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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Höltzel , Michael
My contacts with the United States
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
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
Agrell , Jeffrey
Zen and the Art of Horn playing
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
Agrell , Jeffrey
Zen and the Art of Horn playing
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
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
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
Agrell , Jeffrey
Zen and the Art of Horn playing
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
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
Agrell , Jeffrey
Zen and the Art of Horn playing
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
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
Damm , Peter
300 Years of the Horn
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
Damm , Peter
300 Years of the Horn
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
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
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
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
Jeurissen , Herman
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.
Brass Bulletin No 37 · 1982
Bourgue , Daniel
The French Hunting horn, its history, its technique and its music
Centuries-old hunting signals still shape performance today, where technique, ritual and oral tradition preserved a musical language unlike any other brass practice.
Brass Bulletin No 39 · 1982
Poncet , Jacques
The hunting horn
Long-held beliefs about the French hunting horn are challenged as forgotten playing practices and Baroque traditions reshape its early history and repertoire.
Brass Bulletin No 39 · 1982
Bürger , Edgar
Mouthpiece pressure in Horn Playing
Graduation project in technical method
Long before sensors entered the practice room, one horn student measured embouchure pressure by hand, challenging assumptions that still shape brass pedagogy.
Brass Bulletin No 40 · 1982
Agrell , Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn
The horn was once considered incompatible with jazz until changing ideas of sound and musicians like John Graas quietly overturned that certainty.
Brass Bulletin No 40 · 1982
Bernsdorff-Engelbrecht , Ch.
Horn and Harp
Virtuoso showpieces once filled concert halls, yet today the rare pairing of horn and harp preserves a forgotten musical world shaped by performers themselves.
Brass Bulletin No 40 · 1982
Agrell , Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn
Julius Watkins
A pioneering career, landmark recordings and collaborations with jazz legends gave the French horn a place it had never occupied before.
Brass Bulletin No 41 · 1983
Dejonker , Philippe-Henri · Orval , Francis · Miller , R. · Sneppe , R.
Oscillatory Mechanism of the Glotis in Horn Playing
A horn note may begin before it is heard, as subtle vocal-fold oscillations appear to prepare the airflow that the lips will ultimately shape.
Brass Bulletin No 41 · 1983
Damm , Peter
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.
Brass Bulletin No 42 · 1983
Agrell , Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn
Getting started
For the classically trained horn player, jazz replaces the security of the printed page with listening, swing and improvisation—and a different kind of discipline.
Brass Bulletin No 42 · 1983
Damm , Peter
Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos?
Brass Bulletin No 43 · 1983
Höltzel , Michael
Round the Horn [Hamburg 1982]
Brass Bulletin No 44 · 1983
Damm , Peter
Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos?
Brass Bulletin No 44 · 1983
Agrell , Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn
Thomas Bacon
Brass Bulletin No 45 · 1984
Damm , Peter
Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos?
Brass Bulletin No 45 · 1984
Agrell , Jeffrey
Rimon Meir
Portrait and conversation
Brass Bulletin No 46 · 1984
Wolf , Werner
A modern corno da caccia
Brass Bulletin No 46 · 1984
Agrell , Jeffrey
Interview with Thomas Müller
Brass Bulletin No 47 · 1984
Trichet , Pierre
On hunting horns and other
Brass Bulletin No 47 · 1984
Agrell , Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn
Tom Varner
Brass Bulletin No 47 · 1984
Agrell , Jeffrey
Steve Lewis, Hornmaker
Old World Craftsmanship plus New World Technology
Brass Bulletin No 49 · 1985
Tarr , Edward H.
Handel Horn Duo located in South America
Brass Bulletin No 49 · 1985
Agrell , Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn
Peter Gordon
Brass Bulletin No 50 · 1985
Hiller , Albert
The posthorn of the 19th-century Royal Post Office in the service of folk music
Brass Bulletin No 50 · 1985
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Hermann Baumann
A virtuoso's career
Brass Bulletin No 51 · 1985
Agrell , Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn
John Clark
Brass Bulletin No 52 · 1985
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Holger Fransman - The great finnish horn player and teacher
Special Finland
Brass Bulletin No 53 · 1986
Tarr , Edward H.
