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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. 124 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

Prestige des Cuivres 2003 - Guebwiller - International Philip Jones Competition - Tuba, Euphonium, Brass Ensembles

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition
Hygienics of the teeth Free
No. 19 • 1977 Digitized

Hygienics of the teeth

Your embouchure starts with your teeth. This essential guide reveals why gum health—not just cavities—determines a brass player’s long-term sound and control.

By Michel G. Corti

Health Teeth
Editorial Free
No. 53 • 1986 Digitized

Special Finland

Editorial

In 1980s Finland, distance and long summers helped turn brass education into a national network, with Lieksa emerging as an unlikely meeting point.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Teaching Sociology
No. 64 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

Homage to Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1992)

By Michel Laplace

Encounters
Akim Alexeyevich Kozlov Member
No. 40 • 1982 Digitized

Akim Alexeyevich Kozlov

A Trombone Artist

Behind decades of orchestral excellence, one trombonist shaped a school of playing whose influence reached far beyond Leningrad and the concert hall.

By Anatoly Barantsev

Encounters Teaching Russian school Orchestral playing Intonation
Vitaly Bujanowsky Free
No. 35 • 1981 Digitized

Vitaly Bujanowsky

The world's Golden Horn

Called one of the Soviet school’s finest performers by Shostakovich, Vitaliy Buyanovskiy shaped horn playing through performance, teaching and composition.

By Anatoly Barantsev

Encounters Professional life Russian school Orchestral playing Solo playing
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. 119 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Part 4

The modern concert hall

Spreading walls, shrinking sound

By Sabina Pade

Report History Acoustics
No. 111 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Enrique Crespo - seducer and musician in one

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 104 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Thoughts on Competitions in Music

By Frøydis Ree Wekre

Society Competition Ideas
Mantzaros Philharmonic Society Free
No. 46 • 1984 Digitized

Mantzaros Philharmonic Society

Corfou, Greece

A Corfu musical society founded in 1890 connects European influence, amateur tradition and a trumpet school that trained some 1,200 players.

By Gerassimos Ioannides

Report Band
Ernest Hall, OBE (1890-1984) Free
No. 49 • 1985 Digitized

Ernest Hall, OBE (1890-1984)

A principal trumpet, influential teacher and formidable musician remembered through the voices of pupils who experienced Ernest Hall’s uncompromising standards.

By Thomas Aitken

Encounters
No. 68 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

A brief survey of the historical evolution of our instruments

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report History
Tell it the way it is: Free
No. 22 • 1978 Digitized

Tell it the way it is:

A viewpoint of professional trumpet playing in the United States

A brutal reality check: Irving Bush exposes the gap between musical dreams and professional truth—revealing the harsh economics behind a career in trumpet playing.

By Irving Bush

Professional life Report Freelance Auditions American school
No. 90 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

School of trumpet in Liège

By Rosario Macaluso

No. 112 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

The valve trombone in the 19th c. orchestras

By Ken Shifrin

No. 73 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Josef Kail (1795-1871)

Forgotten brass instrument innovator

By Cizek Bohuslav

Equipment
Editorial Free
No. 8 • 1974 Digitized

Editorial

A reflective summer editorial inviting readers to explore the history of their instruments and reconnect with their musical heritage.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

No. 69 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Costa-Rica: contact!

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 66 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Does Jazz still have a soul?

By Michel Laplace

Society Jazz
No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Part 5

DSA - Digital analysis of intonation and sound

Hearing

By Robert Meissner

Technique Acoustics
No. 60 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Maurice André

Better than ever!

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) Biography Member
No. 14 • 1976 Digitized

Part 6

Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) Biography

The Last Years of his Life

Arban and the call for progress: inspired by Saint-Saëns, he makes a final push for a C cornet—an effort that would ultimately fail.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

History
No. 93 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Discovery of the 'Turmsonaten' written in 1803

By Michael Kircheis

History Repertoire
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