Brass Bulletin N. 53

I / 1986

Sommario

13 articoli

Editorial

Homage to James Stamp

Jean-Pierre Mathez, Thomas Stevens

pp. 3–5

Behind James Stamp’s legendary teaching stood something harder to preserve: an uncommon way of listening, diagnosing and giving musicians room to rebuild themselves.

Bad Säckingen, Trumpet museum

Jean-Pierre Mathez

pp. 17–27 Tromba Storia Equipaggiamento

A romantic legend, a remarkable private collection and Edward H. Tarr’s scholarship converged in Bad Säckingen to give the trumpet a museum of its own.

Special Finland

Editorial

Jean-Pierre Mathez

pp. 29–35 Reportage Insegnamento

In 1980s Finland, distance and long summers helped turn brass education into a national network, with Lieksa emerging as an unlikely meeting point.

Special Finland

Brass achieves academic respectability

Kauko Karjalainen

pp. 36–39 Storia Società

Once treated as marginal, Finland’s brass septet tradition entered academic research, challenging where folk practice ends and music history begins.

Special Finland

Lauri Ojala

Finnish trumpet virtuoso

Timo Mäkinen

pp. 40–48 Tromba Incontri

A Finnish trumpet legend recalls orchestral life, the Geneva Competition, teaching, instruments and the cool-headed musicianship behind a remarkable career.

Special Finland

The brass band tradition in Finland

Holger Fransman

pp. 49–51 Storia

Finland’s brass-band tradition grew from imperial reform into a nationwide phenomenon, before an equally systematic transformation brought the era to an end.

Special Finland

A brief survey of the history of the Finnish brass music

Simo Kanerva

pp. 52–55 Storia

Finland’s brass identity grew between Russian military traditions and Western orchestral models, turning competing influences into a distinctive national voice.

Special Finland