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This month's selection moves from brass psychology to historical performance, from legendary performers to forgotten instruments. Different decades, different voices, the same curiosity that has shaped Brass Bulletin for generations.
We hope you find something that surprises you.
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Jérémie
Trumpet • History
The Haydn Trumpet Concerto
By Alfred Willener
As editions, instruments and traditions diverge, Haydn’s trumpet concerto becomes a lens on notation, style and the shifting meaning of performance.
(BB 35, 1981)
Horn • Encounters
Vitaly Bujanowsky • The world's Golden Horn
By Anatoly Barantsev
Called one of the Soviet school’s finest performers by Shostakovich, Vitaliy Buyanovskiy shaped horn playing through performance, teaching and composition.
(BB 35, 1981)
Trombone • History
The trombone: changing times, changing slide positions
By Howard Weiner
From Virgiliano to Praetorius and Eisel, early sources reshape long-held assumptions about trombone tuning, slide positions and historical playing practice.
(BB 36, 1981)
Tuba • Encounters
Arnold Jacobs • Interview
By Roger Bobo
Two tuba giants meet in 1979 Chicago, where Arnold Jacobs turns technique, sound, orchestral life and pedagogy into a lasting musical ethic.
(BB 33, 1981)
Trumpet • Health
The Trumpet in the USA • The Confidence Pill
By Thomas Stevens
Stage fright meets medical research as performers, physicians and early beta-blocker studies reshape the debate over confidence, fairness and public performance.
(BB 37, 1982)
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