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Brass Bulletin No 52 - IV / 1985
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Editorial
Gros, Edouard
How and why I became a musician III
Tuba· Encounters
Suter, Stephan
Instrument Makers in USA
Lawson Horns
Equipment
Laplace, Michel
The trombone in Jazz and Popular Music
Trombone· Report· History
Satoh, Taku
Salvation Army in Japan
History
Cramer, William F.
Valsalva Maneuver - Why?
Technique· Health
Fonseque, Raymond
Good intonation on the trombone
Trombone· Technique
Anonyme
The Art of the Musical Instrument Maker
Encyclopédie méthodique, Paris 1795
History· Equipment
Agrell, Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn
John Clark
Horn· Report· Encounters
Sluchin, Benny
Trombone workshops
Trombone· Report· Event
Hiller, Albert
The Unusual Trumpet in the Nürnberg Transport Museum
Trumpet· History· Equipment
Drechsler, Hans-Joachim
Individuality and Uniformity in Brass Players
Society
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
The powdered tuba or the strange illness of Stanley Cooper
Short story
Suter, Stephan
Instrument Makers in USA
S. W. Lewis Orchestral Horns
Equipment
Brass Bulletin No 53 - I / 1986
Mathez, Jean-Pierre · Stevens, Thomas
Editorial
Homage to James Stamp
Stevens, Thomas
Homage to James Stamp (1904-1985)
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Bad Säckingen, Trumpet museum
Trumpet· Report· History· Equipment
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Editorial
Special Finland
Karjalainen, Kauko
Brass achieves academic respectability
Special Finland
Report
Mäkinen, Timo
Lauri Ojala, Finnish trumpet virtuoso
Special Finland
Trumpet· Encounters
Fransman, Holger
The brass band tradition in Finland
Special Finland
Report· History· Band
Kanerva, Simo
A brief survey of the history of the Finnish brass music
Special Finland
History
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Holger Fransman - The great finnish horn player and teacher
Special Finland
Horn· Encounters
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
The national brass associations in Finland
Special Finland
Report
Winkler, Klaus
Modern editions of original 17th-century brass ensemble music
Repertoire
Gros, Edouard
How and Why I Became a Musician IV
Tuba· Encounters
Suter, Stephan
Instrument Makers in USA
Holton (G. Leblanc Corporation)
Equipment
Suter, Stephan
Instrument Makers in USA
Martin (G. Leblanc Corporation)
Equipment
Brass Bulletin No 54 - II / 1986
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Editorial
Tarr, Edward H.
The Coiled Hunting Instrument by J. W. Haas
Bad Säckingen Trumpet Museum
Horn· Trumpet· History· Equipment· Repertoire
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Brass Techniques
The Brain
Technique
Ischer, Robert
Sophrology and Music
Health
Stockhausen, Markus
The mute belt
Equipment
Aitken, Thomas
British brass players training
Report· Teaching
Sugihara, Michio
The Oldest Concert Band in Japan
Report
Sluchin, Benny
Frequency and Pitch
Technique· Acoustics
Gros, Edouard
How and why I became a musician V
Tuba· Encounters
Suter, Stephan
Instrument Makers in USA
Getzen
Equipment
Hachenberg, Karl
Points and areas of corrosion in brass instruments
Equipment
Agrell, Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn
Dale Clevenger
Horn· Report· Encounters
Brass Bulletin No 55 - III / 1986
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Editorial
In regognition of the PJBE
Struck-Schloen, Michael
Between Furniture Music and Twelve-Note Concerto
The trombone in the chamber ensemble at the beginning of modern music (1913-1934)
Repertoire
Gros, Edouard
How and why I became a musician VI
Tuba· Encounters
Anonyme
The Art of the Musical Instrument Maker
Encyclopédie méthodique, Paris 1795
History· Equipment
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
The New One
Short story
Mathez, Jean-Pierre · Schnorhk, Roland
Markneukirchen Competition 1986
Horn· Trumpet· Trombone· Competition
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Brass Techniques
The Body
Technique
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Narbonne 1986
1st International Brass Quintet Competition
Report· Competition
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Narbonne 1986
Anonymous Brass Quintet Budapest, 1st Prize
Report· Competition
Heyde, Herbert
Horns and Huntmen's trumpets
Horn· Trumpet· Equipment
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Doc Severinsen
Talent, will and glory
Trumpet virtuoso and nightly television star, Doc Severinsen combined immense popularity with concerts, big bands and iron discipline.
