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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!

Brass Bulletin N° 52, IV - 1985

International Magazine for Brass Players

Out of print

Edouard Gros
How and why I became a musician III (page 13-14)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Editorial (page 13-14)
Stephan Suter
Instrument Makers in USA V - Lawson Horns (page 15-19)
Michel Laplace
The trombone in Jazz and Popular Music III (page 20-28)
Taku Satoh
Salvation Army in Japan (page 30-34)
William F. Cramer
Valsalva Maneuver - Why? (page 36-38)
Raymond Fonseque
Good intonation on the trombone (page 47-52)
Anonyme
The Tory Band, lithography, 2nd half of 19th century (page 54-55)
Anonyme
The Art of the Musical Instrument Maker 1: The trumpet [excerpts] (page 57-59)
E. Toplas
Litho ['Le Monde Illustré, Paris pendant les jours gras,1873] (page 60)
Jeffrey Agrell
Jazz and the Horn - John CLARK interviewed by Tom Varner (page 61-65)
Benny Sluchin
Trombone workshops (page 67-69)
Albert Hiller
The Unusual Trumpet in the Nürnberg Transport Museum (page 72-73)
Hans-Joachim Drechsler
Individuality and Uniformity in Brass Players (page 74-78)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
The powdered tuba or the strange illness of Stanley Cooper (page 81-82)
Stephan Suter
Instrument Makers in USA IV - S.W.Lewis Orchestral Horns (page 90-94)
Anonyme
Angel blowing a horn, woodcarving, Spain 17th c. [ca 90cm wide] (page I)

Brass Bulletin N° 53, I - 1986

International Magazine for Brass Players

Out of print

Jean-Pierre Mathez
Editorial Homage to James Stamp (page 03-04)
Thomas Stevens
Homage to James Stamp [1904-1985] (page 03-04)
Stephan Suter
Instrument making in USA VI-VII - Holton/Leblanc/Martin (page 109-115)
Anonyme
Illustration from the J.G. Seeling factory catalogue, Dresden 1906 (page 116)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Bad Säckingen - Trumpet museum (page 17-27)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Editorial Special Finnland'' (page 29-35)
Kauko Karjalainen
Brass achieves academic respectability (page 36-39)
Timo Mäkinen
Lauri OJALA [*1918] - Finnish trumpet virtuoso (page 40-48)
Holger Fransman
The brass band tradition in Finland (page 49-51)
Simo Kanerva
A brief survey of the history of the Finnish brass music (page 52-55)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Holger FRANSMAN - The great finnish horn player and teacher (page 56-65)
A. Gallen-Kallela
Kullervo goes to war [fresco, 1901 - Atheneum, Helsinki] (page 58-59)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
The national brass associations in Finland (page 67-68)
Dr. Klaus Winkler
Modern editions of original 17th-century brass ensemble music (page 69-80)
Edouard Gros
How and Why I Became a Musician IV (page 81-85)
Albert Edelfelt
Young shephard from Carelia [Finland, Atheneum, Helsinki] (page I)

Brass Bulletin N° 54, II - 1986

International Magazine for Brass Players

Out of print

Jean-Pierre Mathez
Editorial (page 03-04)
Edward H. Tarr
The coiled Hunting Instrument by J.W. Haas in Bad Säckingen (page 08-22)
Jeffrey Agrell
Jazz and the Horn: interview with Dale Clevenger [by Steve Lewis] (page 104-107)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Brass Techniques: The Brain (page 24-27)
Robert Ischer
Sophrology and Music (page 29-36)
Markus Stockhausen
The mute belt (page 38-45)
Thomas Aitken
British brass players training (page 48-59)
Michio Sugihara
The Oldest Concert Band in Japan (page 62-64)
Benny Sluchin
Frenquency and Pitch (page 66-67)
Edouard Gros
How and why I became a musician V (page 69-73)
Stephan Suter
Instrument making in USA VIII - Getzen (page 75-78)
Karl Hachenberg
Points and areas of corrosion in brass instruments (page 99-102)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Sumo-Fighter and Tuba [Photography] (page I)

Brass Bulletin N° 55, III - 1986

International Magazine for Brass Players

Out of print

Jean-Pierre Mathez
Editorial [In regognition of the PJBE] (page 03-05)
P. Bauer
In the court gardens of Munich, lithography 1891 (page 112)
Edouard Gros
How and why I became a musician VI (page 15-19)
Anonyme
The Art of the Musical Instrument Maker [Paris, 1795] II [Extracts] (page 20-21)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
The New One (page 23-24)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Markneukirchen Competition 1986 - A brief review (page 25-27)
Roland Schnohrk
Markneukirchen 1986 trombone competition (page 27-29)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Brass Techniques: The Body (page 30-32)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
NARBONNE 1986 1st International Brass Quintet Competition (page 33-37)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
NARBONNE 1986: Anonymous Brass Quintet Budapest, 1st Prize (page 39-40)
Dr. Herbert Heyde
Horns and Huntmen's trumpets (page 42-56)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Doc Severinsen - Talent, will and glory [short biography] (page 58-63)
Michael Struck-Schloen
From musical wallpaper to the twelve-note row I (page 6-14)
John Stork
Understanding the mouthpiece (page 64-68)
Michel Laplace
George Swift, You see who I mean? (page 69-73)
Yuri Usov
Georgiy A. Orvid - Portrait of a distinguished Russian trumpeter (page 75-79)
Stephan Suter
Instrument making in USA IX - Yamaha Music Products (page 81-84)

