brass band

noun

Music.

1. a band made up principally of brass wind instruments.

brass band

noun

1. See band 1

brass band

1. A musical group composed of brass and percussion instruments. Sometimes called marching bands, brass bands often play at athletic events and military exercises and in parades.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brass band¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The audience rose as a brass band began to play upon the arrival of the royal family, who sat in their box in the famous concert hall.

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A brass band cracks the calm, something between ska and Basque tradition, loud and local.

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The funeral procession was led by a brass band playing Black Sabbath songs, with Ozzy's body transported in a hearse topped by a purple floral tribute in the shape of a cross.

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To accompany her flamboyant sermons, she employed a brass band, an orchestra and a 100-person choir.

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Kicking through a moat with a brass band on an in-the-round riser that vaulted him over the main stage field.

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