The British Brass Band is based on an earlier volume, Bands, published by Open University Press (1991) as part of its Popular Music in Britain Series. It was ha
Of the many brass bands that have flourished in Britain and Ireland over the last 200 years very few have documented records covering their history. This direct
Bands structured around western wind instruments are among the most widespread instrumental ensembles in the world. Although these ensembles draw upon European
Taking up the story of bands and their development from the 1930s to the start of the new millennium, Roy Newsome discusses the contest tradition of brass bands