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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.

Editorial Free
No. 35 • 1981 Digitized

Editorial

New editorial formats separate current news from long-form content while creating new links between performers, composers, and the evolving brass community.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Professional life Competition Contemporary Music
No. 105 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Reinhold Friedrich, tamer of the trumpet

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
Free
No. 21 • 1978 Digitized

Symposium 1978

Eyes toward the future

Beyond the instrument: Roger Bobo calls for open minds at Symposium ’78—urging tubists to seek inspiration, question identity, and look boldly toward the future.

By Roger Bobo

Event Ideas
Editorial Free
No. 50 • 1985 Digitized

Editorial

What began modestly in 1971 became a worldwide network, shaped by respect for brass players, shared knowledge, history and professional solidarity.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

The most beautiful instruments of the National and Military Museums Free
No. 48 • 1984 Digitized

Special Hungary

The most beautiful instruments of the National and Military Museums

Budapest’s museum collections bring together Roman and Baroque trumpets, ceremonial instruments and military imagery, preserving sounds and symbols across centuries.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

History Equipment Historical instruments Illustrations
No. 81 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Basel Sinfonietta

A triumph of the spirit

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
Lauri Ojala Member
No. 53 • 1986 Digitized

Special Finland

Lauri Ojala

Finnish trumpet virtuoso

A Finnish trumpet legend recalls orchestral life, the Geneva Competition, teaching, instruments and the cool-headed musicianship behind a remarkable career.

By Timo Mäkinen

Encounters
No. 93 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

The Budapest Festival Orchestra

A young orchestra

By Tamas Velenczei

No. 99 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Brasses in Hungary today

With Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967), Hungary developed a popular musical culture of exceptional quality, a climate that was particularly favorable to brasses

By Istán Péter Farkas

Report
No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Porcia - The Competition Made in Italy

By Max Sommerhalder

Competition
The Trumpet in the Works of Jean-Philippe Rameau Free
No. 35 • 1981 Digitized

The Trumpet in the Works of Jean-Philippe Rameau

From court entertainments to operatic dances, Rameau’s trumpet writing reveals uncommon technical demands and a broader palette of Baroque brass practice.

By Albert Hiller

History Repertoire Historical instruments Interpretation
No. 89 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Amrein trumpets

A test

By Fritz Damrow

Equipment
No. 67 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

The influence of Berlioz

on contemporary 19th Century use of brass instruments

By Ernest H. Gross

History Repertoire
No. 119 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

International Competition for Trombone Branimir Slokar

2002, Grenchen (Switzerland)

By Jeremy Mathez

Competition
Unknown Treasures for Trumpet Ensembles Free
No. 38 • 1982 Digitized

Unknown Treasures for Trumpet Ensembles

Processional Music from 18th century Bavaria

Forgotten Bavarian monastery archives preserve hundreds of ceremonial trumpet works, where local tradition and practical performance survived long after their cultural world disappeared.

By Albert Hiller

Repertoire History Brass Ensemble Historical instruments Range
No. 60 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Maurice André

Better than ever!

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 89 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

The Hunting Horn "à la Dampierre"

Reconstruction of the most original baroque hunting horn

By Uwe Bartels

History Equipment
No. 75 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Harry Kvebaek

a pure musical vocation

By Inger Haug

Encounters
Editorial Free
No. 48 • 1984 Digitized

Editorial

Colour enters Brass Bulletin as its fiftieth issue approaches, while Jean-Pierre Mathez reflects on continuity, readers and a magazine still evolving.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

No. 108 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Yamaha, 40 years of brasses

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Equipment Report
No. 74 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

John Wallace

The challenge of the impossible

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
Ernest Hall, OBE (1890-1984) Free
No. 49 • 1985 Digitized

Ernest Hall, OBE (1890-1984)

A principal trumpet, influential teacher and formidable musician remembered through the voices of pupils who experienced Ernest Hall’s uncompromising standards.

By Thomas Aitken

Encounters
No. 90 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Emiko Ikeda & Chisato Abe

Portraits

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 87 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Part 7

DSA - Digital analysis of intonation and sound

Measurement of the FFT

By Robert Meissner

Technique Acoustics
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The Digital Edition brings together the articles already digitized as searchable online texts—not simply as scans or PDF files—along with their original illustrations, notes, authorship, issue information, and available translations. Related-article suggestions currently include only this digitized material.

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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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