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Nerves, Pills and Doping
Behind a debate once confined to musicians lies a wider shift in how performance anxiety, medication and professional responsibility began to be separated instead of confused.
Por Christian Baechler
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A study of musical intonation
From wind quintets to brass sections, balance, overtones and perception shape intonation in ways that often diverge from measurable frequency.
Por Christopher Leuba
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Maurice André
Biography
Maurice André reflects on maturity—balancing performance, recordings and teaching, refining his approach to instruments and audience, and preparing for the limits of a virtuoso career.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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A study of musical intonation
Resultant tones, harmonic series ratios and chord spacing challenge equal temperament, linking acoustics and practical ensemble intonation.
Por Christopher Leuba
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So your trumpet plays in tune
Keyboard tuning, just intonation and string phrasing place brass players between conflicting pitch systems, as Thomas Stevens outlines practical compromises.
Por Thomas Stevens
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A study of musical intonation
From harmonic-series tuning to valve-slide adjustments on the horn, practical listening and resonance become more reliable guides than equal temperament alone.
Por Christopher Leuba
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Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos?
Performance once depended as much on informed invention as on written notes, and early horn concertos still carry that forgotten freedom in plain sight.
Por Peter Damm
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Articulation or bowing on the trumpet
Trumpet articulation becomes a full performing language, from détaché and staccato to legato, glissando, dynamics and score interpretation.
Por Timofey Dokschidser
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Barry Tuckwell
Interview
Between the London Symphony Orchestra, international solo tours and Mozart or Strauss concertos, Barry Tuckwell reflects on sound, risk and musical instinct.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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John Fletcher
Is Big Always Beautiful?
As brass instruments grew larger and louder, John Fletcher saw something being lost: the individual voice, clarity and character that make a player heard.
Por Thomas Aitken
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Contemporary systems and trends for the tuba
New music, new rules: Daniel Perantoni explores extended techniques, graphic notation and the evolving language of the tuba.
Por Daniel Perantoni
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The Trumpet in the USA
Across competitions, teaching and equipment in the U.S., trumpet practice exposes clashing ideas of musicality, raising the question of shared standards beyond national styles
Por Thomas Stevens
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The subconscious, a useful friend
From yogic practices to auto-hypnosis, mental conditioning and visualisation are linked to performance, self-control, and the body's hidden responses.
Por Michel Ricquier
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Editorial
As concert life shifts away from brass, the future of the instrument depends on artistic standards, thoughtful programming and the commitment of every performer.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos?
Changes and modifications of tempo
Tempo, dynamics and cadenzas expose how much an 18th-century horn concerto once depended on choices that modern notation and instruments can easily obscure.
Por Peter Damm
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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Conversation with Ludwig Güttler
Between Bach, historical instruments and modern virtuosity, Ludwig Güttler argues for a trumpet tradition shaped by declamation, research and a refusal of musical purism.
Por Christian Blümel, Gerd Radeke
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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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An American trumpet player's impressions of european brass performances
An American trumpet player reflects on European brass traditions, comparing education, amateur practice and professional performance across both continents.
Por Harold E. Krueger
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The Haydn Trumpet Concerto
As editions, instruments and traditions diverge, Haydn’s trumpet concerto becomes a lens on notation, style and the shifting meaning of performance.
Por Alfred Willener
Ornamentation of baroque music for brass
Baroque ornamentation forgotten? Without it, performances become dull and repetitive. This article argues for a return to style, freedom, and creative interpretation.
Por Marc Meissner
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The Haydn Trumpet Concerto
André, Wobisch, Dokshitzer, Stringer and others reveal how tempo, phrasing, ornamentation and cadenzas reshape Haydn's trumpet concerto.
Por Alfred Willener
Yes or no? Beware!
Do we or do we not play transcriptions?
“Transcriptions: yes or no? Beware.” Roger Bobo challenges tubists to rethink repertoire, taste, and tradition in a bold call for musical judgment and artistic freedom.
Por Roger Bobo