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Bourgue, Daniel
The Horn in France
Historical overview of the horn in France by Daniel Bourgue, covering instruments, makers, pedagogy and the evolution of tone and playing style.
Brass Bulletin No 1 · 1971
Horn History
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Baumann, Hermann
Which Horn for which Music?
Article discussing the choice of horn according to repertoire, comparing instruments, sound ideals and stylistic requirements.
Brass Bulletin No 3 · 1972
Horn Equipment Repertoire
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Aebi, Willi
The inner acoustics of the horn
Study of the horn’s inner acoustics, explaining how its structure and air column influence tone production and intonation.
Brass Bulletin No 3 · 1972
Horn Equipment Acoustics
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Barboteu, Georges
The Horn is my instrument
Personal reflection on the horn as an instrument, exploring artistic identity, sound ideals and the player’s relationship to the instrument.
Brass Bulletin No 4 · 1973
Horn Career
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Meek, Harold
Some observation prompted by H. Baumann: Which Horn for which Music
Commentary responding to H. Baumann’s article (BB 3), offering critical observations and contributing to the ongoing debate on horn playing.
Brass Bulletin No 4 · 1973
Horn Equipment Repertoire
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Orval, Francis
Reflections on the horn
Francis Orval reflects on horn playing, discussing tone production, breathing and the influence of French and German traditions on sound and style.
Brass Bulletin No 9 · 1974
Horn Technique Equipment Repertoire
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Saxton, Earl S.
Horn singing
Earl S. Saxton advocates a “singing” approach to horn playing, emphasizing tone production through vibration, breath control and vocal-inspired technique.
Brass Bulletin No 10 · 1975
Horn Technique
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Janetzky, Kurt
Impossible?
Kurt Janetzky challenges the notion of the “impossible” in brass playing, arguing that technical limits evolve and that demanding repertoire—past or present—should never be dismissed as unplayable.
Brass Bulletin No 10 · 1975
Horn Repertoire
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Orval, Francis
The F/Bb horn with whole-tone ascending 3rd valve
A different horn, a different approach: Francis Orval explores how an ascending 3rd valve reshapes technique, intonation and response.
Brass Bulletin No 11 · 1975
Horn Technique
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Meeting with Ib Lansky-Otto
“You cannot explain music — you have to play it.” A rare and elusive encounter with horn player Ib Lansky-Otto.
Brass Bulletin No 11 · 1975
Horn Career
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Westhof, Theo
My new developed descant double horn
Why does the ideal horn not exist? Theo Westhof designs a new descant double horn to solve tuning and tone issues—without compromise.
Brass Bulletin No 13 · 1976
Horn Equipment
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Höltzel, Michael
My contacts with the United States Part 2 – End

About horns and how to play them

Double horn, descant, natural horn — which path? This article explores American vs German approaches and what it means to train a complete horn player.
Brass Bulletin No 17 · 1977
Horn Report Technique
On the question of articulation in the horn concertos by W. A. Mozart
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Damm, Peter
On the question of articulation in the horn concertos by W. A. Mozart
How should Mozart really sound? Peter Damm questions traditional editions and reveals how articulation—often missing—must be rebuilt through style, listening, and musical judgment.
Brass Bulletin No 22 · 1978
Horn Repertoire Technique
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Zen and the Art of Horn playing Part 1
Beyond technique: Jeffrey Agrell explores how Zen challenges Western thinking—revealing a new path to awareness, focus, and deeper musical experience in horn playing.
Brass Bulletin No 22 · 1978
Horn Ideas Health
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Zen and the Art of Horn playing Part 2
Beyond technique: Jeffrey Agrell explores the clash between intellect and intuition—arguing that true musical expression begins where analysis ends.
Brass Bulletin No 23 · 1978
Horn Ideas Health
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Dreams and wishes

