British dance band is a genre of popular jazz and dance music that developed in British dance halls and hotel ballrooms during the 1920s and 1930s, often called a Golden Age of British music, prior to the Second World War.
British dance band leader Jack Hylton, c. 1930
A golden age is a period considered the peak in the history of a country or people, a time period when the greatest achievements were made. The term originated from early Greek and Roman poets, who used it to refer to a time when mankind lived in a better time and was pure.
The Golden Age by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1530
The Golden Age by Joachim Wtewael, 1605
Acropolis, rebuilt by Pericles during the Athenian Golden Age
The Macedonian era is often cited as the Golden Age of Byzantium