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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

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145 articles

Brass Chamber Music in Hungary Member
No. 48 • 1984 Digitized

Special Hungary

Brass Chamber Music in Hungary

Ancient horns, military signals and postwar ensembles meet in a Hungarian brass tradition shaped as much by education and composers as by performers.

By Frigyes Varasdy

Repertoire History Brass Ensemble
No. 56 • 1986 Awaiting digitization

Part 1

Tubas in Jazz and Popular Music

By Michel Laplace

Report Repertoire
The brass septet tradition in Finland Free
No. 21 • 1978 Digitized

The brass septet tradition in Finland

A hidden tradition revealed: over 200 Finnish brass septets shaped regional music life—blending military roots, festivals, and composers like Sibelius into a living legacy.

By Kauko Karjalainen

History Repertoire Sociology
No. 60 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

Part 3

Jazz Improvisation

The melodic minor scale 1

By Charlie Shoemake

Repertoire Teaching
No. 122 • 2003 Awaiting digitization

Keyed and valved bugles, cornets and trumpets in french grand opera

By William E. Runyan

History Repertoire
Scraps of Thoughts and Memories concerning “Passages” for trumpet and strings Free
No. 18 • 1977 Digitized

Scraps of Thoughts and Memories concerning “Passages” for trumpet and strings

Between waiting and movement, Passages reimagines soloist and orchestra—inviting exploration, listening, and the acceptance of the unexpected.

By Victor Fenigstein

Repertoire Contemporary Music Ideas
Member
No. 12 • 1975 Digitized

Indeterminate instrumentation

A Way of Extending Instrumental Technic

Can technique go beyond notation? James Fulkerson explores new instrumental possibilities and argues that improvisation is key to expanding both technique and musical thinking.

By James Fulkerson

Technique Repertoire Contemporary Music Improvisation Ideas
No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

The tuba in the brass quintet

By Mel Culbertson

Technique Repertoire
No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Unknown trumpet works which deserve attention

Joseph Riepel (1709-1782), Concerto in D major

By Albert Hiller

Repertoire
No. 109 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Robert Davis King (1914-1999)

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Repertoire
Why pretend to be Mozart? Free
No. 14 • 1976 Digitized

Why pretend to be Mozart?

Reply to Bernhard Krol

Should a cadenza imitate Mozart? Peter Damm argues for stylistic fidelity without imitation—at the heart of a debate with Bernhard Krol.

By Peter Damm

Repertoire Interpretation Ornaments Ideas
No. 72 • 1990 Awaiting digitization

Jan Koetsier

Composer for the glory of the brasses

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Repertoire
No. 110 • 2000 Awaiting digitization

Part 2

A sensational dicovery: 12 brass quintets (1850) by Jean Bellon

By Raymond Lapie

Repertoire
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
Free
No. 23 • 1978 Digitized

Symphonic tuba playing

A warning from the orchestra: Lewis Waldeck challenges modern tuba playing—calling for a return from solo brilliance to the dark, blended power of true symphonic sound.

By Lewis Waldeck

Technique Repertoire Sound Interpretation Orchestral playing
Free
No. 16 • 1976 Digitized

General Brass Catalogue

A special issue for the brass world: the General Catalogue brings together instruments, music, and accessories—offering a unique global overview.

Equipment Repertoire
No. 75 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

Sigismund Neukomm (1778-1858) and the trombone

By Raymond Lapie

Repertoire
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
Member
No. 12 • 1975 Digitized

Savoir de quelle note on parle

(only in French)

Can pitch be defined clearly without a shared reference? Ischer exposes confusion (octaves, partials/harmonics) and calls for an acoustic basis.

By Robert Ischer

Repertoire
No. 84 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Vinko Globokar

The Rebel

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Encounters Repertoire
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
No. 97 • 1997 Awaiting digitization

Cyfartha Castle: The origin of the species

The repertoire of the Cyfartha Band is unique among all known sources for brass music

By Herbert Trevor

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