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Brass instruments from Markneukirchen

Mathez, Jean-Pierre

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Brass instruments from Markneukirchen

Markneukirchen’s brass instrument makers developed from small horn workshops into a major manufacturing centre, reshaped by mechanisation and postwar organisation.

Brass Bulletin No 60 · 1987

Instrument Makers· History· Instrument making

Markneukirchen Musical Instrument Museum

Mathez, Jean-Pierre

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Markneukirchen Musical Instrument Museum

Photographs of historic brass instruments illustrate the variety of a collection of some 1,600 musical instruments housed in Markneukirchen’s Baroque museum.

Brass Bulletin No 60 · 1987

History· Historical instruments· Illustrations

VEB Blechblas- und Signalinstrumentenfabrik

Mathez, Jean-Pierre

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VEB Blechblas- und Signalinstrumentenfabrik

A tour of the factory in pictures

Twelve photographs show master brass instrument makers at work at VEB Blechblas- und Signalinstrumentenfabrik, with views of instrument assembly and finishing.

Brass Bulletin No 60 · 1987

Instrument Makers· Instrument making· Illustrations

The horn in the G.R.D

Damm, Peter

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The horn in the G.R.D

A chat with 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.

Brass Bulletin No 60 · 1987

Horn· Teaching· Orchestral playing

The Trombonists Conrad and Johannes Bauer

Noglik, Bert

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The Trombonists Conrad and Johannes Bauer

Conrad and Johannes Bauer took different paths to improvised trombone music, developing distinct approaches before joining forces in the Doppelmoppel quartet.

Brass Bulletin No 60 · 1987

Trombone· Encounters· Improvisation· Jazz

An interview with Ludwig Güttler

Güttler, Ludwig

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An interview with 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.

Brass Bulletin No 60 · 1987

Trumpet· Encounters· Teaching

Hans-Joachim Krumpfer or: teaching as a vocation

Mathez, Jean-Pierre

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Hans-Joachim Krumpfer or: teaching as a vocation

Hans-Joachim Krumpfer helped shape progressive instrumental teaching in East Germany through his work with children, educational publications and research.

Brass Bulletin No 60 · 1987

Trumpet· Teaching

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