Out of print
Brass Bulletin No. 26
II / 1979
Contents
Tuba Editorial
Roger Bobo
Roger Bobo reflects on orchestral auditions, examining imbalance between candidates and positions and questioning training, selection criteria and prospects for aspiring tubists.
Frankfurt Special 1979
Music Fair
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Jean-Pierre Mathez surveys the Frankfurt Music Fair, tracing makers, markets and competition, and outlining a brass landscape shaped by adjustment rather than innovation.
Renold Schilke at Frankfurt
Interview
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Jean-Pierre Mathez reports on Renold Schilke’s views at Frankfurt, addressing fair organisation, maker–musician collaboration, and shifting market dynamics shaped by demand and quality criteria.
Maurice André
Part 3 – EndBiography
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Maurice André reflects on maturity—balancing performance, recordings and teaching, refining his approach to instruments and audience, and preparing for the limits of a virtuoso career.
The bell-tuning trumpet
Colin Bloch
Colin Bloch examines bell- and slide-tuned trumpets, comparing intonation patterns through controlled tests and outlining structural causes behind observed deviations.
Being a woman brass player... So what?
Frøydis Ree Wekre
Frøydis Ree Wekre reflects on women in brass playing, examining physical assumptions, psychological factors, and practical realities across performance and professional life.
Interview with Miles Anderson
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Jean-Pierre Mathez traces Miles Anderson’s path from early training to orchestral and freelance work, expanding on the tension between livelihood and artistic pursuit.
Vassily Gueorguievitch Brandt (1869–1923)
Biography
Anatoly Selianin
Sélianine traces Brandt’s life and artistry, from Bolshoi virtuoso to influential pedagogue, revealing the foundations of a distinctly Russian trumpet tradition.
On the early history of valves and valve instruments in Germany (1814-1833)
Part 3Herbert Heyde
Herbert Heyde traces early German valve instruments from Stoelzel’s horns to basses, makers, patents, and shifting brass-band sound.
Contemporary Hungarian Brass Music
Frigyes Varasdy
From early decline to recent revival, Hungarian brass emerges through pedagogy, competitions and new chamber works, with Varasdy outlining key figures and shifting ensemble practices.
Mario Guarneri
Portrait in brief
Jean-Pierre Mathez
From San Francisco to New York and Los Angeles, a trumpet career unfolds across major orchestras, recordings and teaching, alongside a sustained commitment to access and contemporary music.