The Coiled Hunting Instrument by J. W. Haas
Bad Säckingen Trumpet Museum
Brass Bulletin No 54 · 1986
Agrell , Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn
Dale Clevenger
Brass Bulletin No 54 · 1986
Mathez , Jean-Pierre · Schnorhk , Roland
Markneukirchen Competition 1986
Brass Bulletin No 55 · 1986
Heyde , Herbert
Horns and Huntmen's trumpets
Brass Bulletin No 55 · 1986
Damm , Peter
Did Bach write the "corne da caccia" part in the B minor Mass for Gottfried Reiche?
Brass Bulletin No 56 · 1986
Damm , Peter
Did Bach write the "corne da caccia" part in the B minor Mass for Gottfried Reiche?
Brass Bulletin No 57 · 1987
Damm , Peter
Did Bach write the "corne da caccia" part in the B minor Mass for Gottfried Reiche?
Brass Bulletin No 58 · 1987
Hiller , Albert
The early 19th-century invention-posthorn
Brass Bulletin No 59 · 1987
Damm , Peter
The horn in the G.R.D, A chat with Peter Damm
Special GDR
Brass Bulletin No 60 · 1987
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Gregory Cass
Horn and soul
Brass Bulletin No 61 · 1988
Müller , Thomas
Stopping technique in the Mozart horn concertos
Brass Bulletin No 62 · 1988
Steidle , Peter
The universal double horn
Brass Bulletin No 62 · 1988
Agrell , Jeffrey
Douglas Hill
Profile of a Horn player
Brass Bulletin No 65 · 1989
Bujanovsky , Vitali
Franz (Frantisek) Schollar and the Russian school of horn playing
Brass Bulletin No 66 · 1989
Ricks , Robert
Heinrich Domnich (1767-1844)
Brass Bulletin No 68 · 1989
Agrell , Jeffrey
Jazz and the Horn
Richard Todd
Brass Bulletin No 68 · 1989
Baumann , Hermann
The Horn and Piano Duo
Brass Bulletin No 69 · 1990
Tarr , Edward H.
Neruda's Concerto for Horn (or trumpet)
Brass Bulletin No 70 · 1990
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Peter Damm
For the love of music
Brass Bulletin No 72 · 1990
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Bruno Schneider
Tale of a tall talent
Brass Bulletin No 74 · 1991
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Engelbert Schmid
The magic touch
Brass Bulletin No 76 · 1991
Schepel , Louise
Dutch Horn Society 1982-1992
Special Holland
Brass Bulletin No 77 · 1992
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
The American Horn Quartet
Brass Bulletin No 78 · 1992
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Toulon 1992 - Horn
17th International Contest of the Music Festival
Brass Bulletin No 79 · 1992
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Dieter Otto
A passionate craftman
Brass Bulletin No 79 · 1992
Suppan , Armin
The Vienna horn and the Vienna sound
Special Austria
Brass Bulletin No 80 · 1992
Pöschl , Josef
Brief history of Austrian hunting horn music in Austria
Special Austria
Brass Bulletin No 80 · 1992
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
André Cazalet
The Horn, the brasses and France
Brass Bulletin No 81 · 1993
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Zdenek Tylsar
A great Czech horn virtuoso
Brass Bulletin No 83 · 1993
Flachs , Werner · Egger , Rainer
The Hunting horn of Jacques Du Fouilloux (XVIth cent.)
Brass Bulletin No 83 · 1993
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Natural Horn
An amazing renaissance
Brass Bulletin No 84 · 1993
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Internationales Naturhorn Festival Essen
7-12 September 1993
Brass Bulletin No 84 · 1993
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Hermann Baumann
Lesson of the master
Brass Bulletin No 84 · 1993
Thevet , Lucien
On the French School of horn playing
Brass Bulletin No 84 · 1993
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Thomas Müller
Horns, Schnapps, and Cars
Brass Bulletin No 85 · 1994
Briseño , Julio
Interview with Guelfo Nalli
Brass Bulletin No 85 · 1994
Bergé , Luc · Vercruysse , Rik · Novikov , Claudine
André Van Driessche
Belgian master of the Horn
Brass Bulletin No 89 · 1995
Bartels , Uwe
The Hunting Horn "à la Dampierre"
Reconstruction of the most original baroque hunting horn
Brass Bulletin No 89 · 1995
Cazalet , André
Georges Barboteu
An inspired and poetic hornist
Brass Bulletin No 90 · 1995
Güttler , Ludwig
The corno da caccia in the music of J. S. Bach
Brass Bulletin No 91 · 1995
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Bob Watt
From Linda’s look to the sound of the horn
Brass Bulletin No 92 · 1995
Körner , Friedrich
A 349 year old horn made by Michael Nagel in Graz
Brass Bulletin No 93 · 1996
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Porcia 1995
6th international competition for young concert hornists
Brass Bulletin No 93 · 1996
Schmid , Engelberg
Horn models in high E flat
Brass Bulletin No 94 · 1996
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Markneukirchen 1996
31st annual international instrumental competition • Horn • Tuba
Brass Bulletin No 95 · 1996
Rosenkranz , Dagmar
Friedbert Syhre
35 years as an instrument maker in Leipzig
Brass Bulletin No 96 · 1996
Todorov , Vassil
The horn in Bulgaria
Interview with Stojan Karaivanov
Brass Bulletin No 96 · 1996
Turner , Kerry
The Art of the Third Horn Player
The unsung hero
Brass Bulletin No 97 · 1997
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
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Prague 1997 celebration of young talents?
