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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.

Mikhail Innokentiévitch Tabakov (1877-1958) Member
No. 22 • 1978 Digitized

Mikhail Innokentiévitch Tabakov (1877-1958)

Founder of the Soviet trumpet school

A towering figure of trumpet history: Tabakov shaped generations—including the legendary Timofei Dokchitzer—and laid the foundations of the Soviet trumpet school.

By G. Orvid, S. Riaouzov

History Teaching Russian school Sound Interpretation
No. 113 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Frank Martin, The Ballade for trombone and piano

By Roland Schnohrk

Repertoire
Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos? Member
No. 43 • 1983 Digitized

Part 2

Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos?

Essential ornaments

Natural horn technique left little room for excess: Peter Damm sets 18th-century ornamentation against the practical limits of range, style and notation.

By Peter Damm

Repertoire History Ornaments Interpretation Articulation
No. 73 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Trumpet and percussion, a dynamic combination

+ Music and Zen, interview with Patrick Lehmann and Simone Wolf-Lehmann

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Repertoire
No. 110 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Thomas Inderbinen - master of the hammer

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Equipment
Music in an American Frontier Communal Society Member
No. 34 • 1981 Digitized

Part 1

Music in an American Frontier Communal Society

Aurora Colony

In a German communal settlement on the Oregon frontier, bands, choirs and original compositions shaped daily life as strongly as faith, work and education.

By Deborah M. Olsen

History Society Sociology Brass Ensemble Historical instruments
No. 66 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

In search of a new trombone

By Branimir Slokar

Equipment
How and why I became a musician Member
No. 54 • 1986 Digitized

Part 5

How and why I became a musician

In wartime Switzerland, a military assignment, a conductor's confusion and an abandoned instrument unexpectedly changed the course of Edouard Gros's musical career.

By Edouard Gros

Professional life Orchestral playing
Arnold Jacobs Member
No. 33 • 1981 Digitized

Part 1

Arnold Jacobs

Interview

Two tuba giants meet in 1979 Chicago, where Arnold Jacobs turns technique, sound, orchestral life and pedagogy into a lasting musical ethic.

By Roger Bobo

Encounters Teaching Interpretation Sound Orchestral playing
No. 88 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

School of trumpet in Liège

By Rosario Macaluso

Report
Thoughts on the Bass Trombone Free
No. 39 • 1982 Digitized

Thoughts on the Bass Trombone

Long before modern standards took hold, bass trombones existed in many forms, raising questions that still shape orchestral writing and performance today.

By Jean Gotthold

Technique Equipment Valves Mouthpiece Orchestral playing
No. 118 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Spanish Brass “Luur Metalls”

Friendship, talent, and le feu sacré...

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 103 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

The role of the (contra)bass trombone in the Vienna sound

By Gerhard Zechmeister

History Equipment
No. 94 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Brass Bulletin 1971-1996, the fruit of the passion

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 77 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Lex Van Weren, The trumpet saved my life in Auschwitz

Special Holland

By Ton Ouwehand

Report Encounters
Jazz and the Horn Member
No. 40 • 1982 Digitized

Jazz and the Horn Series • Part 1

Jazz and the Horn

The horn was once considered incompatible with jazz until changing ideas of sound and musicians like John Graas quietly overturned that certainty.

By Jeffrey Agrell

Repertoire History Jazz Improvisation
No. 96 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Lieksa Brass Week 1996

By Benny Sluchin

Report Event
W. A. Mozart and the Trumpet... Free
No. 42 • 1983 Digitized

W. A. Mozart and the Trumpet...

A forgotten anecdote places one of music's greatest figures in startling conflict with the trumpet, raising unexpected questions about fear, sound and musical sensibility.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

History
No. 101 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

James Stamp Master in listening

Buzzing: practicing with the lips alone

By Jean-Christophe Wiener

Teaching
No. 100 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

3rd International "Maurice André" Trumpet Competition (1997)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition
No. 119 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Shuko Kuramoto - Fairy magic on the tuba

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 61 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Kurt Laberer, instrument maker in Munich

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Equipment
Editorial Free
No. 4 • 1973 Digitized

Editorial

Editorial of Brass Bulletin No. 4 reflecting on the magazine’s development and reinforcing its mission as an independent forum for brass players.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Practical Hints Member
No. 32 • 1980 Digitized

Part 3

Practical Hints

A preparatory adaptation of a Clarke technical study reframes finger technique, airflow, and efficiency through a progressive approach to daily practice.

By James Stamp

Technique Teaching
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