Brass Bulletin

International Magazine for Brass Players

The Brass Bulletin archives (1971-2003) will soon be digitalized. The 124 issues are currently being scanned and available for download. Meanwhile, we'd like to offer the very first issues which started a fabulous journey of 124 publications for over 30 years!

  • List of articles
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Editorial (page 04-05)
    Peter Damm
    300 Years of the Horn [II] ... in the Dresden Court Orchestra (page 19-41)
    Robert Coutet
    Henri RENART (1887-1979) - Interview (page 43-51)
    Joel Elias
    Basics in breathing: an outline to a better sound (page 53-58)
    Christopher Leuba
    A study of musical intonation (page 59-74)
    David O'Meara
    Brass studies in Australia (page 75-78)
    Rolf Urs Ringger
    Serious Music this side of the ghetto (page 79-83)
    James Stamp
    Practical Hints III (page 84)

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    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Editorial [10 Years BB] (page 03)
    Jeffrey Agrell
    The first european horn symposium (page 13-16)
    Dr. Emilie Mende
    Dr.h.c.BERNOULLI [1904-1980] - Necrology of a great collector (page 22-23)
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    EMPIRE BRASS QUINTET - Portrait in brief (page 27-28)
    John Davies
    Brass and Strings: A note on personality types among musicians (page 33-40)
    Thomas Stevens
    The trumpet in the US: Gadgets II (page 41)
    Roger Bobo
    Arnold JACOBS - Interview I (page 43-50)
    James Stamp
    Practical Hints IV (page 51)
    Michel Ricquier
    The subsconscious, a useful friend (page 53-58)
    Christopher Leuba
    A study of musical intonation II (page 59-67)
    Emile Ferron
    Harmonics or partials? (page 69)
    Dr. Emilie Mende
    Book presentation: Musical life in Antiquity... by F. Behn (page 87-97)

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    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Editorial (page 03)
    Christopher Leuba
    A study of musical intonation (page 05-12)
    Deborah M. Olsen
    Music in an American Frontier Communal Society I (Aurora Colony) (page 13-22)
    Sergej Gorovoj
    Viktor VENGLOWSKI: Musician and Teacher (page 23-26)
    James Stamp
    Practical Hints V (page 27)
    William F. Cramer
    Blowing as a body function (page 29-36)
    Roger Bobo
    Arnold JACOBS - Interview II [End] (page 37-44)
    Emile Ferron
    Instrument Making and the Ear (page 45-50)
    Uwe Schwandt
    Herpes labialis [lip sores] - A brass players' affliction (page 51-54)
    Max Sommerhalder
    Working with the Posaunenchor (page 55-59)
    Dr. Emilie Mende
    Comments: Dr. Kurt Taut, The Beginnings of Hunt Music (page 73-76)

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    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Editorial (page 03)
    Benny Sluchin
    Playing and singing simultaneously on brass instruments (page 05-11)
    Dr. Robert Reifsnyder
    A Short History of the Euphonium in America (page 13-21)
    Anatoly Barantsev
    Vitaly BUJANOWSKY - The world's Golden Horn (page 23-31)
    K. A. Wilke
    The Haydn Trumpet Concerto 1796-1996 I (page 33-40)
    David P. Searfoss
    The Audition System: Why American Musicians Emigrate (page 41-48)
    Fujio Nakayama
    Japanese painting from the 18th century (page 44-45)
    Deborah M. Olsen
    Music in an American Frontier Communal Society II (page 49-58)
    Albert Hiller
    The Trumpet in the Works of J.-Ph. Rameau (page 59-66)
    James Stamp
    Practical Hints VI (page 67)

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    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Editorial [International competitions - Time, a perishable commodity...] (page 03-06)
    John Goodwin
    Brass instrument research at Surrey University [GB] (page 08-17)
    Benny Sluchin
    Playing and singing simultaneously on brass instruments II (page 18-25)
    Jeffrey Agrell
    Interview with Hans Pizka (page 26-31)
    K. A. Wilke
    The Haydn Trumpet Concerto II (page 34-41)
    James Stamp
    Practical Hints VII (page 45)
    Martin Engelbrecht
    Trumpetmakers [Augsburg ca 1740] cooper-plate (page 48-49)
    Howard Weiner
    The trombone: changing times, changing slide positions (page 52-63)
    Deborah M. Olsen
    Music in an American Frontier Communal Society III (page 64-77)
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Rudolf KELTERBORN [*1931] Portrait + Esquisse, 1981, for 4 horns (page FC)