Brass Bulletin No 99 · 1997
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Michael Thompson, Off-the-cuff commentary
Brass Bulletin No 99 · 1997
Bonet Manrique , Javier
Classical, baroque horn or corno da tirarsi?
Brass Bulletin No 100 · 1997
Humphries , John
The Dennis & Aubrey Brain chairs of horn playing
Brass Bulletin No 101 · 1998
Strauchen , Bradley
Giovanni Puzzi: a yardstick for horn playing in 19th century Britain
Brass Bulletin No 101 · 1998
Damm , Peter
Karl Biehlig, the horn is mourning
Brass Bulletin No 102 · 1998
Bonet Manrique , Javier
The horn in Madrid in the 18th century
Exclusive revelations in the natural horn in Spain (Valencia & Madrid)
Brass Bulletin No 104 · 1998
Alberola I Verdu , Josep Antoni
Valencia: the natural horn
Brass Bulletin No 104 · 1998
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
David Ohanian departs the Canadian Brass
Interview with David Ohanian
Brass Bulletin No 104 · 1998
Alberola I Verdu , Josep Antoni
Valencia: the natural horn
Brass Bulletin No 105 · 1999
Mathez , Jeremy
Jazz and the Horn
Claudio Pontiggia
Brass Bulletin No 105 · 1999
Mathez , Jeremy · Watt , Robert L.
James Thatcher, the horn of Hollywood
Brass Bulletin No 106 · 1999
Mathez , Jeremy
Paxman Bros Ltd, the force of destiny
Brass Bulletin No 108 · 1999
Brass Bulletin
ARD Munich 1999
Horn Competition
Brass Bulletin No 108 · 1999
Divoky , Zdenek
Antonio Rosetti and the Millenium
Brass Bulletin No 109 · 2000
Steidle , Peter
Horn-Festival Detmold 2000
Michael Höltzel's farewell
Brass Bulletin No 113 · 2001
Jeurissen , Herman
The Horn Concerti of W. A. Mozart
Brass Bulletin No 113 · 2001
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Francis Orval, A heart for the horn
Brass Bulletin No 114 · 2001
Jeurissen , Herman
The Horn Concerti of W. A. Mozart
Brass Bulletin No 114 · 2001
Crome , Thomas
The horn in China
Brass Bulletin No 115 · 2001
Klemens , Jörg
Leipziger Horn Quartet (1951-2001)
Brass Bulletin No 116 · 2001
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Guebwiller 2001 - Philip Jones International Competition - horn and brass ensembles
Brass Bulletin No 116 · 2001
Hofmanova , Lucie
Brno International Performer’s Competition - Horn
Brass Bulletin No 116 · 2001
Bonet Manrique , Javier
Porcia 2001
12th International “Citta’ di Porcia” competition - Horn
Brass Bulletin No 117 · 2002
Tarr , Edward H.
Bach and the Others
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
Divoky , Zdenek
Investing in musical excellence - Hornclass international 2001
Brass Bulletin No 119 · 2002
Tarr , Edward H.
Bach and the Others:
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
Agrell , Jeffrey
The Future of the Past
Interview with Richard Seraphinoff, player, teacher and horn maker
Brass Bulletin No 120 · 2002
Uustalu , Uwe · Bartels , Uwe · Katte , Stephan
The unpublished horn file...
Brass Bulletin No 121 · 2003
Mathez , Jean-Pierre
Bruno Schneider
For the love of Music!
Brass Bulletin No 122 · 2003
Mathez , Jeremy
Andreas Jungwirth - Maker of Horns the traditional way
Brass Bulletin No 123 · 2003