Things I would like to see happen concerning the horn and horn playing

A set of proposals for the future of the horn: Jeffrey Agrell addresses editions, pedagogy, instruments, and repertoire—from Mozart to contemporary practice.
Brass Bulletin No 25 · 1979
Horn Ideas Equipment Repertoire
The Leningrad School of Horn Playing
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Ree Wekre, Frøydis
The Leningrad School of Horn Playing
From St. Petersburg to the Soviet era, generations of horn players shaped a distinctive approach to sound, interpretation, and orchestral playing.
Brass Bulletin No 27 · 1979
Horn History
Zen and the Art of Horn playing
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Zen and the Art of Horn playing Part 3
Between breath, reflex, and attention, Jeffrey Agrell links Zen practice with the physical and mental habits that shape brass playing.
Brass Bulletin No 27 · 1979
Horn Ideas Health
Barry Tuckwell
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
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.
Brass Bulletin No 27 · 1979
Horn Career
Zen and the Art of Horn playing
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Zen and the Art of Horn playing Part 4 – End
From meditation to distance running, horn playing becomes a way of quieting mental noise, linking breath, concentration, and daily life.
Brass Bulletin No 29 · 1980
Horn Ideas Health
300 Years of the Horn in Bohemia
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Janetzky, Kurt
300 Years of the Horn in Bohemia
An unsigned portrait from the Dresden court links the rise of Bohemian horn playing to the ceremonial world of Baroque hunting culture.
Brass Bulletin No 31 · 1980
Horn History
300 Years of the Horn
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Damm, Peter
300 Years of the Horn Part 1

1680-1980, an attempted survey

From Versailles to Bohemia, hunting horns enter orchestral life through makers, players, early works and the Austro-Bohemian tradition.
Brass Bulletin No 31 · 1980
Horn Ideas History
300 Years of the Horn
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Damm, Peter
300 Years of the Horn Part 2 – End

in the Dresden Court Orchestra

From Dresden’s court musicians to Hampel’s hand-horn technique, virtuoso players and court repertoire shaped a decisive shift in horn playing and orchestral writing.
Brass Bulletin No 32 · 1980
Horn Ideas History
The first european horn symposium
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Agrell, Jeffrey
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.
Brass Bulletin No 33 · 1981
Horn Event
Vitaly Bujanowsky
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Barantsev, Anatoly
Vitaly Bujanowsky

The world's Golden Horn

Called one of the Soviet school’s finest performers by Shostakovich, Vitaliy Buyanovskiy shaped horn playing through performance, teaching and composition.
Brass Bulletin No 35 · 1981
Horn Career
Interview with Hans Pizka
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Interview with Hans Pizka
From Vienna horn traditions and natural-horn training to orchestral style and pedagogy, Hans Pizka reflects on the foundations of horn playing and musical identity.
Brass Bulletin No 36 · 1981
Horn Career
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Jeurissen, Herman
The Midwinter Horn
Brass Bulletin No 37 · 1982
Horn History Equipment
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Bourgue, Daniel
The French Hunting horn, its history, its technique and its music
Brass Bulletin No 39 · 1982
Horn History Equipment Repertoire
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Poncet, Jacques
The hunting horn
Brass Bulletin No 39 · 1982
Horn History
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Bürger, Edgar
Mouthpiece pressure in Horn Playing
Brass Bulletin No 40 · 1982
Horn Technique
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn Part 1
Brass Bulletin No 40 · 1982
Horn Report Repertoire
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn Part 2

Julius Watkins

Brass Bulletin No 41 · 1983
Horn Report Career
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Dejonker, Philippe-Henri
Orval, Francis
Miller, R.
Sneppe, R.
Oscillatory Mechanism of the Glotis in Horn Playing
Brass Bulletin No 41 · 1983
Horn Technique
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Damm, Peter
Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos? Part 1
Brass Bulletin No 42 · 1983
Horn Repertoire History
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn Part 3

Getting started

Brass Bulletin No 42 · 1983
Horn Report
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Damm, Peter
Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos? Part 2
Brass Bulletin No 43 · 1983
Horn Repertoire History
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Höltzel, Michael
Round the Horn [Hamburg 1982]
Brass Bulletin No 44 · 1983
Horn Event Report
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Damm, Peter
Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos? Part 3
Brass Bulletin No 44 · 1983
Horn History Repertoire
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn Part 4

Thomas Bacon

Brass Bulletin No 45 · 1984
Horn Report Career
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Damm, Peter
Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos? Part 4 – End
Brass Bulletin No 45 · 1984
Horn History Repertoire
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Rimon Meir

Portrait and conversation

Brass Bulletin No 46 · 1984
Horn Career
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Wolf, Werner
A modern corno da caccia
Brass Bulletin No 46 · 1984
Horn Trumpet Equipment
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Interview with Thomas Müller
Brass Bulletin No 47 · 1984
Horn Career
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Trichet, Pierre
On hunting horns and other
Brass Bulletin No 47 · 1984
Horn Equipment
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn Part 5

