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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

Encounters

248 articles

No. 60 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Conrad and Johann Bauer

two trombone players

By Bert Noglik

Encounters
No. 92 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Harri Lidsle

Master stroke of a young Finnish tubist

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Encounters Repertoire
No. 61 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Hakan Hardenberger

The conquest of the future

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters
No. 64 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

Homage to Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1992)

By Michel Laplace

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No. 107 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Christian Lindberg, trombone on fire !

Interview

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 113 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

The fine story of Andrea Bandini, the Tuscan

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 81 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Göteborg, where the arts are king

Bengt Eklund

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 87 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Maurice André

New directions

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 104 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

The Canadian Brass

28 years young!

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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Cleveland Orchestra Audition in 1966 Free
No. 31 • 1980 Digitized

Cleveland Orchestra Audition in 1966

George Szell’s demanding 1966 audition process unfolds through orchestral excerpts, dynamic extremes and the search for absolute ensemble precision.

By Ronald T. Bishop

Encounters Professional life Auditions Orchestral playing Intonation
No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Atlantic Brass Quintet

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Encounters
No. 77 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

André Heuvelman, trumpet player, 26 years old

Special Holland

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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Harry James (1916-1983) Member
No. 45 • 1984 Digitized

Harry James (1916-1983)

Young Man With A Horn

Harry James stood between jazz virtuosity and popular showmanship, turning the trumpet into a mass-audience voice without losing the respect of classical players.

By Michel Laplace

Encounters History Jazz Solo playing
No. 118 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

The natural trumpet a natural approach

By Susan Williams

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No. 98 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Miroslav Kejmar

Principal trumpet of the Czech Philharmonic

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 97 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Part 4

Brass Bulletin 1971-1996, the fruit of the passion

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 93 • 1996 Awaiting digitization

Sam Pilafian

Traveling tubist

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 98 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Angelo Galletti, Hornist and collector

Of curious mind and cusrious character, this man of 84 years has never stopped examining and critiquing the world. A remarkable story about a amn and his love/hate relationship with his twin passions

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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Melvyn Poore Free
No. 46 • 1984 Digitized

Melvyn Poore

Tuba britannica

A tuba becomes a laboratory for circular breathing, reeds, strange mutes and music theatre as Melvyn Poore pushes beyond the orchestral role assigned to it.

By Thomas Aitken

Encounters Contemporary Music Solo playing
No. 66 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Interview with Paul Spörri

Principal trumoet of the Berlin Philharmonie

By Heinz Klose

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No. 117 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Antoine Acquisto

A trumpet in full bloom

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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Akim Alexeyevich Kozlov Member
No. 40 • 1982 Digitized

Akim Alexeyevich Kozlov

A Trombone Artist

Behind decades of orchestral excellence, one trombonist shaped a school of playing whose influence reached far beyond Leningrad and the concert hall.

By Anatoly Barantsev

Encounters Teaching Russian school Orchestral playing Intonation
No. 113 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Roland Schnorhk, Orchestral Soloist

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 117 • 2002 Awaiting digitization

Walter Gleissle (1919-1961)

My father the trumpeter

By Helmut Gleissle

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