Amateur brass and wind bands in Southern England between the late eighteenth century and circa 1900

This thesis examines and offers explanations for the development of largely working-class amateur brass and wind bands in southern England in the late eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. It begins by describing the beginnings of widespread amateur banding and considers the contribution made to...

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Main Author: Lomas, Michael John
Published: Open University 1990
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.254774