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Articulation or bowing on the trumpet
No. 30 • 1980 Digitized

Part 1

Articulation or bowing on the trumpet

Trumpet articulation becomes a precise study of attack, sustain, release and legato, linking tongue, breath, lips and sound in Dokshitser’s method.

By Timofey Dokschidser

Technique Teaching Russian school Articulation Tongue Sound
Maurice André
No. 25 • 1979 Digitized

Part 2

Maurice André

Biography

From circus gigs to Bach with Karajan: Maurice André reveals how relentless work, discipline, and daily technical refinement shaped one of the greatest trumpet careers.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters French school Solo playing
Editorial Free
No. 30 • 1980 Digitized

Editorial

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.

By Thomas Stevens

Acoustics Technique Intonation Interpretation
The Baroque trumpet, the high trumpet and the so-called Bach trumpet Free
No. 2 • 1972 Digitized

Part 1

The Baroque trumpet, the high trumpet and the so-called Bach trumpet

Edward H. Tarr examines the Baroque trumpet and clarifies the origins and meaning of the so-called “Bach trumpet.”

By Edward H. Tarr

History Equipment Repertoire Historical instruments Sound
Maurice André
No. 26 • 1979 Digitized

Part 3

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.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Solo playing Mental approach Interpretation
Wynton Marsalis
No. 59 • 1987 Digitized

Wynton Marsalis

Interview

At Montreux in 1987, Wynton Marsalis condemns commercial pop culture and defends the transmission of jazz traditions through education and close attention to its masters.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Society Jazz Ideas
Pierre Vilhardin de Belleau
No. 59 • 1987 Digitized

Pierre Vilhardin de Belleau

trumpeter to Louis XV

Pierre Vilhardin de Belleau’s career places the trumpeters of Versailles within a world of royal service, purchased offices and court ceremonies under Louis XV.

By Henry Parramon

History Sociology
Maurice André, better than ever! Free
No. 60 • 1987 Digitized

Maurice André, better than ever!

For his return to Grand Echiquier in 1987, Maurice André discusses his choice of repertoire, concert preparation and daily work on trumpet sound and technique.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Technique Solo playing Endurance
Roger Delmotte
No. 59 • 1987 Digitized

Roger Delmotte

A French Trumpet Player

Roger Delmotte reflects on the French trumpet school, changes in orchestral sound and his work preparing young players for orchestral careers and competitions.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters French school Sound Orchestral playing
Maurice André Free
No. 24 • 1978 Digitized

Part 1

Maurice André

Biography

From the mine to the Conservatoire: Maurice André recalls his early years—revealing the chance, discipline, and destiny behind one of the greatest trumpet careers.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters French school
Horns and Huntmen's trumpets
No. 55 • 1986 Digitized

Horns and Huntmen's trumpets

In the 17th and 18th centuries, bore profiles, mouthpieces and musical functions blurred the boundaries between hunting horns, trumpets and emerging orchestral instruments.

By Herbert Heyde

History Historical instruments Instrument making
Articulation or bowing on the trumpet
No. 31 • 1980 Digitized

Part 2

Articulation or bowing on the trumpet

Trumpet articulation becomes a full performing language, from détaché and staccato to legato, glissando, dynamics and score interpretation.

By Timofey Dokschidser

Technique Teaching Articulation Tongue Interpretation Russian school
Aubertin
No. 59 • 1987 Digitized

Aubertin

Louis Aubertin recalls the family workshop in Aubervilliers, where valve making gave way to trumpets played in leading orchestras before production fell silent.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Instrument Makers Instrument making
The 1986 I.T.G. Conference Free
No. 56 • 1986 Digitized

The 1986 I.T.G. Conference

A personal view

Recitals, brass ensembles, student competitions and new trumpets mark the 1986 ITG gathering in London, though Colin Bloch finds too little emphasis on musicianship.

By Colin Bloch

Report Event
12th International Trumpet Competition Toulon 1987 Free
No. 59 • 1987 Digitized

12th International Trumpet Competition Toulon 1987

At Toulon’s 1987 trumpet competition, the jury discusses exceptional technical standards, musicality, repertoire and the demands of judging young players.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition Ideas
Bernard Soustrot
No. 60 • 1987 Digitized

Bernard Soustrot

Portrait

A portrait of trumpeter Bernard Soustrot, from his studies with Maurice Benterfa and Maurice André to an international solo career and the Narbonne brass competition.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Solo playing
Hakan Hardenberger
No. 61 • 1988 Digitized

Hakan Hardenberger

The conquest of the future

Hakan Hardenberger recalls how Paul Sacher’s commission became Endless Parade and how he prepared for the 1987 premiere of Birtwistle’s work for trumpet, strings and vibraphone.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Contemporary Music Interpretation
Hans-Joachim Krumpfer or: teaching as a vocation Free
No. 60 • 1987 Digitized

Special GDR

Hans-Joachim Krumpfer or: teaching as a vocation

Hans-Joachim Krumpfer helped shape progressive instrumental teaching in East Germany through his work with children, educational publications and research.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Teaching
The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music
No. 44 • 1983 Digitized

Part 3

The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music

The pluralism of the so-called “modern” forms (1945 to the present)

After 1945, bebop, modal jazz and rock reshape trumpet playing, as successive generations develop new approaches to phrasing, improvisation and sound.

By Michel Laplace

History Equipment Jazz Improvisation Sound
No. 113 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Bo Nilsson

Cicerone of the brasses

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
Georgiy Antonovich Orvid Free
No. 55 • 1986 Digitized

Georgiy Antonovich Orvid

Portrait of a distinguished Soviet trumpeter

A Soviet trumpet virtuoso who shaped generations of musicians, Georgiy Orvid combined an international concert career with teaching, research and cultural leadership.

By Yuri Usov

History Russian school
György Geiger Free
No. 56 • 1986 Digitized

György Geiger

A Giant of a trumpeter

György Geiger combines orchestral playing, brass chamber music and contemporary premieres with a solo career that brings Hungarian trumpet playing to international audiences.

By Balint A. Varga

Encounters
Free
No. 55 • 1986 Digitized

Markneukirchen 1986

International Brass Competitions

In 1986, young brass players from East and West met in Markneukirchen, where exceptional talent, demanding juries and musical traditions crossed political borders.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez, Roland Schnorhk

Competition Report
Yuriy Andreyevich Bol'shiyanov Free
No. 56 • 1986 Digitized

Yuriy Andreyevich Bol'shiyanov

A Russian Trumpeter

In Soviet musical life, Yuriy Bol'shiyanov combined orchestral performance, chamber music and teaching, shaping generations of trumpeters at the Leningrad Conservatoire.

By Anatoly Barantsev

Encounters
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