British Bandsman
| Editor | Kenneth Crookston |
|---|---|
| Categories | British brass band music |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | KGC Media Ltd. |
| First issue | September 1887 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Mid Calder, West Lothian |
| Language | English |
| Website |
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British Bandsman is a magazine published weekly in West Lothian devoted to British brass band music.[1][2] It was founded in 1887 by Sam Cope (1856-1948) and acquired by The Salvation Army in 2004, before being sold in April 2015 to KGC Media Ltd., a company formed by the publication's current Managing Editor[3] In August 2014, it was confirmed by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest weekly music magazine.[4]
British Bandsman first appeared in September 1887 as The British Bandsman: A monthly magazine for Bandmasters and members of Military and Brass Bands. The magazine was printed monthly until circulation increased to weekly in 1902 after John Henry Iles purchased the publishing company Richard Smith & Co.[4][5]
Production ceased for two weeks during the 1926 United Kingdom general strike in May 1926, and other than four editions that never appeared during Christmas closures in the 1970s, plus a period from September 1975 to September 1976 when it was published fortnightly, the magazine has appeared weekly ever since. Edition 5925 was published on 7 May 2016 and at that time a total of 6,099 editions had been published since 1887.
Editors
| Name | Years in office |
|---|---|
| James Waterson (1) | 1887 - 1888 |
| Sam Cope (2) | 1888 - 1895 |
| James Browne (3) | 1895 - 1898 |
| Sam Cope | 1899 - 1906 |
| Herbert Whiteley (4) | 1906 - 1930 |
| Sam Cope | 1930 - 1942 |
| John Henry Iles (5) | 1942 - 1951 |
| Eric Ball (6) | 1951 - 1963 |
| Alfred Mackler (7) | 1963 - 1964 |
| Eric Ball | 1964 - 1967 |
| Geoffrey Brand (8) | 1967 - 1975 |
| Robert D. Alexander (9) | 1975 - 1977 |
| Peter Wilson (10) | 1977 - 2000 |
| Nicola Bland (11) | 2000 - 2004 |
| Kenneth Crookston (12) | 2004 - |
References
- ↑ The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. 1997. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-521-56522-6.
- ↑ Brake, Laurel; Demoor, Marysa, eds. (2009). Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. Academia Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-9-038-21340-8.
- ↑ "British Bandsman Enlisted". The Brass Crest. 10 July 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- 1 2 "Northamptonshire-based magazine recognised by Guinness World Records as the 'world's oldest weekly music magazine'". Northants Herald and Post. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ↑ Kane, Josephine (2013). The Architecture of Pleasure: British Amusement Parks 1900–1939. Ashgate Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-409-47096-0.