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Edouard Gros

9 Articles by Edouard Gros

Brass Bulletin 50 - 2 / 1985

How and why I became a musician
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Gros, Edouard

Part 1

How and why I became a musician

A father determined to keep his son from music unwittingly gives him the foundations for a life shaped by orchestras, discipline and an irresistible vocation.

pp. 69–73

Brass Bulletin No 50 · 1985

Tuba· Professional life

Brass Bulletin 51 - 3 / 1985

How and why I became a musician

Gros, Edouard

Part 2

How and why I became a musician

A teenage double bassist in 1920s Lausanne turns family resistance, scout orchestras and hard-earned engagements into the beginnings of a professional life.

pp. 5–13

Brass Bulletin No 51 · 1985

Tuba· Professional life· Orchestral playing

Brass Bulletin 52 - 4 / 1985

How and why I became a musician

Gros, Edouard

Part 3

How and why I became a musician

As cinema orchestras vanished and radio reshaped musical life, Edouard Gros learned that survival could mean changing instruments, cities and expectations.

pp. 39–46

Brass Bulletin No 52 · 1985

Tuba· Professional life· History· Auditions· Jazz

Brass Bulletin 53 - 1 / 1986

How and why I became a musician

Gros, Edouard

Part 4

How and why I became a musician

In Geneva on the eve of war, Edouard Gros navigates Ansermet’s demanding orchestra, summer trumpet engagements and the sudden upheaval of military mobilisation.

pp. 81–85

Brass Bulletin No 53 · 1986

Tuba· Professional life· History· Orchestral playing· Freelance

Brass Bulletin 54 - 2 / 1986

How and why I became a musician

Gros, Edouard

Part 5

How and why I became a musician

In wartime Switzerland, a military assignment, a conductor's confusion and an abandoned instrument unexpectedly changed the course of Edouard Gros's musical career.

pp. 69–73

Brass Bulletin No 54 · 1986

Tuba· Professional life· Orchestral playing

Brass Bulletin 55 - 3 / 1986

How and why I became a musician

Gros, Edouard

Part 6

How and why I became a musician

In wartime Switzerland, an unexpected encounter in Basel gives Edouard Gros his first F tuba, opening a new musical path amid military service and orchestral rivalries.

pp. 15–19

Brass Bulletin No 55 · 1986

Tuba· Encounters· History

Brass Bulletin 56 - 4 / 1986

How and why I became a musician
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Gros, Edouard

Part 7 – End

How and why I became a musician

Edouard Gros recalls wartime variety work in Geneva, intensive tuba practice and the audition that led to a secure orchestral post and 32 years in Berne.

pp. 39–43

Brass Bulletin No 56 · 1986

Tuba· Encounters· Professional life· Auditions· Orchestral playing

Brass Bulletin 63 - 3 / 1988

Gros, Edouard

Interpretation class

pp. 65

Brass Bulletin No 63 · 1988

Short story

Brass Bulletin 65 - 1 / 1989

Gros, Edouard

Stories

Leopold Stokowski. Klecki's temper. "Adolphe!". Keilberth, a kick in the rear. Rubinstein's nerves.

pp. 105–113

Brass Bulletin No 65 · 1989

Short story

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