Tom Varner

Brass Bulletin No 47 · 1984
Horn Report Career
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Steve Lewis, Hornmaker

Old World Craftsmanship plus New World Technology

Brass Bulletin No 49 · 1985
Horn Equipment
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Tarr, Edward H.
Handel Horn Duo located in South America
Brass Bulletin No 49 · 1985
Horn Repertoire
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn Part 6

Peter Gordon

Brass Bulletin No 50 · 1985
Horn Report Career
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Hiller, Albert
The posthorn of the 19th-century Royal Post Office in the service of folk music
Brass Bulletin No 50 · 1985
Horn History
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Hermann Baumann

A virtuoso's career

Brass Bulletin No 51 · 1985
Horn Career
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn Part 7

John Clark

Brass Bulletin No 52 · 1985
Horn Report Career
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Holger Fransman - The great finnish horn player and teacher

Special Finland

Brass Bulletin No 53 · 1986
Horn Career
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Tarr, Edward H.
The Coiled Hunting Instrument by J. W. Haas

Bad Säckingen Trumpet Museum

Brass Bulletin No 54 · 1986
Horn Trumpet History Equipment Repertoire
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn Part 8

Dale Clevenger

Brass Bulletin No 54 · 1986
Horn Report Career
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Schnorhk, Roland
Markneukirchen Competition 1986
Brass Bulletin No 55 · 1986
Horn Trumpet Trombone Competition
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Heyde, Herbert
Horns and Huntmen's trumpets
Brass Bulletin No 55 · 1986
Horn Trumpet Equipment
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Damm, Peter
Did Bach write the "corne da caccia" part in the B minor Mass for Gottfried Reiche? Part 1
Brass Bulletin No 56 · 1986
Horn History Repertoire Ideas
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Damm, Peter
Did Bach write the "corne da caccia" part in the B minor Mass for Gottfried Reiche? Part 2
Brass Bulletin No 57 · 1987
Horn Ideas History Repertoire
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Damm, Peter
Did Bach write the "corne da caccia" part in the B minor Mass for Gottfried Reiche? Part 3 – End
Brass Bulletin No 58 · 1987
Horn Ideas History Repertoire
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Hiller, Albert
The early 19th-century invention-posthorn
Brass Bulletin No 59 · 1987
Horn History Equipment
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Damm, Peter
The horn in the G.R.D, A chat with Peter Damm

Special GDR

Brass Bulletin No 60 · 1987
Horn Report Ideas
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Gregory Cass

Horn and soul

Brass Bulletin No 61 · 1988
Horn Career
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Müller, Thomas
Stopping technique in the Mozart horn concertos
Brass Bulletin No 62 · 1988
Horn Technique Repertoire
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Steidle, Peter
The universal double horn
Brass Bulletin No 62 · 1988
Horn Technique
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Douglas Hill

Profile of a Horn player

Brass Bulletin No 65 · 1989
Horn Career
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Bujanovsky, Vitali
Franz (Frantisek) Schollar and the Russian school of horn playing
Brass Bulletin No 66 · 1989
Horn History
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Ricks, Robert
Heinrich Domnich (1767-1844)
Brass Bulletin No 68 · 1989
Horn History
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Agrell, Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn Part 9

Richard Todd

Brass Bulletin No 68 · 1989
Horn Report Career
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Baumann, Hermann
The Horn and Piano Duo
Brass Bulletin No 69 · 1990
Horn Repertoire Teaching
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Tarr, Edward H.
Neruda's Concerto for Horn (or trumpet)
Brass Bulletin No 70 · 1990
Horn Trumpet Repertoire
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Peter Damm

For the love of music

Brass Bulletin No 72 · 1990
Horn Career
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Bruno Schneider

Tale of a tall talent

Brass Bulletin No 74 · 1991
Horn Career
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Engelbert Schmid

The magic touch

Brass Bulletin No 76 · 1991
Horn Equipment
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Schepel, Louise
Dutch Horn Society 1982-1992

Special Holland

Brass Bulletin No 77 · 1992
Horn Report
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
The American Horn Quartet
Brass Bulletin No 78 · 1992
Horn Career
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Toulon 1992 - Horn

