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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

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181 articles

The first european horn symposium Free
No. 33 • 1981 Digitized

The first european horn symposium

A week in Trossingen brought leading horn players, Mozart debates, natural-horn controversies and lasting friendships at a landmark European gathering.

By Jeffrey Agrell

Event Report Interpretation Contemporary Music Brass Ensemble
No. 89 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

The Brass College of French Switzerland (CCSR)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 113 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

International Trumpet Guild 25th Anniversary Conference - May 24-27, 2000

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Event
No. 56 • 1986 Awaiting digitization

ITG Conference 1986, London

a personal view

By Colin Bloch

Report Event
No. 70 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

The arab Trumpet II - Brass in the Middle East

Brass in the Middle East

By Nassim Maalouf

Report History
No. 105 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Brasses in Dombes

By Jeremy Mathez

Report Event
Barcs 1984 Free
No. 48 • 1984 Digitized

Special Hungary

Barcs 1984

First International Brass Ensemble Competition

A small Hungarian town became a testing ground for brass chamber music, where young ensembles showed how quickly the discipline was coming of age.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Competition Report Brass Ensemble
No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Brass players in China

By Jean-Pierre Besançon

Report
No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Donald Green

Trumpet player of the Los Angeles Philharmonic

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Encounters
No. 62 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Frankfurt Musik Fair 1988

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Event
No. 69 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

A brief survey of the historical evolution of our instruments

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report History
No. 80 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Wooden instruments in the band of Mühlbach

Special Austria

By Thomas Hochradner

Report Equipment
No. 116 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Guebwiller 2001 - Philip Jones International Competition - horn and brass ensembles

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 79 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

New York Philharmonic Orchestra

1842-1992 - 150th Anniversary

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Stockholm Chamber Brass

1st Prize, Narbonne 1988

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Encounters Competition
The Brass Sections of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Free
No. 42 • 1983 Digitized

The Brass Sections of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

An international brass section takes shape in post-war New Zealand, where orchestral careers mingle with touring bands, immigration and some remarkably unconventional detours.

By Thomas Aitken

Report Encounters Orchestral playing
No. 64 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

2nd International "Maurice André" Trumpet Competition (1988)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 105 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Bb or C trumpet? A true story

By Irving Bush

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Frankfurt Special 1979 Free
No. 26 • 1979 Digitized

Frankfurt Special 1979

Music Fair

Jean-Pierre Mathez surveys the Frankfurt Music Fair, tracing makers, markets and competition, and outlining a brass landscape shaped by adjustment rather than innovation.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Event Report Instrument making
No. 79 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Trombone Quartets

By Benny Sluchin

Report Repertoire
No. 109 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Philip Jones 12.3.1928 - 17.01.2000

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 56 • 1986 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Tubas in Jazz and Popular Music

By Michel Laplace

Report Repertoire
No. 80 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

The rich tradition of brass playing in Austria

Special Austria

By Wolfgang Suppan

Report History
No. 108 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Sociedad Musical Instructiva Santa Cecilia

By Elisabeth Brusa

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