A comprehensive list of books, articles, theses and other material covering the brass band movement, its history, instruments and musicology; together with other related topics (originally issued in book form in January 2009)

Of the many brass bands that have existed in the USA over the last 200 years very few have documented records covering their history. This directory is an attempt to bring together information about some such bands and make it available to all. It is an expanded extraction from my earlier “Brass Bands of the World”. Over 8,700 bands are recorded…[Read more]

From the earliest days of brass bands in the British Isles, they have been supported at various times and to differing extents by businesses and their owners. In some cases this support has been purely philanthropic, but there was usually a quid pro quo involved where the sponsor received benefits – e.g. advertising, income from band e…[Read more]

(v9 – August 2019) [c. 6,740 entries] A comprehensive list of books, articles, theses and other material covering the brass band movement, its history, instruments and musicology; together with other related topics

A Horta tornou-se numa cidade portuária central às rotas comerciais do Atlântico durante o século XIX, acentuando-se esta posição estratégica com a construção do porto artificial durante a segunda metade de oitocentos. Estes melhoramentos permitiram um desenvolvimento na prestação de serviços aos navios que atravessavam o Oceano Atlântico,…[Read more]