengthen their power the discontent among the people was growing. Their performances rapidly earned a reputation of being feral and vigorous and gained the orchestra a devoted crowd that followed them around.ĭuring the later half of the 16'th century the criticism against the royal crown dictatorial ruling had intensified. With music so seductive and divine that the ensemble overwhelmed audiences all over the country, and people from all social classes took them to their hearts. The Diablo Swing Orchestra dates back to 1501 in Sweden, where history tells the tale of an orchestra that played like no other.