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Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) Biography
His First Twenty Years
First part of a detailed biography of Jean-Baptiste Arban, tracing his early years, studies at the Paris Conservatoire and the beginnings of his career.
Brass Bulletin No 9 · 1974
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) Biography
The beginning of his career
Second part of Jean-Baptiste Arban’s biography, covering the early years of his career, his public performances, work with Adolphe Sax and the development of his famous method.
Brass Bulletin No 10 · 1975
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) Biography
The Success
At the height of his fame, Arban fights to reshape musical education—and to save the trumpet from disappearing.
Brass Bulletin No 11 · 1975
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) Biography
IV. The Conflict
Fame or duty—can you have both? At the height of his career, Jean-Baptiste Arban is forced to choose between international success and his post at the Paris Conservatoire… and pays the price.
Brass Bulletin No 12 · 1975
Hall , Jack
The saga of the cornet and six of its outstanding artists
The cornet reached extraordinary heights in the 19th century. Jack Hall traces the rise of its greatest virtuosi and a remarkable era of technical brilliance.
Brass Bulletin No 12 · 1975
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) Biography
The Arban-Cornet
At 55, Jean-Baptiste Arban sets out to reinvent the cornet and impose it on conservatories. A relentless quest for perfection… ending in failure.
Brass Bulletin No 13 · 1976
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) Biography
The Last Years of his Life
Arban and the call for progress: inspired by Saint-Saëns, he makes a final push for a C cornet—an effort that would ultimately fail.
Brass Bulletin No 14 · 1976
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) Biography
Critical Analysis of his Method
Is the Arban method really ideal? This critique reveals its limits—and calls for a rethink of brass pedagogy.
Brass Bulletin No 15 · 1976
Hickman , David
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.
Brass Bulletin No 18 · 1977
Hickman , David
Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945)
Crucial Years
From illness and doubt to early triumph: Clarke’s “crucial years” reveal a fragile path—where talent, chance, and setbacks nearly drove a future legend away from music.
Brass Bulletin No 19 · 1977
Hickman , David
Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945)
Early professional years
From struggle to breakthrough: Herbert L. Clarke’s rise reveals relentless practice, early setbacks, and the defining audition that launched one of history’s greatest cornet careers.
Brass Bulletin No 21 · 1978
Hickman , David
Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945)
His Career
From struggle to legend: Part 4 traces Herbert L. Clarke’s rise from hardship to global fame—touring, recording, teaching, and shaping modern cornet playing.
Brass Bulletin No 22 · 1978
Gauffriau , Jean-Michel
The Remarkable Story Behind the Cover
A war, a theft, and an unexpected recovery turned one nineteenth-century cornet into a witness to musical memory beyond its craftsmanship and sound.
Brass Bulletin No 38 · 1982
Laplace , Michel
The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music
Before Louis Armstrong became the defining figure, jazz already carried competing traditions of tone, style and technique shaped by cornet players across New Orleans and beyond.
Brass Bulletin No 42 · 1983
Laplace , Michel
The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music
Brass Bulletin No 43 · 1983
Laplace , Michel
The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music
Brass Bulletin No 44 · 1983
Laplace , Michel
Harry James (1916-1983)
Young Man With A Horn
Brass Bulletin No 45 · 1984
Laplace , Michel
The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music
Brass Bulletin No 45 · 1984
Laplace , Michel
The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and in Popular Music
Brass Bulletin No 46 · 1984
Laplace , Michel
The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music
Brass Bulletin No 47 · 1984
Anzenberger , Friedrich
French cornet methods published before Arban's Complete Grand Method for Cornet and Saxhorn
Brass Bulletin No 85 · 1994
Anzenberger , Friedrich
French cornet methods published before Arban's Complete Grand Method for Cornet and Saxhorn
Brass Bulletin No 86 · 1994
Anzenberger , Friedrich
French cornet methods published before Arban's Complete Grand Method for Cornet and Saxhorn
Brass Bulletin No 87 · 1994
Dassé , Jean-Luc
The tomb of Jean-Baptiste Arban in Monaco
Brass Bulletin No 98 · 1997
Dumoulin , Géry
A look at the evolution of the valved cornet and its repertoire
Brass Bulletin No 118 · 2002
Dumoulin , Géry
A look at the evolution of the valved cornet and its repertoire
Brass Bulletin No 119 · 2002
Dumoulin , Géry
A look at the evolution of the valved cornet and its repertoire
Brass Bulletin No 120 · 2002
Runyan , William E.
Keyed and valved bugles, cornets and trumpets in french grand opera
Brass Bulletin No 122 · 2003