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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

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181 articles

Tell it the way it is: Free
No. 22 • 1978 Digitized

Tell it the way it is:

A viewpoint of professional trumpet playing in the United States

A brutal reality check: Irving Bush exposes the gap between musical dreams and professional truth—revealing the harsh economics behind a career in trumpet playing.

By Irving Bush

Professional life Report Freelance Auditions American school
Mantzaros Philharmonic Society Free
No. 46 • 1984 Digitized

Mantzaros Philharmonic Society

Corfou, Greece

A Corfu musical society founded in 1890 connects European influence, amateur tradition and a trumpet school that trained some 1,200 players.

By Gerassimos Ioannides

Report Band
No. 104 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

The history of King & Benge instruments

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report History Equipment
No. 73 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

West Meets East

Conversation with Peter Schärli

By Jeffrey Agrell

Report
No. 69 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Freddy Hubbard or Jazz Goes to Hollywood

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 111 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

On the trail of brasses in Europe

Krefeld

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 78 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Past and Present of Brass in Czechoslovakia

Special Czechoslovakia

By Helena Havlikova

Report History
No. 102 • 1998 Awaiting digitization

The Streitwieser collection of brass instruments at the Kremsegg Castle

By Friedrich Anzenberger

Report History
No. 73 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Brass in the circus bands of the USSR

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 67 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Toulon 1989

International Competition - Trombone

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 108 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Royal Concertgebow Orchestra

Happy brass players!

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report
No. 108 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Hamamatsu, Music capital of Japan

5th Annual International Festival and Academy for wind instruments

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Event
No. 77 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Blowing over the lowlands of Holland

Special Holland

By Hans Onno Van Den Berg

Report
No. 86 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

Brasses and western music in Turkey

By Luigi Girati

Report
No. 78 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Brass Dynasty

Special Czechoslovakia

By Libuse Burianova

Report History
No. 116 • 2001 Awaiting digitization

Leipziger Horn Quartet (1951-2001)

By Jörg Klemens

Encounters Report
No. 106 • 1999 Awaiting digitization

Guebwiller, international center for wind music

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Event
No. 79 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Narbonne 1992

4th International Brass Quintet Competition

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Competition
No. 88 • 1994 Awaiting digitization

The Symphony Orchestra of the National Academy of St. Cecilia in Rome

By Marco Moroni

Report
No. 78 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Czech Music in USA

Special Czechoslovakia

By Libuse Burianova

Report
No. 57 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

Tubas in Jazz and Popular Music

By Michel Laplace

Report Repertoire
No. 83 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Four musician knights

The fresco of the Hall of Barons in the Castle of Manta

By Carlo Arfinengo

Report History
No. 77 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

Dutch Horn Society 1982-1992

Special Holland

By Louise Schepel

Report
No. 92 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

Harri Lidsle

Master stroke of a young Finnish tubist

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Report Encounters Repertoire
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