The Little Man in the Background

 First published Sept 1988 in Mouthpiece, the officialjournal of the Brass Band Association of New Zealand. The comments should notbe taken seriously; this was meant to be humorous and ironic. Equally, writingas though all brass band players were male is a sign of the age of this piece.There were in fact a number of top female brass players in the bands, just asthere were excellent female accompanists in the Competitions.

 

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