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Other traditional brass instruments, like trumpets and trombones, though primarily made of brass, may also have some copper or other metals mixed in. 3. METAL TRUMPETS DATE BACK TO AROUND 1500 BCE.

Largemouth Brass Band, an eight-person ensemble of classically trained music educators, aim to teach listeners just how fun brass instruments can be. Bold, loud and lively, the band hopes to make ...

In addition to the standard modern instruments, the Brass Ensemble performs as the William & Mary Cornet Band, on historic brass instruments and repertoire that were common from the 1850s to 1900.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A unique performance Saturday at Independence Mall. A group of musicians played some unusual instruments, in an effort to break a world record.

The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments reopened Feb. 25 after renovations with a new exhibition, “Resounding Brass.” The rare instruments on display trace centuries of innovations in the evolution ...