Britain’s brass bands are older than previously ... The Napoleonic Wars (1793 – 1815) led to a dramatic proliferation of British military bands, Dr O’Keeffe says. By 1814, more than 20,000 ...

“These findings illustrate just how deeply brass bands are embedded in British history and culture,” said Dr O’Keeffe, who is the National Army Museum Junior Research Fellow at Queens ...

Brass bands were found to have originated in the ... The Napoleonic Wars (1793 – 1815) led to a dramatic proliferation of British military bands, Dr O’Keeffe says. By 1814, more than 20,000 ...

1 for Brass Band by Malcolm Arnold played ... by David King with the Yorkshire Building Society Band. Herbert Howells's 1934 British Open Championships test piece, Pageantry, is conducted by ...

"I worked at a British fort from the war of 1812 and ... Courier reported that Sanderson's Warwick and Leamington Military Brass Band performed at a Waterloo anniversary parade in Warwick, while ...

A military band would be reduced in numbers by almost a half, the Ministry of Defence confirmed. The British Army Band Colchester, in Essex, would go from 44 to 23 musicians. Members would be ...

The Natural State Brass Band will be helping usher in the Christmas season in the coming weeks, spreading holiday cheer at ...