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Brass in the Operas of Berlioz
Berlioz turned a changing brass section into a dramatic force, using horns, trombones, cornets and saxhorns to shape colour, distance, ceremony and fear.
Di Benjamin Perl
Emory Brace Remington
A Profile
“The trombone must sing.” Ralph Sauer profiles Emory Remington—legendary teacher whose vocal approach shaped generations and redefined brass pedagogy.
Di Ralf Sauer
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Low register development for the trombone
Should you really drop the jaw for low notes? James Fulkerson challenges this idea and proposes a more stable approach to extend the low register.
Di James Fulkerson
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The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music
The instrument for jazz
Jazz trumpet playing balances equipment, embouchure and articulation, as changing sound ideals reshape mouthpieces, technique and the physical approach to playing.
Di Michel Laplace
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Contemporary systems and trends for the tuba
New music, new rules: Daniel Perantoni explores extended techniques, graphic notation and the evolving language of the tuba.
Di Daniel Perantoni
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The Trumpet in the USA
Across competitions, teaching and equipment in the U.S., trumpet practice exposes clashing ideas of musicality, raising the question of shared standards beyond national styles
Di Thomas Stevens
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The subconscious, a useful friend
From yogic practices to auto-hypnosis, mental conditioning and visualisation are linked to performance, self-control, and the body's hidden responses.
Di Michel Ricquier
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The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and in Popular Music
Breathing
Breathing, Valsalva, mouthpiece position and daily practice collide with received wisdom as trumpet technique is reconsidered from the body outward.
Di Michel Laplace
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A Trombone Martyr
Auguste Léonard de la Tuilerie
A Paris apothecary turned trombone evangelist challenges 19th-century musical habits, imagining the slide trombone as the future voice of harmony.
Di Benny Sluchin
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Fundamental trombone performance technique
Teaching and application
Technique becomes musicianship when breathing, vibration, resonance, articulation and slide movement cease to be separate skills and begin working as one.
Di William F. Cramer
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My contacts with the United States
From a simple request to an unexpected invitation: this account dives into Indiana University—between dazzling technique and the search for true musicality.
Di Michael Höltzel
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Editorial
As concert life shifts away from brass, the future of the instrument depends on artistic standards, thoughtful programming and the commitment of every performer.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos?
Changes and modifications of tempo
Tempo, dynamics and cadenzas expose how much an 18th-century horn concerto once depended on choices that modern notation and instruments can easily obscure.
Di Peter Damm
Snapshot: the American Brass Quintet in Europe
Report on the American Brass Quintet’s tour in Europe, highlighting performances, reception and the ensemble’s role in chamber brass music.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
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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.
Di Heinz Burum
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The trombone in Jazz and Popular Music
Jazz did not invent the modern trombone: early virtuosos, New Orleans players and changing techniques reveal a more complex path toward flexibility and legato.
Di Michel Laplace
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The bell-tuning trumpet
Colin Bloch examines bell- and slide-tuned trumpets, comparing intonation patterns through controlled tests and outlining structural causes behind observed deviations.
Di Colin Bloch
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Conversation with Ludwig Güttler
Between Bach, historical instruments and modern virtuosity, Ludwig Güttler argues for a trumpet tradition shaped by declamation, research and a refusal of musical purism.
Di Christian Blümel, Gerd Radeke
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Transcription fundamentals
Between Bach fugues and Mozart concertos, Ralph Sauer questions where brass transcription renews a work — and where it merely imitates.
Di Ralf Sauer
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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.
Di Edward H. Tarr
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Yamaha, an ambitious giant
Behind the rise of a future industrial giant lies an unexpected lesson in craftsmanship, cultural exchange and the discipline that reshaped wind instrument making.
Di Jean-Pierre Mathez
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The Trumpet and the Cornet in Jazz and Popular Music
Special jazz techniques
Vibrato, half-valves, growls and shakes lead to a larger argument: jazz transformed trumpet technique, yet its contribution remained strikingly undervalued.
Di Michel Laplace
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Instrument Making and the Ear
From hearing physiology to workshop testing, E. Ferron links instrument design, acoustics and perception, where no two ears judge sound in quite the same way.
Di Emile Ferron
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The first european horn symposium
A week in Trossingen brought leading horn players, Mozart debates, natural-horn controversies and lasting friendships at a landmark European gathering.
Di Jeffrey Agrell