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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. 120 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Marketing - One musician’s story

By Thomas Stevens

Backstage
No. 60 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

The horn in the G.R.D, A chat with Peter Damm

Special GDR

By Peter Damm

History
The hunting horn Free
No. 39 • 1982 Digitized

The hunting horn

Long-held beliefs about the French hunting horn are challenged as forgotten playing practices and Baroque traditions reshape its early history and repertoire.

By Jacques Poncet

History Repertoire French school Historical instruments Interpretation
No. 101 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Brass chamber music in Britain

By John Wallace, Anneke Scott, Robert Samuel

Report
Impossible? Member
No. 10 • 1975 Digitized

Impossible?

Kurt Janetzky challenges the notion of the “impossible” in brass playing, arguing that technical limits evolve and that demanding repertoire—past or present—should never be dismissed as unplayable.

By Kurt Janetzky

Repertoire Technique Interpretation Ideas
No. 112 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Part 4

On mouthpieces...

The backbore

By Toshi Kameyama

Women and Brass Free
No. 28 • 1979 Digitized

Women and Brass

Statements

Female brass players in British orchestras describe auditions, section dynamics and the pressure of proving themselves beyond musical ability.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Society Professional life Sociology Orchestral playing
No. 83 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

The Hunting horn of Jacques Du Fouilloux (XVIth cent.)

By Werner Flachs, Rainer Egger

History
Editorial Free
No. 10 • 1975 Digitized

Editorial

Editorial on the importance of exchange among musicians, encouraging active participation and warning against passive, hierarchical structures.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

No. 112 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Part 5

On the trail of brasses in Europe - Der Blechbläser

Der Blechbläser

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

No. 65 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

The Canadian Brass

At the summit

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 101 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

[email protected]

The present student & professor population at the RAM

By Leyla Guines, John Wallace

Report Teaching
No. 109 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

A sensational dicovery: 12 brass quintets (1850) by Jean Bellon

By Raymond Lapie

Repertoire
No. 96 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

Brass Bulletin 1971-1996, the fruit of the passion

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 60 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Bernard Soustrot

Portrait

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
Editorial Free
No. 42 • 1983 Digitized

Editorial

One magazine disappeared as another opened its pages, turning economic necessity into a rare act of editorial solidarity that reshaped the brass press.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Society Professional life Sociology Ideas Freelance
No. 109 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Philip Jones 12.3.1928 - 17.01.2000

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Unknown trumpet works which deserve attention

Joseph Riepel (1709-1782), Concerto in D major

By Albert Hiller

Repertoire
No. 60 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Hans-Joachim Krumpfer or: teaching as a vocation

Special GDR

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Teaching
No. 87 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

French cornet methods published before Arban's Complete Grand Method for Cornet and Saxhorn

By Friedrich Anzenberger

History Repertoire Teaching
No. 102 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Franz Xaver Streitwieser

The amazing story of a talented German trumpeter whose health problems indirectly led him to become one of the great collectors of brass instruments of our time

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 107 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

The horn in Madrid in the 18th century

Exclusive revelations in the natural horn in Spain (Valencia & Madrid)

By Javier Bonet Manrique

No. 115 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

Stage fright and instrumental technique (1)

By Michel Ricquier

Health
No. 77 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Blowing over the lowlands of Holland

Special Holland

By Hans Onno Van Den Berg

Report
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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.

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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