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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. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

Homage to Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1992)

By Michel Laplace

Encounters
No. 117 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Editorial

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

No. 69 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Circular Breathing for Brass Player

By Kevin H. Thompson

Technique
No. 86 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Royal College of Music London

Tradition and evolution of the brass classes

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report History Teaching
Editorial Free
No. 17 • 1977 Digitized

Editorial

Between tradition and innovation: brass players must move beyond routine and embrace new musical directions to remain relevant in the music of tomorrow.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Society Ideas Contemporary Music
No. 96 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Jacques Mauger, on 7th heaven with the trombone

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
Tuba and Euphonium today Free
No. 23 • 1978 Digitized

Tuba and Euphonium today

A new era for low brass: Willy Kurath explores how modern tuba and euphonium design—driven by innovation and collaboration—redefines sound, technique, and solo potential.

By Willi Kurath

Equipment Instrument making Valves Intonation
Vassily Gueorguievitch Brandt (1869–1923) Member
No. 26 • 1979 Digitized

Vassily Gueorguievitch Brandt (1869–1923)

Biography

Sélianine traces Brandt’s life and artistry, from Bolshoi virtuoso to influential pedagogue, revealing the foundations of a distinctly Russian trumpet tradition.

By Anatoly Selianin

History Teaching Russian school Sound Articulation
No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

The tuba in the brass quintet

By Mel Culbertson

Technique Repertoire
No. 110 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

On the trail of the medieval slide trumpet

By David M. Guion

History
Anton Hansen (1877-1947) Member
No. 28 • 1979 Digitized

Part 2

Anton Hansen (1877-1947)

Father of trombone playing in Scandinavia

Berlin, Leipzig and Copenhagen diary pages show Hansen testing slide-trombone ideals against Weschke, orchestral practice and Carl Nielsen.

By Per Gade

History
No. 60 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Conrad and Johann Bauer

two trombone players

By Bert Noglik

Encounters
No. 76 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Georges Gay

Big Band trumpet player

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
Editorial Free
No. 3 • 1972 Digitized

Editorial

Editorial of Brass Bulletin No. 3 presenting new collaborators and affirming the magazine’s independence and community-driven mission.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

No. 118 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Instrumental performance and the bodily motor system

By Joachim E. Lahme

Health
On record reviews Free
No. 48 • 1984 Digitized

On record reviews

Is criticism constructive? Objective?

When taste and feeling dominate record reviews, criticism risks becoming arbitrary; Uwe Wolf argues instead for interpretations grounded enough to sustain debate.

By Uwe Wolf

Society Ideas
No. 67 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

History and development of permanent exhaling

By Wladimir Katchmartchik

Technique
No. 112 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Part 4

The importance of music education in society today

By Heinz Preiss

No. 93 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Thierry Caens

A great vintage of French trumpet

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 98 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

ROTAX®

The rotary valve with the ideal tube geometry

By Willi Kurath

Equipment
The powdered tuba or the strange illness of Stanley Cooper¹ Member
No. 52 • 1985 Digitized

The powdered tuba or the strange illness of Stanley Cooper¹

A gifted tubist develops an alarming appetite for his instrument, as Jean-Pierre Mathez turns orchestral life into a darkly absurd tale of musical solidarity.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Short story
No. 102 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

James Stamp Master in listening

James Stamp required his students to play his warm-ups and studies with the same emphasis on tone quality and musicality that they would give to the playing of a concerto

By Jean-Christophe Wiener

Teaching
No. 118 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Part 4

A player’s first years

The opinion of an expert

By Horst Rapp

Teaching Technique
James Stamp, subtle teaching Member
No. 39 • 1982 Digitized

James Stamp, subtle teaching

Intonation, held notes and mouthpiece work shape James Stamp's subtle approach to trumpet playing, where listening and physical economy guide technique.

By Alfred Willener

Teaching Technique Intonation Mouthpiece Range
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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.

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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.

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