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David Monette Free
No. 58 • 1987 Digitized

David Monette

Profile

Chicago trumpet maker David Monette won leading players as customers in under two years, building instruments for individual musicians and their performance needs.

By Thomas Stevens

Instrument Makers Instrument making
ARD Music Competition in Munich in 1986
No. 56 • 1986 Digitized

ARD Music Competition in Munich in 1986

Once again trumpet, after six years

At Munich’s 1986 ARD trumpet competition, Reinhold Friedrich wins second prize after four rounds assessing technical command, interpretation and artistic personality.

By Edward H. Tarr

Competition Interpretation
George Swift, You see who I mean?
No. 55 • 1986 Digitized

George Swift, You see who I mean?

In the 1930s, George Swift brought cornet virtuosity and jazz influences to the concert trumpet, building a remarkable reputation through just a handful of recordings.

By Michel Laplace

History Jazz Solo playing
Kurt Laberer, instrument maker in Munich Free
No. 61 • 1988 Digitized

Kurt Laberer, instrument maker in Munich

In 1985, Kurt Laberer took over a Munich instrument repair shop, where he and Werner Pietralla developed a new range of traditional German trumpets.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Instrument Makers Instrument making
Fats' Heirs
No. 58 • 1987 Digitized

Fats' Heirs

Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis

Fats Navarro’s full trumpet sound shaped a jazz lineage through Clifford Brown and Booker Little to Wynton Marsalis, uniting early maturity with technical mastery.

By Michel Laplace

History Jazz Sound
An interview with Ludwig Güttler Free
No. 60 • 1987 Digitized

Special GDR

An interview with Ludwig Güttler

At Weimar in 1987, Ludwig Güttler discusses brass teaching, the limits of a Romantic orchestral repertoire and his new work with the Virtuosi Saxoniae.

By Ludwig Güttler

Encounters Teaching
Trumpets of the future Free
No. 61 • 1988 Digitized

Trumpets of the future

Ole Edvard Antonsen and Gérard Métrailler

Ole Edvard Antonsen and Gérard Métrailler discuss their preparation, performances and results as trumpet prizewinners at the 1987 Geneva competition.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition Mental approach Nerves
The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music
No. 43 • 1983 Digitized

Part 2

The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music

The “Classical” Period 1927-1945 — The Golden Age of the Trumpet

Between Armstrong’s rise and bebop’s arrival, the trumpet became jazz’s dominant voice, reshaping technique, orchestras, sound, mutes and virtuosity.

By Michel Laplace

History Repertoire Jazz Improvisation
No. 96 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Friedbert Syhre

35 years as an instrument maker in Leipzig

By Dagmar Rosenkranz

Equipment
No. 113 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

International Trumpet Guild 25th Anniversary Conference - May 24-27, 2000

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Event
My Experiences with Colleagues and Pupils
No. 37 • 1982 Digitized

My Experiences with Colleagues and Pupils

in 50 Years as trumpet player and trumpet teacher

Across five decades, Heinz Burum links trumpet embouchure, mouthpiece design and teaching practice to concrete cases from orchestras, pupils and colleagues.

By Heinz Burum

Teaching Technique Lips Mouthpiece Range
No. 91 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Thomas Stevens, Survey

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
How to regulate the trumpet, applicable to all valve instruments Free
No. 23 • 1978 Digitized

How to regulate the trumpet, applicable to all valve instruments

A hidden key to performance: Perinelli and Mouton reveal how precise valve regulation transforms response, intonation, and sound—down to a tenth of a millimetre.

By René Périnelli, J.-L. Mouton

Equipment Valves
Instrument Makers in USA Free
No. 51 • 1985 Digitized

Part 2

Instrument Makers in USA

Schilke Music Products, Inc. Chicago

In a Chicago workshop, traditional handwork meets new bell-making methods, while Renold Schilke’s uncompromising standards shape an unusual company culture.

By Stephan Suter

Equipment Instrument Makers Instrument making
10 Outstanding Trumpet Players in the Los Angeles Area Free
No. 41 • 1983 Digitized

10 Outstanding Trumpet Players in the Los Angeles Area

Behind the polished sound of Los Angeles studio trumpet playing stood remarkably similar training, disciplined routines, and a craft shaped by constant stylistic demands.

By Boyde Hood

Encounters Professional life Freelance American school Jazz
No. 79 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Maurice André

Approaching sixty

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
The Trumpet Free
No. 29 • 1980 Digitized

The Trumpet

An exhibition at the Trumpeter's Castel in Bad Säckingen

Natural trumpets from Verona, Nürnberg and Vienna framed a 1979 gathering in Säckingen linking Baroque practice, collecting culture and modern playing.

By Kurt Janetzky

History Event Historical instruments Valves
No. 118 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

The natural trumpet a natural approach

By Susan Williams

Encounters
No. 86 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Malte Burba

Explorer of new music

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
The Trumpet in the Works of Jean-Philippe Rameau Free
No. 35 • 1981 Digitized

The Trumpet in the Works of Jean-Philippe Rameau

From court entertainments to operatic dances, Rameau’s trumpet writing reveals uncommon technical demands and a broader palette of Baroque brass practice.

By Albert Hiller

History Repertoire Historical instruments Interpretation
No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Fred Sautter

Master American trumpet teacher

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 83 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Guy Touvron

Vive la France, vive Selmer!

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 64 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Allen Vizzutti

Portrait

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
The Baroque trumpet, the high trumpet and the so-called Bach trumpet
No. 3 • 1972 Digitized

Part 2

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

Continuation of Edward H. Tarr’s study on the Baroque trumpet, examining the high trumpet and further clarifying the concept of the “Bach trumpet.”

By Edward H. Tarr

History Equipment Repertoire Historical instruments Sound
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