History

Part 2

Brass music in Slovenia

By Igor Krivokapic

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.

By Edouard Gros

Part 3

A look at the evolution of the valved cornet and its repertoire

By Géry Dumoulin

The trombone with 6 independent valves

Technical analysis of the trombone with six independent valves, examining its mechanics, extended range and potential for new repertoire.

By Edmond Leloir

Thomas Harper Junior (1816-1898)

Travelling Through Time

By John Hutchins

Part 2

A short history of the tuba in Russia

By Alexeï Levachkine

Part 1

The solo trombone of the bohemian baroque

By Ken Shifrin

The 18th century musician in a changing society

By J. Richard Raum

On hunting horns and other similar instruments

From Pierre Trichet’s Traité des Instruments de Musique (c. 1640)

Hunting horns, buccinae and cornets blur into one another as Trichet links ancient signals, shepherds, hunters and myth to the instruments of his own age.

By Pierre Trichet

The Venetian Connection

The Bassano Family

By Peter Goodwin

1796-1908: the long sleep of the Haydn trumpet concerto...

By Hans-Joachim Krumpfer

The hunting horn

Long-held beliefs about the French hunting horn are challenged as forgotten playing practices and Baroque traditions reshape its early history and repertoire.

By Jacques Poncet

Part 4

On the early history of valves and valve instruments in Germany (1814-1833)

Poverty, patents and workshop rivalries shaped the first German valve instruments, from Blühmel and Stoelzel to the Vienna and Mainz systems.

By Herbert Heyde

Christmas brass playing in Bohemia and Moravia

By Jan Trojan

100 Years of Kuhlo's Posaunenchor Book

A century-old brass choir book reveals how revivalist faith, Bach chorales, folk song, and practical notation reshaped church music.

By Wilhelm Ehmann