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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

Encounters

248 articles

Friedemann Immer Free
No. 50 • 1985 Digitized

Friedemann Immer

A new Trumpet

Baroque tradition and modern trumpet playing converge in Friedemann Immer’s unusual double career, shaped by Bach, natural trumpet and early music.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Historical instruments
No. 62 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Homage to Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1992)

Crazy, but not that crasy

By Michel Laplace

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Interview with Miles Anderson Free
No. 26 • 1979 Digitized

Interview with Miles Anderson

Jean-Pierre Mathez traces Miles Anderson’s path from early training to orchestral and freelance work, expanding on the tension between livelihood and artistic pursuit.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Professional life Freelance Solo playing Contemporary Music
No. 107 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Kelly Anne Parkes. Australian, woman, trumpeter

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Encounters
No. 92 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Bob Watt

From Linda’s look to the sound of the horn

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 109 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Robert Davis King (1914-1999)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Repertoire
No. 86 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Olé, Antonsen

Ole Edvard, the magnificent!

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 121 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

Otto Sauter - The determination to win

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 120 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Mnozil Brass - Who is, what is?

By Wilfried Brandstötter

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Henri Renart (1887-1979) Member
No. 32 • 1980 Digitized

Henri Renart (1887-1979)

Interview

Henri Renart looks back on a remarkable musical life, from the wind bands of northern France to Paris’s leading orchestras, performing under renowned conductors while witnessing decades of change in performance, recording, teaching, and brass playing.

By Robert Coutet

Encounters Professional life French school Orchestral playing Auditions
No. 82 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Hakan Hardenberger

Star of the north

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 72 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Jan Koetsier

Composer for the glory of the brasses

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Repertoire
No. 122 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

Adolf Scherbaum (1909-2000) - Trailblazer of the classical solo trumpet

By Verena Jakobsen

History Encounters
No. 120 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Mnozil Brass

Virtuosos of Satire

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 117 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Accidents and good luck-ingredients for a happy career

An autobiographical narrative by trombonist David Purser of England

By David Purser

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John Fletcher Member
No. 47 • 1984 Digitized

John Fletcher

Is Big Always Beautiful?

As brass instruments grew larger and louder, John Fletcher saw something being lost: the individual voice, clarity and character that make a player heard.

By Thomas Aitken

Encounters Sound Interpretation
No. 79 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Maurice André

Approaching sixty

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 106 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

The Voisin - A franco-american trumpet dynasty

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 70 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Roger Bobo

Poet of the Tuba

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
Albert Calvayrac Free
No. 45 • 1984 Digitized

Albert Calvayrac

Portrait

A career nearly abandoned after a disastrous switch from cornet to trumpet became a lesson in self-knowledge, persistence and an unexpected return to music.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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Arnold Jacobs Member
No. 33 • 1981 Digitized

Part 1

Arnold Jacobs

Interview

Two tuba giants meet in 1979 Chicago, where Arnold Jacobs turns technique, sound, orchestral life and pedagogy into a lasting musical ethic.

By Roger Bobo

Encounters Teaching Interpretation Sound Orchestral playing
No. 99 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Chet Baker and his Martin Trumpet

By Irving Bush

Encounters
No. 64 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Yuri Usov

Special USSR

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 64 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Allen Vizzutti

Portrait

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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