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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.

Montreux 1976 - First international brass congress Free
No. 15 • 1976 Digitized

Montreux 1976 - First international brass congress

Montreux 1976: beyond the spectacle. Between virtuosity, ego, and isolation, Alfred Willener questions the very meaning of the brass world.

By Alfred Willener

Report Event Sociology Ideas
Yamaha, an ambitious giant Member
No. 40 • 1982 Digitized

Yamaha, an ambitious giant

Behind the rise of a future industrial giant lies an unexpected lesson in craftsmanship, cultural exchange and the discipline that reshaped wind instrument making.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Instrument Makers Report Instrument making Sociology Sound
Dr. h.c. Bernoulli (1904-1980) Free
No. 33 • 1981 Digitized

Dr. h.c. Bernoulli (1904-1980)

Necrology of a great collector

From a Swiss castle filled with 700 brass instruments to the Historical Museum Basel, a collector’s life reflects decades of dedication, scholarship and hospitality.

By Emilie Mende

Equipment Encounters Historical instruments Keyed trumpet
300 Years of the Horn Member
No. 32 • 1980 Digitized

Part 2

300 Years of the Horn

in the Dresden Court Orchestra

From Dresden’s court musicians to Hampel’s hand-horn technique, virtuoso players and court repertoire shaped a decisive shift in horn playing and orchestral writing.

By Peter Damm

History Equipment Historical instruments Orchestral playing Range
Member
No. 14 • 1976 Digitized

Composer Interpreter Teacher Student

Clains and demands in musical life today

What is the musician’s role today? Willi Gohl questions creation, teaching, and society—and argues for a more human, free, and living music.

By Willi Gohl

Teaching Society Sociology Ideas
No. 66 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Interview with Paul Spörri

Principal trumoet of the Berlin Philharmonie

By Heinz Klose

Encounters
No. 83 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Guy Touvron

Vive la France, vive Selmer!

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 94 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Brass Bulletin 1971-1996, the fruit of the passion

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
Editorial Free
No. 24 • 1978 Digitized

Editorial

A life that shaped a century: Jean-Pierre Mathez introduces the extraordinary rise of Maurice André—an artist whose brilliance transformed the modern trumpet.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Society Sociology Ideas
No. 104 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Part 13

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

The mechanism of tonguig

By Toshio Nemoto

Health Teeth
No. 86 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Fujio Nakayama (1918-1997)

The trumpet is my life... Autobiographical account

By Fujio Nakayama

Encounters
No. 76 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

Sampling? A hard rality !

By Thomas Stevens

Society Ideas
Use of a spectral model in developing concepts of tuba timbre Member
No. 19 • 1977 Digitized

Use of a spectral model in developing concepts of tuba timbre

Can great tuba sound be measured? This groundbreaking study turns timbre into data — offering a visual model that could transform how players hear and shape their sound.

By Daniel D. Stancil

Acoustics Sound
No. 122 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

Classical music: Why bother?

By Joshua Fineberg

Society Ideas Sociology
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
No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Anthony Plog in recital

20:38 - 20:42 (2 pictures)

By Anonyme

Short story
Free
No. 23 • 1978 Digitized

Symphonic tuba playing

A warning from the orchestra: Lewis Waldeck challenges modern tuba playing—calling for a return from solo brilliance to the dark, blended power of true symphonic sound.

By Lewis Waldeck

Technique Repertoire Sound Interpretation Orchestral playing
The Remarkable Story Behind the Cover Free
No. 38 • 1982 Digitized

The Remarkable Story Behind the Cover

A war, a theft, and an unexpected recovery turned one nineteenth-century cornet into a witness to musical memory beyond its craftsmanship and sound.

By Jean-Michel Gauffriau

History Equipment Historical instruments
No. 94 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Part 5

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

Teeth: an integral part of the instrument

By Toshio Nemoto

Health Teeth
A scientific study of pulmonary function Member
No. 13 • 1976 Digitized

A scientific study of pulmonary function

As applied to wind instrument playing, with emphasis on the study of lung function in trumpet playing

Do trumpet players breathe differently? William W. Bing shows not really—except for greater lung capacity tied to endurance, with no harmful effects.

By William W. Bing

Health Breathing Endurance
No. 89 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

André Van Driessche

Belgian master of the Horn

By Luc Bergé, Rik Vercruysse, Claudine Novikov

Encounters
No. 70 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

André Lafosse (1890-1975)

Master of Trombone

By Jean Douay

Encounters
No. 95 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

Brass Bulletin 1971-1996, the fruit of the passion

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 102 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

The Streitwieser collection of brass instruments at the Kremsegg Castle

By Friedrich Anzenberger

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