History of Brass Bands

- Items and articles on this site.
See also: People for living and historical figures, including composers.
See also: Vintage Brass Band Pictures.
See also: Extinct Brass Bands.
See also: Vintage Brass Band Recordings.
See also: Brass Bands Genealogies.
See also: Brass Band Historians and Researchers for details of those seeking information
- Appleton family in brass bands
- Band Watching - Beginning and ending with The Beatles - a Short Appraisal of Brass Bands in Popular Music Culture
- Bands in the Mining Industry
- Bandsman of the Salvation Army - history of brass bands of the Salvation Army, Bandmasters and Bandsmen
- Bandsmens' Name Index for Selected Victorian (Australia) Bands 1890-1981
- Blow 'im - the story of Indigenous brass bands in Queensland
- Brass & Banners - A History of the North East Coalfield - Video
Brass Band Genealogy - name changes and dates
- Brass Band - Musikstil oder Lebenseinstellung
Brass Band Contest (Poem)
Brass Band Recordings from the 78 r.p.m. Era
- Brass Band Repertoire History
- Brass Band Research Archive - University College Salford
- Brass band tradition in Tameside
- Brass bands at Belle Vue, Manchester
- Brass Bands at Craft Shows
- Brass Bands of Leigh
- Brass Bands in the Salvation Army
- Brass bands in Welsh slate quarrying communities
- Brassband historie
- British Brass Band, in "A History of the Wind Band"
- British Pathé - downloadable newsreels of early brass bands
The Butcher Conductor
- California Brass Bands and Their Music (1851-1890) - part of the California Sheet Music Project
Canadian Band History
Campfield Musical Instrument Works (Salvation Army)
- Chatfield Brass Band Music Lending Library, 81 Library Lane, Chatfield, MN 55923, USA, Tel: +1 507-867-3275
- Civil War Bands (US)
- Cultures of Brass Instruments project
- Cyfarthfa Reborn
Brass Band Archive - an archive of more than 10,000 sets of music and scores, recordings, programmes, band journals and more.
- Early Music America
- Den engelske Brass Band-bevægelse (in Danish)
Eric Ball in Cornwall
Extinct Brass Bands - details of the bands of yesteryear
- The 50s and 60s revisited - by David Read
The First Brass Band?
- GABBF Band History Conferences, 1996 - 2001
Genesis of a Brass Band
Goff Richards
- Gold and Brass - the brass band and social music traditions of the Californian Gold Rush from 1850-1870s
The Golden Age of Brass (US)
- Great British Low Brass Sections of the Past
- Historical Bands of Lycoming County, PA
- Historical Photos of Brass Bands from the Hobart region (See under "History")
- History and Tradition of the Finnish Brass Band
History of Brass Bands
- The History Of Brass Bands In Great Britain - K. Riach
- History of the Brass Band
- History of Brass Band Instruments
- History of Brass Bands in British Columbia
- History of 1800's Railway Brass Bands (US)
How Brass Bands Are Made
The Iles and Mortimer Medals
- Kays Heritage Group - Kay & Co Ltd not only supplied musical instruments through its catalogues in the 1890s until 1920s, but also supplied uniforms to match the band's chosen scheme.
- Lindsay's Brass Band History
- Louisburg Brass Bands, 1903-1935 (Nova Scotia)
- Lynn L. Sams Papers University of Maryland Libraries, Special Collections in Performing Arts, American Bandmasters Association Research Center
Makkin' Mewsic
- Marching Bands of the Preston District
New Zealand Brass Bands
- Nineteenth Century Bands - Making a Movement - Trevor Herbert
- Old postcards of bands for sale
Old Sussex Amateur Bands
The Origin of Brass Bands
- Origins.net
- genealogical data for online family history research
- Origins of the British-style Brass Band
- Papers of James Dewar Hunter (Secretary NZ South Islands BBA)
- The Past and Future of Brass Bands
- PMRC Brass Band Research Archive - Popular Music Research Centre - This houses a complete library of the National Youth Brass band of Great Britain, a large number of original scores and a unique, chronological collection of Brass Band News, ranging from 1882-1956 as well as a collection of band parts for test pieces used in the Belle Vue Contests between 1895-1916. Housed at the University of Salford.
- Railways in Music (some information about railway bands)
Regulations for Salvation Army Bands
Rockhampton Adjudication Report (1906)
- Roy Lambeth and the Durham Miners' Gala – 1983
Salvation Army Bands
- Salvation Army Bands - a brief introduction from the Australian Salvation Army
- Salvation Army Collectables - including information and items relating to SA bands
- Shropshire Mining - Brass Bands and Collieries
Snippets from the "Musical Times"
Snippets of Information about Brass Bands
- So what is a Brass Band?
- Some "old" bands around the UK
Temperance Band Rules
Temperance Brass Bands
- Top 10 Greatest Brass Band Contest Composers
Vintage Brass Band Pictures
- Windjammers Unlimited, Inc. - A historical music society that is dedicated to the preservation of traditional music of the circus.