A group of musicians playing chiefly brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. [i]
German musicians were a common feature of British pleasure resorts during the second half of the 19th century [ii] . The Musical Herald 1Dec 1899 reported "the band came from one village in the black forest. In the spring they am across to hull tramped through the country playing at various towns along the way. at their destination in time for the summer season. When the engagement was over they went straight home [iii]

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[ii] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Palatine_travelling_music_tradition (accessed 24Nov20)
[iii] Panikos Panayi - German immigrants in Britain during the 19th century, 1815-1914 (Oxford, Berg, 1995)

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