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BrassBulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

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14 articles

The Newcomer Free
No. 55 • 1986 Digitized

The Newcomer

After 25 years as an undisputed orchestral authority, a German trombonist faces a new generation whose virtuosity unsettles the familiar hierarchy of his section.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Short story Orchestral playing Auditions
A New Job¹ Member
No. 51 • 1985 Digitized

A New Job¹

A professional horn player faces a late chance to change course, as routine, ambition and the unnerving reality of an orchestral audition collide.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Short story Professional life Auditions Orchestral playing
No. 79 • 1992 Awaiting digitization

The weirdest summer story

A strange cult

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Short story
No. 60 • 1987 Awaiting digitization

The Miracle Mouthpiece

A Christmas story for brass players

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Short story
No. 73 • 1991 Awaiting digitization

A dream?

A Visit to a mouthpiece maker

By Markus Stockhausen

Short story
No. 65 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

A Workshop Tale

By Kees Van Hage

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No. 82 • 1993 Awaiting digitization

Sophie, or the story of wisdom regained

A midsummer's tale

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Short story
No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Interpretation class

By Edouard Gros

Short story
No. 63 • 1988 Awaiting digitization

Anthony Plog in recital

20:38 - 20:42 (2 pictures)

By Anonyme

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A Little Trumpet Music Free
No. 50 • 1985 Digitized

A Little Trumpet Music

Stage fright, high A’s and a D trumpet turn an orchestral concert into an intimate account of the moment anxiety finally gives way to music.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Short story Nerves Mental approach
No. 65 • 1989 Awaiting digitization

Stories

Leopold Stokowski. Klecki's temper. "Adolphe!". Keilberth, a kick in the rear. Rubinstein's nerves.

By Edouard Gros

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No. 92 • 1995 Awaiting digitization

The parable of the bon vivant

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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The powdered tuba or the strange illness of Stanley Cooper¹ Member
No. 52 • 1985 Digitized

The powdered tuba or the strange illness of Stanley Cooper¹

A gifted tubist develops an alarming appetite for his instrument, as Jean-Pierre Mathez turns orchestral life into a darkly absurd tale of musical solidarity.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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Editorial Free
No. 47 • 1984 Digitized

Editorial

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A ghostly Arban returns in 1984 to find virtuosity thriving, instruments transformed and a brass world whose progress leaves its greatest pedagogue strangely displaced.

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

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