Some thirty-two experts from fifteen countries join three of the world's leading authorities on the design, manufacture, performance and history of brass musical instruments in this first major ...

A trumpet is the highest pitched brass instrument in an orchestra and a ... There are lots of examples to listen to, but to get started, listen to this piece called Gerswin's 'Rhapsody in Blue'.

Taking advantage of new instrument designs developed at home and in Continental Europe, a number of other regiments had established all-brass bands by 1830. The Life Guards, for example ...

The Life Guards, for example, performed on valved trumpets ... The Napoleonic wars created unprecedented demand for brass and other musical instruments. As well as tracking down individual ...

Taking advantage of new instrument designs developed at home and in Continental Europe, a number of other regiments had established all-brass bands by 1830. The Life Guards, for example, performed on ...