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Narbonne 1986
1st International Brass Quintet Competition
In 1986, Narbonne became a meeting place for the brass world, where an ambitious international competition brought emerging quintets alongside established masters.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Anonymous Brass Quintet Budapest
1st prize at the Narbonne International Brass Quintet Competition 1986
Founded by Budapest music students in 1981, the Anonymous Brass Quintet emerged as a distinctive Hungarian ensemble, combining individual artistry with remarkable unity.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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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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Music in an American Frontier Communal Society
Aurora Colony
Music shaped daily life in Aurora’s communal colony, from civic ceremonies and political events to touring brass bands that carried its identity across the American West.
Por Deborah M. Olsen
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Music in an American Frontier Communal Society
Aurora Colony
In a German communal settlement on the Oregon frontier, bands, choirs and original compositions shaped daily life as strongly as faith, work and education.
Por Deborah M. Olsen
Snapshot: the American Brass Quintet in Europe
Report on the American Brass Quintet’s tour in Europe, highlighting performances, reception and the ensemble’s role in chamber brass music.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Transcription fundamentals
Between Bach fugues and Mozart concertos, Ralph Sauer questions where brass transcription renews a work — and where it merely imitates.
Por Ralf Sauer
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The first european horn symposium
A week in Trossingen brought leading horn players, Mozart debates, natural-horn controversies and lasting friendships at a landmark European gathering.
Por Jeffrey Agrell
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Special Finland
The brass band tradition in Finland
Finland’s brass-band tradition grew from imperial reform into a nationwide phenomenon, before an equally systematic transformation brought the era to an end.
Por Holger Fransman
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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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Special Hungary
Barcs 1984
First International Brass Ensemble Competition
A small Hungarian town became a testing ground for brass chamber music, where young ensembles showed how quickly the discipline was coming of age.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Individuality and Uniformity in Brass Players
As international standards reshape brass playing, musical individuality risks giving way to imitation, leaving tradition, ensemble work and personal conviction at stake.
Por Hans-Joachim Drechsler
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Special Hungary
Brass Chamber Music in Hungary
Ancient horns, military signals and postwar ensembles meet in a Hungarian brass tradition shaped as much by education and composers as by performers.
Por Frigyes Varasdy
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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
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Empire Brass Quintet
Portrait in brief
From New York to Boston, five brass players built a chamber music identity rooted in Ewald, early music and a string-quartet approach to ensemble sound.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Viktor Venglowski
Musician and Teacher
From the Leningrad Philharmonic to the Conservatoire, one trombonist shaped repertoire, ensembles and generations of players across the Soviet Union.
Por Sergej Gorovoj
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Philip Jones
Interview
From South London bands to the Philharmonia, Philip Jones recalls his musical upbringing, orchestral life and the rise of brass ensembles in post-war Britain.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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A major chamber music work for brass?
Quintet, by Peter Maxwell Davies
A BBC studio session turns Maxwell Davies’s brass quintet into a test of virtuosity, balance and whether brass could claim a new place in chamber music.
Por Thomas Aitken
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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.
Por Albert Hiller
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Modern editions of original 17th-century brass ensemble music
Seventeenth-century brass music regained its place in the repertoire, but modern editions often altered the original keys, instrumentation and balance between voices.
Por Klaus Winkler
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Vladislav Mykhaylovich Blazhevich (1881-1942)
Trombonist, Composer and Teacher
From village band to the Moscow Conservatoire and the Bolshoi, a lifelong commitment to performance, teaching and wind music shaped Soviet trombone tradition.
Por Viktor Sumerkin
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John Fletcher
Interview
From brass bands to chamber ensembles, John Fletcher reflects on the rapid rise of young British tubists and the changing role of the instrument.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Mario Guarneri
Portrait in brief
From San Francisco to New York and Los Angeles, a trumpet career unfolds across major orchestras, recordings and teaching, alongside a sustained commitment to access and contemporary music.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Editorial
When careers pause and certainty fades, real progress begins in private, where discipline, friendship and chamber music reshape what it means to be a musician.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez