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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

History

278 articles

No. 89 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

The Hunting Horn "à la Dampierre"

Reconstruction of the most original baroque hunting horn

By Uwe Bartels

History Equipment
No. 56 • 1986 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Did Bach write the "corne da caccia" part in the B minor Mass for Gottfried Reiche?

By Peter Damm

History Repertoire Historical instruments
No. 58 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

Did Bach write the "corne da caccia" part in the B minor Mass for Gottfried Reiche?

By Peter Damm

History Repertoire Historical instruments
The inner acoustics of the horn Member
No. 3 • 1972 Digitized

The inner acoustics of the horn

Study of the horn’s inner acoustics, explaining how its structure and air column influence tone production and intonation.

By Willi Aebi

Equipment Acoustics History Technique Sound Historical instruments Valves
The trumpet in the north German postal service of the 19th century Member
No. 47 • 1984 Digitized

The trumpet in the north German postal service of the 19th century

For forty years, northern German postilions exchanged the familiar post-horn for trumpets, turning postal signals into an unexpected echo of military practice.

By Albert Hiller

History Historical instruments Valves
No. 98 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

The tomb of Jean-Baptiste Arban in Monaco

By Jean-Luc Dassé

History
Handel Horn Duo located in South America Member
No. 49 • 1985 Digitized

Handel Horn Duo located in South America

A lost 18th-century horn tutor resurfacing through South America completes a Handel duet and preserves strikingly practical advice on horn playing.

By Edward H. Tarr

Repertoire History
No. 68 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

The influence of Berlioz

on contemporary 19th Century use of brass instruments

By Ernest H. Gross

History Repertoire
No. 101 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

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

By Bradley Strauchen

History Encounters
Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos? Member
No. 43 • 1983 Digitized

Part 2

Ornaments in 18th-century Horn Concertos?

Essential ornaments

Natural horn technique left little room for excess: Peter Damm sets 18th-century ornamentation against the practical limits of range, style and notation.

By Peter Damm

Repertoire History Ornaments Interpretation Articulation
Brass instruments from the musical town of Graslitz Member
No. 29 • 1980 Digitized

Brass instruments from the musical town of Graslitz

From 18th-century Graslitz to postwar Bavaria, brass makers rebuilt a vanished musical industry around Miraphone, preserving craft through exile and industrial change.

By Rudolf Limmer

History Instrument Makers Valves Instrument making
No. 69 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

The arab Trumpet I - Brass in the middle East

Brass in the Middle East

By Nassim Maalouf

Report History
No. 105 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

The trombone according to orchestration treatises (France 1700-1914)

By Raymond Lapie

History
No. 104 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

The horn in Madrid in the 18th century

Exclusive revelations in the natural horn in Spain (Valencia & Madrid)

By Javier Bonet Manrique

Report History
How and why I became a musician Member
No. 53 • 1986 Digitized

Part 4

How and why I became a musician

In Geneva on the eve of war, Edouard Gros navigates Ansermet’s demanding orchestra, summer trumpet engagements and the sudden upheaval of military mobilisation.

By Edouard Gros

Professional life History Orchestral playing Freelance
Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) Biography Member
No. 12 • 1975 Digitized

Part 4

Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) Biography

IV. The Conflict

Fame or duty—can you have both? At the height of his career, Jean-Baptiste Arban is forced to choose between international success and his post at the Paris Conservatoire… and pays the price.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

History
The Trumpet in the Works of Jean-Philippe Rameau Free
No. 35 • 1981 Digitized

The Trumpet in the Works of Jean-Philippe Rameau

From court entertainments to operatic dances, Rameau’s trumpet writing reveals uncommon technical demands and a broader palette of Baroque brass practice.

By Albert Hiller

History Repertoire Historical instruments Interpretation
Member
No. 1 • 1971 Digitized

The Horn in France

Historical overview of the horn in France by Daniel Bourgue, covering instruments, makers, pedagogy and the evolution of tone and playing style.

By Daniel Bourgue

History Equipment Technique French school Sound Valves Historical instruments
No. 99 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Schubertian Trombones

By J. Richard Raum

History
No. 57 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

Did Bach write the "corne da caccia" part in the B minor Mass for Gottfried Reiche?

By Peter Damm

History Repertoire Historical instruments
No. 66 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Palmer Traulsen

One of the great masters of the Scandinavian trombone school

By Michael Lind

History Encounters
No. 86 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Chinese musicians in Okinawa

By Fujio Nakayama

History
No. 104 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

The history of King & Benge instruments

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report History Equipment
No. 116 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

The Brass World (1965-1976)

By Robert Weast

History
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