Albert Hiller

Hiller, Albert

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.

Hiller, Albert

Unknown Treasures for Trumpet Ensembles

Processional Music from 18th century Bavaria

Forgotten Bavarian monastery archives preserve hundreds of ceremonial trumpet works, where local tradition and practical performance survived long after their cultural world disappeared.

Hiller, Albert

Jean-Baptiste Prin (1669-1742)

A tromba marine virtuoso

A forgotten string instrument leads to an unexpected treasury of Baroque trumpet music, challenging long-held assumptions about repertoire and performance.

Hiller, Albert

The trumpet in the north German postal service of the 19th century

For forty years, northern German postilions exchanged the familiar post-horn for trumpets, turning postal signals into an unexpected echo of military practice.

Hiller, Albert

The posthorn of the 19th-century Royal Post Office in the service of folk music

Once a tool of postal signalling, the posthorn became part of Bavaria’s popular musical life, caught between official regulation, practical invention and folk tradition.

Hiller, Albert

The Unusual Trumpet in the Nürnberg Transport Museum

A mysterious three-coil trumpet in Nuremberg defies familiar instrument types, with no maker, date or clear explanation of how it entered a postal collection.