Study reveals they were invented by soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars
A brass band in front of the King’s statue in Weymouth, Dorset. Painting by A. Beattie (Oil on canvas, 1844). Weymouth Museum. Credit: Weymouth Museum 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 … Read more