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 ...
The Napoleonic wars created unprecedented demand for brass and other musical instruments. As well as tracking down individual musicians and bands, O'Keeffe investigated the circulation of ...
Sam Pollard has composed original music for the Burbage Works show The first brass bands were formed in the 1800s, when factory and colliery owners would buy musical instruments for their workers.
A musical instrument maker that’s been around 400 years? Yes. And you’ve seen their stuff in use recently, too.
According to Dr Eamonn O’Keeffe, regimental bands first experimented with all-brass arrangements in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. | ITV News Anglia ...
The musical director of the Taupō Concert Band and trombonist in several brass bands, including Taupō, Levin and Hastings, said he wants to see more young people playing brass instruments ...