I am sure there are many more still to be unearthed, hiding in newspaper reports or contemporary photographs and documents in museums, archives, the hands of private collectors and the attics of individuals. This is, however, but an unknown, and probably small, proportion of the cornet/town bands that flourished in the USA, particularly in the 19th century. Over 8,700 bands are recorded here, with some 560 additional cross references for alternative or previous names. It is an expanded extraction from my earlier "Brass Bands of the World". This directory is an attempt to bring together information about such bands and make it available to all. Of the many brass bands that have existed in the USA over the last 200 years very few have documented records covering their history.
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