Prof. Nick Childs - 'History of Brass Bands - The Golden Period'

The repertoire played by bands has altered radically over many years. However, commissioning bodies have always been governed by a desire to attract the leading mainstream composers of the day to write original material for the medium.

The so-called 'Golden Period', spanning the period between the Great Depression and the Second World War, encapsulates this ambition at its most successful. A sequence of seminal works, by John Ireland, Gustav Holst, Granville Bantock, Herbert Howells, and Sir Edward Elgar revitalised the repertory and placed amateur musicians in a place of honour within the British musical establishment.

In an illustrated lecture, Prof. Nicholas Childs and the Black Dyke Band place this music in its wider context, from the production of the first original band compositions in 1913 up until the death of Elgar in 1934.

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[WhatsUpHehe]

History of brass bands.... with clarinets++ ?

[LeedsMetUni]

As Nick mentions at 08:40, the band originally contained reed instruments in the early 1800's

[ISBBBb2]

55.00 LOL at Danny Sinclair getting whacked on the bonce by the mic!!

[brassbandbilly]

Could someone do me a massive favour and post more these. Fantastic lecture lecture!

[euphoniceuph123]

Labour and Love! My favourite test piece for Brass band! :)

[eflatalto4]

@WhatsUpHehe I had the wonderful experience of playing with the 1st Brigade Band when they first formed in 1964. We played original instruments of the 1860s on "saxhorns." We played from original band books. I have played an ophiclide and been in performances where keyed bugles "dueled" with the then rotary valved saxhorns. Our level of musicianship was nowhere near the Black Dyke, but we certainly had fun!! And yes, we had woodwinds!! an Eb clarinet and a piccolo, but that was all.

[erwindijkstra]

never heard a more beautifull hornsound than Sandy Smith's. Reall singing quality,

[MrJnobianchi]

Nice to see an actual offaclyde! It looks like a serpent, kind of.

[coratz]

Cheers for this

[danielwills93]

hahaha! i didnt notice that at first!!