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    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    EDITORIAL (page 04-05)
    Thomas Stevens
    The Confidence Pill (page 08-09)
    Herman Jeurissen
    De Midwinterhoorn' - The Midwinter Horn (page 11-13)
    Viktor Sumerkin
    P.N.VOLKOV [1877-1933]1.trombone professor at St.Petersburg Conservatory (page 15-18)
    Benny Sluchin
    Playing and singing simultaneously on brass instruments III (End) (page 20-28)
    K. A. Wilke
    The Haydn Trumpet Concerto III End (page 30-38)
    Rolf Quinque
    ASA-Method - ASA-Technic (page 45-46)
    Benny Sluchin
    The Annual Competitions of the Paris Conservatoire (page 47-48)
    P. Kenny, John Davies
    The Measurement of Mouthpiece Pressure (page 50-54)
    Heinz Burum
    My Experiences with colleagues and pupils I (page 58-67)
    Philip Jones
    1981 Geneva International Competition (page 79-81)
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    David SAMPSON [*1951 USA] Portrait + Flight, 1982, for 3 trumpets (page FC)

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    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    EDITORIAL (page 05)
    Viktor Sumerkin
    Vladislav M. BLAZHEVICH (1881-1942): Trombonist, Composer and Teacher (page 07-08)
    Jeffrey Agrell
    Listening (page 09-14)
    Albert Hiller
    Unknown Treasures for Trumpet Ensembles (page 15-24)
    J. M. Bowsher, P. S. Watkinson
    Manufacturers' Opinions about Brass Instruments (page 25-30)
    Dr. Wilhelm Ehmann
    100 Years of Kuhlo's Posaunenchor Book (page 33-53)
    Carl Mayer
    The Music Enthusiast [Collection H. Osswald] (page 36-37)
    Volker Roth
    Catalog of european musical instrument at German nat. Museum Nurnberg (page 65-69)
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Conrad BECK [1901-1989-CH] Portrait + Aperçus, 1982, for 4 horns (page FC)

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  • List of articles
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Editorial (page 04-05)
    Ursula Menzel
    Early Brass Instruments and Restoration (page 06-12)
    K. A. Wilke
    James STAMP - Subtle teaching (page 14-21)
    Dr. med. Wilfried Buck
    A Miracle Pill for Stage Fright? (page 23-25)
    Daniel Bourgue
    The French Hunting horn, its history, its technique and its music (page 26-38)
    Sue Scott
    The Streiwieser Foundation Historic Trumpet Museum [USA] (page 39-43)
    Jacques Poncet
    The hunting horn (page 45-47)
    Jean Gotthold
    Thoughts on the Bass Trombone (page 49-51)
    Albert Hiller
    Jean-Baptiste PRIN - A tromba marine virtuoso (page 53-58)
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Jean FRANCAIX [*1912 -F] Portrait + La Météo, 1982, for ens08 (3311) (page FC)

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    Dr. Christian Baechler
    Nerves, Pills and Doping (page 04-09)
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Editorial (page 11-12)
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Yamaha - an ambitious giant (page 14-24)
    Edgar Bürger
    Mouthpiece pressure in Horn Playing (page 27-31)
    Max Thein, Heinrich Thein
    Alto Trombone - New Models (page 33)
    Peter Hirsbrunner
    The history of the big York-Hirsbrunner Tuba (page 34-39)
    Jeffrey Agrell
    Jazz and the Horn (page 41-45)
    Fujio Nakayama
    Japanese watercolour [tp? early 18th century] (page 45a-48a)
    Anatoly Barantsev
    Akim A. KOZLOV - A Trombone Artist (page 46-52)
    Ch. Bernsdorff-Engelbrecht
    Horn and Harp (page 54-57)
    Jack Holland
    An Introduction to In Tune, the Scale of Just Intonation (page 58-64)
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Albert BENZ [*1927-199?-CH]Portrait + Swiss Mountain Idyl, Brass Quintet (page FC)

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  • List of articles
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Editorial (page 07-09)
    Dr. Rudolf Lewy
    The Wrong Brass? (page 10-15)
    Louis Davidson
    The attack (page 16-19)
    Jeffrey Agrell
    Julius WATKINS - Jazz and the Horn (page 20-23)
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    Musical Piracy: Plagiarism, Photocopying (page 25-27)
    Dejonker, Miller, Sneppe, Francis Orval
    Oscillatory Mechanism of the Glotis in Horn Playing (page 28-35)
    J. Schliessmann
    A Fluegelhorn solo' wood-cut from a drawing [1881]' (page 36)
    Sergej Gorovoj
    Science and Technologiy in Trombone Teaching (page 37-38)
    Boyde Hood
    10 Outstanding Trumpet Players in the Los Angeles Area (page 43-53)
    Jean-Pierre Mathez
    B. KROL [*1920 D] Composer Portrait + Dopple-Duo, 1983, for 4 horns (page FC)

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