17th International Contest of the Music Festival

Brass Bulletin No 79 · 1992
Horn Competition
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Dieter Otto

A passionate craftman

Brass Bulletin No 79 · 1992
Horn Equipment
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Suppan, Armin
The Vienna horn and the Vienna sound

Special Austria

Brass Bulletin No 80 · 1992
Horn History Technique Equipment
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Pöschl, Josef
Brief history of Austrian hunting horn music in Austria

Special Austria

Brass Bulletin No 80 · 1992
Horn Report Equipment
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
André Cazalet

The Horn, the brasses and France

Brass Bulletin No 81 · 1993
Horn Career
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Zdenek Tylsar

A great Czech horn virtuoso

Brass Bulletin No 83 · 1993
Horn Career
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Flachs, Werner
Egger, Rainer
The Hunting horn of Jacques Du Fouilloux (XVIth cent.)
Brass Bulletin No 83 · 1993
Horn History
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Natural Horn

An amazing renaissance

Brass Bulletin No 84 · 1993
Horn Report History
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Internationales Naturhorn Festival Essen

7-12 September 1993

Brass Bulletin No 84 · 1993
Horn
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Hermann Baumann

Lesson of the master

Brass Bulletin No 84 · 1993
Horn Career
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Thevet, Lucien
On the French School of horn playing
Brass Bulletin No 84 · 1993
Horn Ideas
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Thomas Müller

Horns, Schnapps, and Cars

Brass Bulletin No 85 · 1994
Horn Career
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Briseño, Julio
Interview with Guelfo Nalli
Brass Bulletin No 85 · 1994
Horn Report
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Bergé, Luc
Vercruysse, Rik
Novikov, Claudine
André Van Driessche

Belgian master of the Horn

Brass Bulletin No 89 · 1995
Horn Career
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Bartels, Uwe
The Hunting Horn "à la Dampierre"

Reconstruction of the most original baroque hunting horn

Brass Bulletin No 89 · 1995
Horn History Equipment
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Cazalet, André
Georges Barboteu

An inspired and poetic hornist

Brass Bulletin No 90 · 1995
Horn Career
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Güttler, Ludwig
The corno da caccia in the music of J. S. Bach
Brass Bulletin No 91 · 1995
Horn Trumpet Repertoire
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Bob Watt

From Linda’s look to the sound of the horn

Brass Bulletin No 92 · 1995
Horn Career
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Körner, Friedrich
A 349 year old horn made by Michael Nagel in Graz
Brass Bulletin No 93 · 1996
Horn History Equipment
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Porcia 1995

6th international competition for young concert hornists

Brass Bulletin No 93 · 1996
Horn Competition
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Schmid, Engelberg
Horn models in high E flat
Brass Bulletin No 94 · 1996
Horn Technique
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Markneukirchen 1996

31st annual international instrumental competition • Horn • Tuba

Brass Bulletin No 95 · 1996
Horn Tuba Competition
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Rosenkranz, Dagmar
Friedbert Syhre

35 years as an instrument maker in Leipzig

Brass Bulletin No 96 · 1996
Horn Trumpet Equipment
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Todorov, Vassil
The horn in Bulgaria

Interview with Stojan Karaivanov

Brass Bulletin No 96 · 1996
Horn Report Career
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Turner, Kerry
The Art of the Third Horn Player

The unsung hero

Brass Bulletin No 97 · 1997
Horn Ideas Repertoire
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Angelo Galletti, Hornist and collector

Of curious mind and cusrious character, this man of 84 years has never stopped examining and critiquing the world. A remarkable story about a amn and his love/hate relationship with his twin passions

Brass Bulletin No 98 · 1997
Horn Career
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Prague 1997 celebration of young talents?
Brass Bulletin No 99 · 1997
Horn Trumpet Trombone Competition
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Michael Thompson, Off-the-cuff commentary
Brass Bulletin No 99 · 1997
Horn Competition
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Bonet Manrique, Javier
Classical, baroque horn or corno da tirarsi?
Brass Bulletin No 100 · 1997
Horn Report History
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Humphries, John
The Dennis & Aubrey Brain chairs of horn playing
Brass Bulletin No 101 · 1998
Horn Career
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Strauchen, Bradley
Giovanni Puzzi: a yardstick for horn playing in 19th century Britain
Brass Bulletin No 101 · 1998
Horn History Career
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Damm, Peter
Karl Biehlig, the horn is mourning
Brass Bulletin No 102 · 1998
Horn Career
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Bonet Manrique, Javier
The horn in Madrid in the 18th century Part 1

