Out of print
Brass Bulletin No. 60
IV / 1987
Contents
Editorial
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Brass Bulletin opens 1987 with a focus on East Germany’s musical heritage and welcomes Italian and Spanish translations to its international brass community.
The Miracle Mouthpiece
A Christmas story for brass players
Jean-Pierre Mathez
A Christmas tale for brass players turns a London second-hand shop find into a musician’s sudden rise to fame, followed by collapse when his mouthpiece vanishes.
Special GDR
Brass instruments from Markneukirchen
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Markneukirchen’s brass instrument makers developed from small horn workshops into a major manufacturing centre, reshaped by mechanisation and postwar organisation.
Special GDR
Markneukirchen Musical Instrument Museum
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Photographs of historic brass instruments illustrate the variety of a collection of some 1,600 musical instruments housed in Markneukirchen’s Baroque museum.
Special GDR
VEB Blechblas- und Signalinstrumentenfabrik
A tour of the factory in pictures
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Twelve photographs show master brass instrument makers at work at VEB Blechblas- und Signalinstrumentenfabrik, with views of instrument assembly and finishing.
Special GDR
The horn in the G.R.D
A chat with Peter Damm
Peter Damm
Peter Damm discusses horn training and orchestral life in East Germany, linking musical education, daily practice and the distinctive traditions of its orchestras.
Special GDR
The Trombonists Conrad and Johannes Bauer
Bert Noglik
Conrad and Johannes Bauer took different paths to improvised trombone music, developing distinct approaches before joining forces in the Doppelmoppel quartet.
Special GDR
An interview with Ludwig Güttler
Ludwig Güttler
At Weimar in 1987, Ludwig Güttler discusses brass teaching, the limits of a Romantic orchestral repertoire and his new work with the Virtuosi Saxoniae.
Special GDR
Hans-Joachim Krumpfer or: teaching as a vocation
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Hans-Joachim Krumpfer helped shape progressive instrumental teaching in East Germany through his work with children, educational publications and research.
Flesh meets metal 2
The rim width
John Stork, Phyllis Stork
Mouthpiece rim width and contour affect brass players’ response, flexibility and endurance, with different lip shapes calling for different rim designs.
Kalison
Instrument makers in Europe
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Founded in Milan in 1928, the family firm Kalison developed its brass production across three generations, with horns and tubas shaped by professional musicians.
Maurice André, better than ever!
Jean-Pierre Mathez
For his return to Grand Echiquier in 1987, Maurice André discusses his choice of repertoire, concert preparation and daily work on trumpet sound and technique.
Bernard Soustrot
Portrait
Jean-Pierre Mathez
A portrait of trumpeter Bernard Soustrot, from his studies with Maurice Benterfa and Maurice André to an international solo career and the Narbonne brass competition.
Jazz Improvisation
The melodic minor scale 1
Charlie Shoemake
The melodic minor scale supplies jazz improvisers with dominant seventh chords on two degrees, linking bebop practice with exercises in every key and starting position.
The Eyes
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Clear scores, good eyesight, suitable lighting and a relaxed reading angle help brass players turn visual information into more precise musical performance.