Research reveals that Britain’s earliest brass bands were established by military musicians returning from the Napoleonic Wars in the 1810s, debunking the idea that they were solely civilian and ...

Research finds brass bands were not all linked to industry - veterans of the Napoleonic Wars played an important role.

While wartime bands included woodwind instruments such as clarinets and bassoons ... “These findings illustrate just how deeply brass bands are embedded in British history and culture,” said Dr ...

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

Taking advantage of new instrument designs ... s earliest non-military brass bands from the 1820s onwards. These groups often emerged far beyond the northern English and Welsh industrial ...

Wartime bands included woodwind instruments ... far beyond the northern English and Welsh industrial communities with which they later became associated. The Colyton Brass Band was the first ...

In 1834, Lincoln’s brass band was being trained by William Shaw who used to be a trumpeter and bugleman in the 33rd Regiment of Foot. The Napoleonic Wars (1793 – 1815) led to a dramatic proliferation ...

Now we know that brass bands emerged from Britain’s wars against Napoleon.” Wartime bands included woodwind instruments such as clarinets and bassoons, but the 15th Regiment of Foot had ...

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 ...