I am very pleased to present a new edition of this book first published in 2005. I have taken the opportunity to include various suggestions and developments in

9th edition, 2019. A comprehensive list of books, articles, theses and other material covering the brass band movement, its history, instruments and musicology;

Of the many brass bands that have flourished in Britain and Ireland over the last 200 years very few have documented records covering their history. This direct