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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

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181 articles

No. 103 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Narbonne 1998

7th annual international brass quintet competition

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Freiburg im Breisgau, exemplary brass classes

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Teaching
No. 86 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Royal College of Music London

Tradition and evolution of the brass classes

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report History Teaching
No. 69 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Hans Bode (1895-1980)

My acquaintance with a great trumpet player

By Walter Schetsche

Report Encounters
My contacts with the United States Member
No. 17 • 1977 Digitized

Part 2

My contacts with the United States

About horns and how to play them

Double horn, descant, natural horn — which path? This article explores American vs German approaches and what it means to train a complete horn player.

By Michael Höltzel

Report Professional life American school German school Sociology
No. 107 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Pilisvörösvar 1999

1st international competition for trumpet

By Max Sommerhalder

Report Competition
No. 107 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Kelly Anne Parkes. Australian, woman, trumpeter

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Encounters
No. 84 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Kiev Post

By Kamel Haddag

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No. 85 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Edinburgh University Collection of Historical Musical Instruments

By Arnold Myers, Raymond Park

Report History
No. 124 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

5th International “Maurice André” Trumpet Competition (2003)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 113 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon (CNSML)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Teaching
No. 101 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Brass chamber music in Britain

By John Wallace, Anneke Scott, Robert Samuel

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No. 65 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Barcs

Building the future

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 115 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

The horn in China

By Thomas Crome

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Montreux 1976 - First international brass congress Free
No. 15 • 1976 Digitized

Montreux 1976 - First international brass congress

Montreux 1976: beyond the spectacle. Between virtuosity, ego, and isolation, Alfred Willener questions the very meaning of the brass world.

By Alfred Willener

Report Event Sociology Ideas
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No. 2 • 1972 Digitized

20th International music contest Munich 1971

Report on the trumpet competition

Critical report on the 1971 Munich International trumpet competition, assessing performances, jury decisions and emerging talents.

By Frieder Held

Competition Report
No. 77 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Stars and Stripes in European Brass?

Special Holland

By Willem Ouwerkerk

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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. 103 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

The spectacular rise of the euphonium

Interview with Steven Mead

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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No. 101 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

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The present student & professor population at the RAM

By Leyla Guines, John Wallace

Report Teaching
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
Comments on the First International Brass Congress Free
No. 15 • 1976 Digitized

Comments on the First International Brass Congress

Montreux 1976

National styles or personal voice? Roger Bobo finds in Montreux that individuality prevails—yet notes the absence of key traditions.

By Roger Bobo

Report Event Sociology Ideas
No. 56 • 1986 Awaiting digitization

ARD Music Competition in Munich 1986

Once again trumpet, after six years

By Edward H. Tarr

Report Competition
No. 88 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

School of trumpet in Liège

By Rosario Macaluso

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