Britain’s brass bands older than thought and invented Napoleonic War soldiers’ - The findings challenge the held belief that ...

These findings illustrate just how deeply brass bands are embedded in British history and culture ... Wartime bands included woodwind instruments such as clarinets and bassoons, but the 15th ...

In Newcastle, it has become, as in other parts, an essential part of education.Footnote 89 Close scrutiny of press reports and archival sources, moreover, suggests that the established chronology of ...

Britain’s brass bands are older ... led to a dramatic proliferation of British military bands, Dr O’Keeffe says. By 1814, more than 20,000 people who played instruments were serving in uniform ...

Wartime bands included woodwind instruments such as clarinets ... led to a dramatic proliferation of British military bands, Dr O’Keeffe says. A brass band plays during a press tour at the ...

The findings by a University of Cambridge historian challenge the widely held belief that brass ... British military bands, Dr O’Keeffe says. By 1814, more than 20,000 people who played ...

The British Army Brass Band will head to Morley Town Hall in December to bring their flavour of a musical Christmas into Yorkshire.