New study overturns story of brass bands' origins
Research finds brass bands were not all linked to industry - veterans of the Napoleonic Wars played an important role.
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Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars invented Britain’s first brass bands earlier than previously thought ...
Historian Discovers True Origins of Britain’s First Brass Bands
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 ...