Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain’s first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands were a civilian and exclusively northern creation.
Britain’s brass bands older than thought: Study reveals they were invented by soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars
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