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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.

Editorial Free
No. 7 • 1974 Digitized

Editorial

Brass Bulletin reflects on its growth and mission, reaffirming its commitment to independence, dialogue and the international brass community.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

No. 68 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Heinrich Domnich (1767-1844)

By Robert Ricks

History
No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Interview with Guelfo Nalli

By Julio Briseño

Report
A guide to commercial tuba playing in the Los Angeles area Free
No. 25 • 1979 Digitized

A guide to commercial tuba playing in the Los Angeles area

Hollywood reality check: Tommy Johnson reveals what it really takes to become a commercial tuba player in Los Angeles—skill, versatility… and patience.

By Tommy Johnson

Professional life Technique Freelance Jazz
No. 77 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Editorial

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Dynamics in the 80's Member
No. 29 • 1980 Digitized

Dynamics in the 80's

From Reykjavik to the Hollywood Bowl, rising concert hall scale and amplified culture reshape orchestral sound, leaving acoustic limits exposed.

By Roger Bobo

Acoustics Society Sound Interpretation Sociology
No. 112 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

The valve trombone in the 19th c. orchestras

By Ken Shifrin

No. 81 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Göteborg, where the arts are king

Bengt Eklund

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 119 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

The remarkable achievements of trumpet player Jan Hasenöhrl

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 65 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Douglas Hill

Profile of a Horn player

By Jeffrey Agrell

Encounters
No. 77 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Brass instruments at the Gemeente-Museum in the Hague

Special Holland

By Graham Nicholson

History
No. 105 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Part 14

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

Saliva and wind instruments playing

By Toshio Nemoto

Health Teeth
On the early history of valves and valve instruments in Germany (1814-1833) Member
No. 26 • 1979 Digitized

Part 3

On the early history of valves and valve instruments in Germany (1814-1833)

Herbert Heyde traces early German valve instruments from Stoelzel’s horns to basses, makers, patents, and shifting brass-band sound.

By Herbert Heyde

History Equipment Valves Historical instruments Instrument making
On the Sackbut or Harmonic Trumpet Member
No. 45 • 1984 Digitized

On the Sackbut or Harmonic Trumpet

From Pierre Trichet’s Traité des Instruments de Musique (c. 1640)

A seventeenth-century description of the sackbut captures its moving slide, chromatic freedom and bass role at a moment when the instrument was still being defined.

By Pierre Trichet

History Equipment Historical instruments
No. 80 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Men's chorus and winds

Special Austria

By Elisabeth Anzenberger-Ramminger

Report Repertoire
The use of the mind in instrumental performance Member
No. 30 • 1980 Digitized

The use of the mind in instrumental performance

Relaxation, concentration and mental imagery reshape technical practice, linking self-confidence and instrumental control beyond physical training alone.

By Michel Ricquier

Health Teaching Nerves Interpretation Ideas
No. 82 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Ivan Jevtic

Blood, fire and music

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Repertoire
No. 107 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Christian Lindberg, trombone on fire !

Interview

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 101 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

The Dennis & Aubrey Brain chairs of horn playing

By John Humphries

Encounters
No. 73 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Unknown trumpet works which deserve attention

Anonymous (early classical), Concerto in D major

By Albert Hiller

Repertoire
No. 74 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Nerves

By Peter Knudsvig

Health
No. 97 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

The Art of the Third Horn Player

The unsung hero

By Kerry Turner

Repertoire Ideas
No. 93 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Part 4

Dental Clinic for Wind Players

Unknown to most players, there may be significant changes in the internal oral environment of a musician during the process of wind instrument playing

By Toshio Nemoto

Health Teeth
Free
No. 20 • 1977 Digitized

General brass catalogue

A special issue format begins: Brass Bulletin 20 introduces the General Brass Catalogue—offering direct access to instruments, makers, and international brass news.

Repertoire
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Brass Bulletin was published in English, French, and German throughout its history. Italian and Spanish translations were added from issue No. 60 onward.

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