Trumpet· Encounters· Jazz· Solo playing
Stork, John
Understanding the mouthpiece
Equipment
Laplace, Michel
George Swift, You see who I mean?
Trumpet· Encounters
Usov, Yuri
Georgiy A. Orvid
Portrait of a distinguished Russian trumpeter
Trumpet· Encounters
Suter, Stephan
Instrument makers in USA
Yamaha Music Products
Equipment
Brass Bulletin No 56 - IV / 1986
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Editorial
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Winners of the Munich Competition from 1952 to 1985
Competition
Tarr, Edward H.
ARD Music Competition in Munich 1986
Once again trumpet, after six years
Trumpet· Report· Competition
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Brass Techniques
The Ear
Technique
Anonyme
The Art of the Musical Instrument Maker
Encyclopédie méthodique, Paris 1795
History· Equipment
Laplace, Michel
Tubas in Jazz and Popular Music
Tuba· Report· Repertoire
Struck-Schloen, Michael
Between Furniture Music and Twelve-Note Concerto
The trombone in the chamber ensemble at the beginning of modern music (1913-1934)
Trombone· Repertoire
Bloch, Colin
ITG Conference 1986, London
a personal view
Trumpet· Report· Event
Gros, Edouard
How and why I became a musician VII [end]
Tuba· Encounters
Varga, Balint A.
György Geiger
A Giant of a trumpeter
Trumpet· Encounters
Barantsev, Anatoly
Yuriy Andreyevich Bol'shiyanov
A Russian Trumpeter
Trumpet· Encounters
Damm, Peter
Did Bach write the "corne da caccia" part in the B minor Mass for Gottfried Reiche?
Horn· History· Repertoire· Historical instruments
Winkler, Klaus
Trombone and Organ, a Dialog
Trombone· Repertoire
Suter, Stephan
Instrument makers in USA
Blessing
Equipment
Brass Bulletin No 57 - I / 1987
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Editorial
Stork, Phyllis · Stork, John
Doctor Mouthpiece
Resistance and the brass player
Equipment
Stevens, Thomas
Can jazz performance be taught?
A profile of Charlie Shoemake
Repertoire· Teaching· Jazz· Ideas
Sluchin, Benny · Caussée, René
Mutes for brass instruments
Report· Equipment
Winkler, Klaus
Trombone and Organ, a Dialog
Trombone· Repertoire
Kenyon De Pascual, Beryl
José de Juan Martínez's tutor for the circular hand-stopped trumpet (1830)
Trumpet· History· Teaching
Damm, Peter
Did Bach write the "corne da caccia" part in the B minor Mass for Gottfried Reiche?
Horn· History· Repertoire· Historical instruments
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Brass Techniques
Breathing
Technique
Laplace, Michel
Tubas in Jazz and Popular Music
Tuba· Report· Repertoire
Brass Bulletin No 58 - II / 1987
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Editorial
Shoemake, Charlie
Jazz Improvisation
Major scalem chord-scale relationship
Repertoire· Teaching
Dullat, Günter
Reminiscences of modified rotary valves
Patented curiosities or missed opportunities
Equipment
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Brass Techniques
The Lips
Technique
Kridel, Craig
One step for intonation: one giant step for the serpent
Serpent· Technique· Equipment
Laplace, Michel
Fats' [Navarro] Heirs
Prodigy - sound - agility: Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis
Trumpet· History· Encounters
Banks, Margaret Downie
17th and 18th Century Brass Instruments at the Shrine to Music Museum
Vermillon (USA)
History
Damm, Peter
Did Bach write the "corne da caccia" part in the B minor Mass for Gottfried Reiche?
