Brass Bulletin No. 59
III / 1987
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12 articles
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Brass Bulletin No. 59
III / 1987
Contents
Editorial
A following wind
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Brass Bulletin’s 1987 editorial links expanding opportunities for brass players with plans to offer complete Italian and Spanish translations from issue 60.
Branimir Slokar
Portrait
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Branimir Slokar’s career took shape through studies in Ljubljana and Paris, orchestral posts and teaching, leading to an international solo career and trombone quartet.
Jazz Improvisation
The harmonic minor scale
Charlie Shoemake
Harmonic minor provides a basis for jazz improvisation through chord construction, exercises in all twelve keys and examples from leading brass players.
Flesh meets metal 1
The rim
John Stork, Phyllis Stork
The mouthpiece rim’s inner diameter affects brass players’ comfort and response, with symptoms of poor fit in range, endurance, tone, intonation and flexibility.
The early 19th-century invention-posthorn
Albert Hiller
Used first for postal signals, the posthorn entered classical repertoire before gaining tuning slides, keys and valves as musical demands grew in the nineteenth century.
Posture
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Body awareness, relaxation routines and a supple playing posture help brass players release hidden tension and prepare for practice and performance.
Ottoni di Verona
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Founded by Giordano Fermi in the mid-1970s, Verona’s brass ensemble gained international recognition and launched a festival combining concerts and teaching.
Roger Delmotte
A French Trumpet Player
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Roger Delmotte reflects on the French trumpet school, changes in orchestral sound and his work preparing young players for orchestral careers and competitions.
Aubertin
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Louis Aubertin recalls the family workshop in Aubervilliers, where valve making gave way to trumpets played in leading orchestras before production fell silent.
Wynton Marsalis
Interview
Jean-Pierre Mathez
At Montreux in 1987, Wynton Marsalis condemns commercial pop culture and defends the transmission of jazz traditions through education and close attention to its masters.
Pierre Vilhardin de Belleau
trumpeter to Louis XV
Henry Parramon
Pierre Vilhardin de Belleau’s career places the trumpeters of Versailles within a world of royal service, purchased offices and court ceremonies under Louis XV.
12th International Trumpet Competition Toulon 1987
Jean-Pierre Mathez
At Toulon’s 1987 trumpet competition, the jury discusses exceptional technical standards, musicality, repertoire and the demands of judging young players.