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No. 94 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Ensemble de Trompettes de Paris

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 117 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Walter Gleissle (1919-1961)

My father the trumpeter

By Helmut Gleissle

Encounters
Early trumpet music in Schwerin Free
No. 23 • 1978 Digitized

Early trumpet music in Schwerin

Hidden sources revealed: Stephen Glover uncovers early trumpet music in Schwerin—offering new insights into wind bands, performance practice, and the evolution of brass.

By Stephen L. Glover

Repertoire History Historical instruments Valves Sociology
No. 122 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

Ernie Hammes - Jazz in his blood

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 122 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

Keyed and valved bugles, cornets and trumpets in french grand opera

By William E. Runyan

History Repertoire
Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945)
No. 22 • 1978 Digitized

Part 4

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.

By David Hickman

History
No. 103 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Markneukirchen 1998

International Trumpet Competition

By Max Sommerhalder

Report Competition
No. 69 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Freddy Hubbard or Jazz Goes to Hollywood

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 76 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Georges Gay

Big Band trumpet player

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 66 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Eric Aubier, unveiling of a great talent

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 62 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Homage to Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1992)

Crazy, but not that crasy

By Michel Laplace

Encounters
Cesare Bendinelli (1542-1617)
No. 21 • 1978 Digitized

Part 2

Cesare Bendinelli (1542-1617)

The Trumpet Method

The first trumpet method rediscovered: Edward H. Tarr reveals how Bendinelli’s 1614 treatise reshapes our understanding of trumpet technique, signals, and ensemble art.

By Edward H. Tarr

History Historical instruments Articulation
Clément Perrin (1876-1970)
No. 46 • 1984 Digitized

Clément Perrin (1876-1970)

He lived at the turn of the 20th century...

An extraordinary brass life links Belle Époque Algiers, two world wars and Saint-Saëns, with Clément Perrin still performing as solo trumpet at 81.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

History French school
No. 86 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

French cornet methods published before Arban's Complete Grand Method for Cornet and Saxhorn

By Friedrich Anzenberger

History Repertoire Teaching
No. 72 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Bremen 1991

International Trumpet Festival

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Event
No. 73 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Unknown trumpet works which deserve attention

Anonymous (early classical), Concerto in D major

By Albert Hiller

Repertoire
Ernest Hall, OBE (1890-1984) Free
No. 49 • 1985 Digitized

Ernest Hall, OBE (1890-1984)

A principal trumpet, influential teacher and formidable musician remembered through the voices of pupils who experienced Ernest Hall’s uncompromising standards.

By Thomas Aitken

Encounters
Emile Joseph Trognée (1868-1942) Free
No. 51 • 1985 Digitized

Emile Joseph Trognée (1868-1942)

Discovery of unpublished trumpet studies

Forgotten in Leningrad for decades, Trognée’s unpublished trumpet studies reconnect the Belgian virtuoso with a European tradition his Russian career had obscured.

By Anatoly Selianin

Repertoire History
The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music Free
No. 42 • 1983 Digitized

Part 1

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.

By Michel Laplace

History Repertoire Jazz Improvisation
No. 90 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

School of trumpet in Liège

By Rosario Macaluso

No. 116 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Jens Lindemann, lips of gold...

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945) Free
No. 18 • 1977 Digitized

Part 1

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.

By David Hickman

History Sociology
No. 120 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Kröger Trumpets - From the hands of a master

By Franz-Josef Kröger

Equipment
No. 73 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Claudio Roditi

flamboyant Brazilian trumpet player

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
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