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June 1815, the Army had grown in number to some 250,000 by that time and
the Coldstream had been in the thick of the action defending the farm house at
Hougoumont. 6 This was good for the band because when the Army grew so
did the size of its bands.
" Little changed in the routine of the band throughout this period except that
trombones and percussion had been added, we were the last Regiment to
dispense with the Turkish Janissary. In 1815 the band numbered about
Twenty-five.
" In 1818 Thomas Willman the celebrated clarinettist became the Bandmaster,
but more about him later.
" The period of 1815 - 1853 brought thirty-eight years of peace, this became
known as the age of elegance and a great time of growth and development of
the military band, which saw the introduction of the saxhorn family and the
comet piston.
41 In 1822 Schubert wrote his March Militaire op 51. This is a later arrangement
by Fred Godfrey, however, it gives some indication of the size and sound of
the band during this period.
Weber Concertino
" Thomas Willman remained as Bandmaster of the Coldstream until 1825 he,
and the clarinet section, had an outstanding reputation as the best in the land.
" Willman was the principal clarinet of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
between 1817 and 1830 and gave the London premiere of Mozart's, Clarinet
Concerto.
6 Regimental archive documentation. Coldstream Guards, Regimental Headquarters