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Dynamics in the 80's
From Reykjavik to the Hollywood Bowl, rising concert hall scale and amplified culture reshape orchestral sound, leaving acoustic limits exposed.
Por Roger Bobo
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Editorial
A museum, a factory, a familiar instrument: Jean-Pierre Mathez turns ordinary encounters with brass into a reflection on the bond between player and voice.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Editorial
One magazine disappeared as another opened its pages, turning economic necessity into a rare act of editorial solidarity that reshaped the brass press.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Editorial
Mouthpiece, instrument, practice—what’s really holding you back? A reflection on doubt, competition, and finding the inner balance that shapes true musicianship.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
Parte 1
Does Jazz still have a soul?
Por Michel Laplace
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A woman trombonist, Yvelise Girard
Women and Brass
From Paris conservatories to police bands, a young trombonist confronts isolation, scrutiny and ambition as women slowly enter the brass world.
Por Jean Douay
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Editorial
More than a magazine: a call to musicians. This editorial reveals Brass Bulletin’s mission—to inspire, connect, and survive through the support of its readers.
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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On record reviews
Is criticism constructive? Objective?
When taste and feeling dominate record reviews, criticism risks becoming arbitrary; Uwe Wolf argues instead for interpretations grounded enough to sustain debate.
Por Uwe Wolf
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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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Women and Brass
Statements
Female brass players in British orchestras describe auditions, section dynamics and the pressure of proving themselves beyond musical ability.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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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
Parte 1
Sampling?
Por Thomas Stevens
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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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Being a woman brass player... So what?
Frøydis Ree Wekre reflects on women in brass playing, examining physical assumptions, psychological factors, and practical realities across performance and professional life.
Por Frøydis Ree Wekre
Music and Imaginative Art
Por Roumen Skortchev
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Serious Music this Side of the Ghetto
Between Darmstadt serialism and neo-tonality, the place of serious music in society is questioned through Berg, Schönberg and the post-war avant-garde.
Por Rolf Urs Ringger
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Amateur wind-band repertoire in Central Europa since 1950
After 1950, Central Europe’s amateur wind bands became a testing ground where inherited traditions, modern composition, popular music and education collided.
Por Wolfgang Suppan
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Editorial
A life that shaped a century: Jean-Pierre Mathez introduces the extraordinary rise of Maurice André—an artist whose brilliance transformed the modern trumpet.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
Thoughts on Competitions in Music
Por Frøydis Ree Wekre
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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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Parte 3
The Haydn Trumpet Concerto
Haydn’s trumpet concerto becomes a study of manuscript detail, performance choices, and the fragile ways listeners receive a familiar work.
Por Alfred Willener
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Special Hungary
Editorial
Special Hungary
Hungary’s brass world emerges as a cultural force, where organisation, international exchange and musical ambition turn national vitality into lasting connections.
Por Jean-Pierre Mathez
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