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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

Encounters

248 articles

No. 88 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Erwin Wolf (1919-1994)

A pillar of the German trumpet is no more

By Dieter Wolf

Encounters
No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Fred Sautter

Master American trumpet teacher

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 81 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

André Cazalet

The Horn, the brasses and France

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 84 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Vinko Globokar

The Rebel

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Repertoire
No. 101 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Giovanni Puzzi: a yardstick for horn playing in 19th century Britain

By Bradley Strauchen

History Encounters
No. 123 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

Edward H. Tarr - Scholar and troubadour of the trumpet

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 75 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Harry Kvebaek

a pure musical vocation

By Inger Haug

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No. 79 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Vicente Lopez

Heir apparent

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 76 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Jens Bjorn-Larsen

Historic winner

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Competition
No. 96 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Jacques Mauger, on 7th heaven with the trombone

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 76 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Ladislav Kozderka

A Czech talent

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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Empire Brass Quintet Free
No. 33 • 1981 Digitized

Empire Brass Quintet

Portrait in brief

From New York to Boston, five brass players built a chamber music identity rooted in Ewald, early music and a string-quartet approach to ensemble sound.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Repertoire Brass Ensemble Sound Contemporary Music
Viktor Venglowski Free
No. 34 • 1981 Digitized

Viktor Venglowski

Musician and Teacher

From the Leningrad Philharmonic to the Conservatoire, one trombonist shaped repertoire, ensembles and generations of players across the Soviet Union.

By Sergej Gorovoj

Encounters Teaching Russian school Orchestral playing Brass Ensemble
No. 87 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Exclusive interview with Esa-Pekka Salonen

Maestro Hornist

By Robert L. Watt

Encounters
No. 73 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Jean Douay

Trombone in the heart of France

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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Philip Jones Member
No. 27 • 1979 Digitized

Philip Jones

Interview

From South London bands to the Philharmonia, Philip Jones recalls his musical upbringing, orchestral life and the rise of brass ensembles in post-war Britain.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Repertoire Brass Ensemble Orchestral playing
No. 102 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Franz Xaver Streitwieser

The amazing story of a talented German trumpeter whose health problems indirectly led him to become one of the great collectors of brass instruments of our time

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 66 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Palmer Traulsen

One of the great masters of the Scandinavian trombone school

By Michael Lind

History Encounters
No. 102 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Karl Biehlig, the horn is mourning

By Peter Damm

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No. 105 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Reinhold Friedrich, tamer of the trumpet

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 94 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Ensemble de Trompettes de Paris

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 84 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Clifford Brown (1930-1956)

A brief but full life

By Robert L. Watt

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No. 70 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

André Lafosse (1890-1975)

Master of Trombone

By Jean Douay

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No. 69 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

German Brass, Talent and Dynamite

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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