These instruments are used by various groups ranging from high school marching bands to drum and bugle corps. The drum and bugle corps activity has been a driving force of innovation behind the ...

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 ...

The story of the origins of Britain's brass bands needs to be rewritten in the ... It was previously believed the brass instrument groups began as a civilian and exclusively northern creation ...

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 ...

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 ...

Taking advantage of new instrument designs developed at home and in Continental Europe, a number of other regiments had established all-brass bands by 1830. The Life Guards, for example ...

CINCINNATI — The Woodward Bulldogs are marching to an even louder tune after receiving nine new instruments thanks to a county grant. When we last spoke with the Marching Bulldogs band, they had ...

The story of the origins of Britain's brass bands needs to be rewritten in the light of new evidence linking it to the Napoleonic Wars, according to a researcher. It was previously believed the brass ...