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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

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Browse Brass Bulletin articles published since 1971. Search by topic, subject, instrument, author, series or issue, with new material added as the digital edition grows.

No. 75 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Sampling?

By Thomas Stevens

Society Ideas
No. 89 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Porcia 1994

International Trombone Competition

By Benny Sluchin

Competition
Aimé Barelli Member
No. 50 • 1985 Digitized

Aimé Barelli

Trumpet crooner

French jazz, wartime Paris and changing styles shaped a trumpeter whose playing balanced virtuosity, melody and expression across several musical worlds.

By Michel Laplace

History Jazz
No. 71 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Tubes - Tritones - Theses

By Patrice Sciortino

Equipment Ideas
No. 73 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

A dream?

A Visit to a mouthpiece maker

By Markus Stockhausen

Short story
No. 79 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Maurice André

Approaching sixty

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 78 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Jan Hasenöhrl. Trumpet in freedom

Special Czechoslovakia

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 100 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Classical, baroque horn or corno da tirarsi?

By Javier Bonet Manrique

Report History
No. 112 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

4th International "Maurice André" Trumpet Competition (2000)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 71 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

The arab Trumpet III (end) - The Art of Improvisation

The Art of Improvisation

By Nassim Maalouf

Report History
No. 65 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Barcs

Building the future

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Fred Sautter

Master American trumpet teacher

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
Member
No. 1 • 1971 Digitized

The Horn in France

Historical overview of the horn in France by Daniel Bourgue, covering instruments, makers, pedagogy and the evolution of tone and playing style.

By Daniel Bourgue

History Equipment Technique French school Sound Valves Historical instruments
No. 72 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Floyd Cooley

Tuba of the San Francisco Symphony

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 110 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Maurice André

A phenomenal artistic achievement

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 72 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Bremen 1991

International Trumpet Festival

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Event
Bach and the Others
No. 119 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Bach and the Others

Eighteenth-Century Trumpeter-Hornists

From Bach’s Leipzig cantatas to the Stadtpfeifer tradition, trumpet and horn emerge as interchangeable tools within a remarkably versatile musical profession.

By Edward H. Tarr

History
No. 88 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

The trombone of Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

By Jeremy Dibb, Simon Hogg

History Repertoire
The Wrong Brass? Member
No. 41 • 1983 Digitized

The Wrong Brass?

Between blind fidelity and reckless modernisation, instrument substitutions force performers to decide when the score’s wording serves—or betrays—the music.

By Rudolf Lewy

Repertoire Equipment Historical instruments Orchestral playing Sound
No. 109 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

On mouthpieces...

The rim

By Toshi Kameyama

10 Outstanding Trumpet Players in the Los Angeles Area Free
No. 41 • 1983 Digitized

10 Outstanding Trumpet Players in the Los Angeles Area

Behind the polished sound of Los Angeles studio trumpet playing stood remarkably similar training, disciplined routines, and a craft shaped by constant stylistic demands.

By Boyde Hood

Encounters Professional life Freelance American school Jazz
No. 97 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Cyfartha Castle: The origin of the species

The repertoire of the Cyfartha Band is unique among all known sources for brass music

By Herbert Trevor

Repertoire
No. 110 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

The importance of music education in society today

By Heinz Preiss

No. 105 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Schloss Kremsegg: Serpent in C

By Siegfried Kristofl

History
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The Digital Edition brings together the articles already digitized as searchable online texts—not simply as scans or PDF files—along with their original illustrations, notes, authorship, issue information, and available translations. Related-article suggestions currently include only this digitized material.

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We preserve the original text, language, illustrations, captions, footnotes, and editorial context as faithfully as possible. The presentation is adapted for comfortable online reading, and obvious transcription or scanning errors may be corrected. The substance and character of the published article remain unchanged.

Which languages are available?

Brass Bulletin was published in English, French, and German throughout its history. Italian and Spanish translations were added from issue No. 60 onward.

On the Italian and Spanish sites, articles from issues 1–59 are therefore shown in English by default.

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New articles are added almost daily, with approximately one complete issue digitized each week. The pace may vary depending on the preparation, image work, and editorial checking required.

Why aren’t all articles available digitally?

The complete Brass Bulletin collection contains 1,246 articles published between 1971 and 2003. The full index is already available online, allowing readers to discover every article in the collection, including those whose complete text has not yet been digitized.

Digitization began in February 2026. Each article is carefully prepared for online reading, checked, and connected to its issue, authors, subjects, and illustrations. At the current pace of digitization, the complete collection is expected to be available online by February 2028.

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