It is widely believed that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities in northern England and Wales between the 1830s and the 1850s. New evidence rewrites this history.

The military began to experiment with all-brass bands from the 1810s, and by the 1820s civilian brass bands were being created, many mentored by military veterans The story of the origins of ...

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 ...