The story of the origins of Britain's brass bands needs to be rewritten in the light of new evidence linking it to the ...

Early brass bands also embraced new instrument designs adopted by their military counterparts or introduced by regimental and ex-regimental performers. The keyed bugle, patented by an Irish ...

Some thirty-two experts from fifteen countries join three of the world's leading authorities on the design, manufacture, performance and history of brass musical instruments in this first major ...

It was previously believed the brass instrument groups began as a civilian ... of military veterans in popularising brass ...