Horn· History· Repertoire· Historical instruments
Stevens, Thomas
David Monette
Profile
Trumpet· Equipment
Brass Bulletin No 59 - III / 1987
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Editorial
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Branimir Slokar
Biography
Trombone· Encounters
Shoemake, Charlie
Jazz Improvisation
The harmonic minor scale
Repertoire· Teaching
Stork, John · Stork, Phyllis
Doctor Mouthpiece
Flesh meets metal 1: The rim
Hiller, Albert
The early 19th-century invention-posthorn
Horn· History· Equipment
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Brass Techniques
Posture
Technique
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Gli Ottoni di Verona
Report
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Roger Delmotte
A French Trumpet Player
Trumpet· Encounters
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Aubertin, Brass instrument makers
Louis Aubertin, last representative of this family of makers
Trumpet· Equipment
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Wynton Marsalis
Interview
At 26, Wynton Marsalis confronts jazz education, popular culture and artistic integrity with convictions as uncompromising as his approach to the trumpet.
Trumpet· Encounters· Society· Jazz· Ideas
Parramon, Henry
Pierre Vilhardin de Belleau, trumpeter to Louis XV
Trumpet· History
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
12th International Trumpet Competition Toulon 1987
Trumpet· Report· Competition
Brass Bulletin No 60 - IV / 1987
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Editorial
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
The Miracle Mouthpiece
A Christmas story for brass players
Short story
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Brass instruments from Markneukirchen
Special GDR
Equipment
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Markneukirchen Musical Instrument Museum
Special GDR
History
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
VEB, Markneukirchen - A tour of the factory and workshops in pictures
Special GDR
Damm, Peter
The horn in the G.R.D, A chat with Peter Damm
Special GDR
Horn· History
Noglik, Bert
Conrad and Johann Bauer
two trombone players
Trombone· Encounters
Güttler, Ludwig
An interview with Ludwig Güttler
Special GDR
Trumpet· Encounters
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Hans-Joachim Krumpfer or: teaching as a vocation
Special GDR
Trumpet· Teaching
Stork, John · Stork, Phyllis
Doctor Mouthpiece
Flesh meets metal 2: The rim width
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Kalison, Milano
Instrument makers in Europe
Equipment
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Maurice André
Better than ever!
Trumpet· Encounters
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Bernard Soustrot
Portrait
Trumpet· Encounters
Shoemake, Charlie
Jazz Improvisation
The melodic minor scale 1
Repertoire· Teaching
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Brass Techniques
The Eyes
Technique
Brass Bulletin No 61 - I / 1988
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Editorial
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Empire Brass Quintet
The road to success
Encounters
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Trumpets of the future
Ole E. Antonsen and Gérard Métrailler
Trumpet· Competition
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Gregory Cass
Horn and soul
Horn· Encounters
Banks, Margaret Downie
19th Century Brass Instruments at the Shrine to Music Museum
Vermillion (USA)
History
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Kurt Laberer, instrument maker in Munich
Trumpet· Equipment
Sluchin, Benny
The Alto Trombone
Trombone· History· Equipment
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Hakan Hardenberger
The conquest of the future
Trumpet· Encounters
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Trio Millière
Brass players, a family story
Encounters
Coutet, Robert
Periodontal disease in brass players
Health
Stork, John · Stork, Phyllis
Doctor Mouthpiece
Flesh meets metal 3: The rim bite
Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Brass Techniques
Arms, Hands, Fingers
Technique
Shoemake, Charlie
Jazz Improvisation
The melodic minor scale 2
Repertoire· Teaching
Stevens, Thomas
U.S.A. Profile
Bob Malone
Equipment· Encounters