Exclusive revelations in the natural horn in Spain (Valencia & Madrid)

Brass Bulletin No 104 · 1998
Horn Report History
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Alberola I Verdu, Josep Antoni
Valencia: the natural horn Part 1
Brass Bulletin No 104 · 1998
Horn History
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
David Ohanian departs the Canadian Brass

Interview with David Ohanian

Brass Bulletin No 104 · 1998
Horn Report Career
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Alberola I Verdu, Josep Antoni
Valencia: the natural horn Part 2 – End
Brass Bulletin No 105 · 1999
Horn History
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Mathez, Jeremy
Jazz and the Horn Part 10 – End

Claudio Pontiggia

Brass Bulletin No 105 · 1999
Horn Report Career
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Mathez, Jeremy
Watt, Robert L.
James Thatcher, the horn of Hollywood
Brass Bulletin No 106 · 1999
Horn Career
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Mathez, Jeremy
Paxman Bros Ltd, the force of destiny
Brass Bulletin No 108 · 1999
Horn Equipment
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Brass Bulletin,
ARD Munich 1999

Horn Competition

Brass Bulletin No 108 · 1999
Horn Competition
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Divoky, Zdenek
Antonio Rosetti and the Millenium
Brass Bulletin No 109 · 2000
Horn Repertoire
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Steidle, Peter
Horn-Festival Detmold 2000

Michael Höltzel's farewell

Brass Bulletin No 113 · 2001
Horn Event
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Jeurissen, Herman
The Horn Concerti of W. A. Mozart Part 1
Brass Bulletin No 113 · 2001
Horn History
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Francis Orval, A heart for the horn
Brass Bulletin No 114 · 2001
Horn Career
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Jeurissen, Herman
The Horn Concerti of W. A. Mozart Part 2 – End
Brass Bulletin No 114 · 2001
Horn History
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Crome, Thomas
The horn in China
Brass Bulletin No 115 · 2001
Horn Report
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Klemens, Jörg
Leipziger Horn Quartet (1951-2001)
Brass Bulletin No 116 · 2001
Horn Career Report
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Guebwiller 2001 - Philip Jones International Competition - horn and brass ensembles
Brass Bulletin No 116 · 2001
Horn Report Competition
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Hofmanova, Lucie
Brno International Performer’s Competition - Horn
Brass Bulletin No 116 · 2001
Horn Report Competition
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Bonet Manrique, Javier
Porcia 2001

12th International “Citta’ di Porcia” competition - Horn

Brass Bulletin No 117 · 2002
Horn Competition
Bach and the Others
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Tarr, Edward H.
Bach and the Others Part 1

Eighteenth-Century Trumpeter-Hornists

From Bach’s Leipzig cantatas to the Stadtpfeifer tradition, trumpet and horn emerge as interchangeable tools within a remarkably versatile musical profession.
Brass Bulletin No 119 · 2002
Trumpet Horn History
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Divoky, Zdenek
Investing in musical excellence - Hornclass international 2001
Brass Bulletin No 119 · 2002
Horn Report
Bach and the Others:
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Tarr, Edward H.
Bach and the Others: Part 2 – End

Eighteenth-Century Trumpeter-Hornists

Beyond Leipzig, the practice extended from Weissenfels to Dresden and Vienna, as horn and trumpet gradually diverged into distinct musical identities.
Brass Bulletin No 120 · 2002
Trumpet Horn History
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Agrell, Jeffrey
The Future of the Past

Interview with Richard Seraphinoff, player, teacher and horn maker

Brass Bulletin No 120 · 2002
Horn Equipment
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Uustalu, Uwe
Bartels, Uwe
Katte, Stephan
The unpublished horn file...
Brass Bulletin No 121 · 2003
Horn History
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Mathez, Jean-Pierre
Bruno Schneider

For the love of Music!

Brass Bulletin No 122 · 2003
Horn Career
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Mathez, Jeremy
Andreas Jungwirth - Maker of Horns the traditional way
Brass Bulletin No 123 · 2003
Horn Equipment
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