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Wynton Marsalis
Interview
At Montreux in 1987, Wynton Marsalis condemns commercial pop culture and defends the transmission of jazz traditions through education and close attention to its masters.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
Can jazz performance be taught?
A profile of Charlie Shoemake
Por Thomas Stevens
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Editorial
Music teaching depends on more than routine: in 1984, Jean-Pierre Mathez argues that living contact with artists keeps transmission open to new generations.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Brass and Strings
A note on personality types among musicians
Behind the formal discipline of the symphony orchestra, contrasting views of brass and string players reveal enduring questions about personality, class and musical culture.
Por John Davies
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Sampling? A hard rality !
Por Thomas Stevens
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Why pretend to be Mozart?
Reply to Bernhard Krol
Should a cadenza imitate Mozart? Peter Damm argues for stylistic fidelity without imitation—at the heart of a debate with Bernhard Krol.
Por Peter Damm
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Cesare Bendinelli (1542-1617)
Biography
Cesare Bendinelli (1542–1617), imperial trumpeter and teacher, shaped a tradition and wrote the first trumpet method — a key document of Renaissance brass playing.
Por Edward H. Tarr
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Comments on the First International Brass Congress
Montreux 1976
National styles or personal voice? Roger Bobo finds in Montreux that individuality prevails—yet notes the absence of key traditions.
Por Roger Bobo
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Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945)
Boyhood Years
From forbidden beginnings to cornet legend: Herbert L. Clarke’s early years reveal a path shaped by setbacks, persistence, and decisive discoveries.
Por David Hickman
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Tubes - Tritones - Theses
Por Patrice Sciortino
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Brass Players in Rome
Behind Rome’s musical prestige, RAI brass players describe shrinking salaries, insecure orchestral careers and the compromises required simply to remain musicians.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Editorial
Between disciplined practice and creative folly, musicianship emerges where scales and systems give way to imagination, instinct and the unsettling freedom to think.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Editorial
Mass media, record-industry economics and the return of cornet virtuosity collide in a sharp warning about fashion, manipulation and musical independence.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Why pretend to be Mozart?
The concerto’s cadenza: copy of style — or bold but true?
Should a cadenza imitate the past—or speak in today’s voice? Bernhard Krol questions the tradition of stylistic imitation and argues for cadenzas that bridge past and present with authenticity.
Por Bernhard Krol
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Special Finland
Brass achieves academic respectability
Once treated as marginal, Finland’s brass septet tradition entered academic research, challenging where folk practice ends and music history begins.
Por Kauko Karjalainen
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Scraps of Thoughts and Memories concerning “Passages” for trumpet and strings
Between waiting and movement, Passages reimagines soloist and orchestra—inviting exploration, listening, and the acceptance of the unexpected.
Por Victor Fenigstein
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The brass septet tradition in Finland
A hidden tradition revealed: over 200 Finnish brass septets shaped regional music life—blending military roots, festivals, and composers like Sibelius into a living legacy.
Por Kauko Karjalainen
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The Midwinter Horn
De Midwinterhoorn
A Christmas horn tradition from eastern Netherlands preserves ancient construction, ritual and performance, linking rural practice with Leopold Mozart's Sinfonia pastorella.
Por Herman Jeurissen
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Tubes - Tritones - Theses
Por Patrice Sciortino
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The Fellowship of the Minstrels
Exploration of the medieval minstrel’s world, from marginalization and suspicion to the creation of fellowships that offered protection and structure.
Por J. E. Spruit
Suppose they had an orchestra audition and nobody won?
Por Thomas Stevens
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Musical Piracy
Plagiarism, Photocopying
Long before digital piracy, publishers and performers were already confronting plagiarism, photocopying and blurred artistic ownership across the brass world.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Women and brass: 3 Portraits
Barbara Stone, Betty Anderson, Kate Kaminga
Three British and Dutch conductors moved from brass band performance to leadership roles, confronting a scene still largely shaped by male traditions.
Por Markus S. Bach
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.
Por Willi Gohl