Brass Bulletin N° 56, IV - 1986

International Magazine for Brass Players

Out of print

Jean-Pierre Mathez
Editorial (page 03-06)
Stephan Suter
Instrument making in USA X - BLESSING (page 105-107)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Brass Techniques: The ear (page 12-14)
Anonyme
The Art of the Musical Instrument Maker [Paris, 1795] III [extracts] (page 15-16)
Michel Laplace
Tubas in jazz and popular music I (page 18-22)
Michael Struck-Schloen
Between Furniture Music and Twelve-Note Concerto II (page 24-32)
Colin Bloch
ITG Conference, London 1986: a personal view (page 34-38)
Edouard Gros
How and why I became a musician VII [end] (page 39-43)
Balint A. Varga
György Geiger - A Giant of a trumpeter [Hungary] (page 44-48)
Paul Roth
Unpleasant neighbourghood' - woodcut 1865' (page 49)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Winners of the Munich Competition [1952-1985] (page 5)
Anatoly Barantsev
Yuriy A. BOL'SHIYANOV - A Russian Trumpeter (page 51-53)
Fournier
Régiment d'Infanterie - lithography, Paris 19th c. (page 54-55)
Peter Damm
Did Bach write the corne da caccia part in B min Mass for Reiche? I (page 61-73)
Edward H. Tarr
MUNICH 1986: Trumpet Competition [R. Friedrich, U. Agnas, G. Vosburgh] (page 7-11)
Dr. Klaus Winkler
Trombone and Organ, A Dialog I (page 75-89)
Hoover & Son
Litho Philadelphia 1904' (page I)

Brass Bulletin N° 57, I - 1987

International Magazine for Brass Players

Out of print

Jean-Pierre Mathez
Editorial (page 03-05)
Anonyme
F. Besson Musical Instruments woodcut, England 1885 (page 112)
Thomas Stevens
Can jazz performance be taught? A profile of Charlie Shoemake (page 13-19)
René Caussée, Benny Sluchin
Mutes for brass instruments (page 20-39)
Dr. Klaus Winkler
Trombone and organ: a dialog II [end] (page 41-49)
Beryl Kenyon De Pascual
José de Juan Martínez's tutor for the circular hand-stopped tp [1830] (page 50-65)
Anonyme
The tile with the timpanist - Tile of the 18th c., Spain [Valencia] (page 56-57)
Peter Damm
Did Bach write the corne part in B min Mass for G. Reiche? II (page 67-79)
John Stork, Phyllis Stork
Dr Mouthpiece - Resistance and the brass player (page 7-11)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Brass Techniques: Breathing (page 80-81)
Michel Laplace
Tubas in jazz and popular music II (end) (page 84-88)
Anonyme
Royal Garde Music of Bayern [Lithography, Munich, 1840] (page I)

Brass Bulletin N° 58, II - 1987

International Magazine for Brass Players

Out of print

Jean-Pierre Mathez
Editorial (page 07-08)
Adam F. Van der Meulen
Pareforce hornplayer (page 100)
Charlie Shoemake
Jazz improvisation I: Major scale - chord-scale relationship (page 13-16)
Günter Dullat
Reminisences of modified rotary valves (page 18-28)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Brass Techniques: The lips (page 30-33)
Craig Kridel
One step for intonation: one giant step for the serpent (page 36-39)
Michel Laplace
Fat's [Navarro] heirs (page 42-48)
Margaret Downie Banks
17th and 18th c. brass instruments at the Music Museum Vermillon [USA] (page 50-59)
Peter Damm
Did Bach write the corne part in the B min. Mass for G. Reiche? III end (page 63-69)
Thomas Stevens
David Monette - Profile (page 71)
Anonyme
Postcard [Germany 1910]: cond./soloist Ladies-Orch. Diana' [photogr.]' (page 73)
E. Emay
Four Musicians [drawing or aquarel] - Austria 1900 [R. Delmotte] (page I)

Brass Bulletin N° 59, III - 1987

International Magazine for Brass Players

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Jean-Pierre Mathez
Editorial (page 03-04)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Branimir SLOKAR - Biography (page 10-16)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
12th International trumpet competition - Toulon 1987 (page 109-116)
Charlie Shoemake
Jazz Improvisation II - The harmonic minor scale (page 18-22)
John Stork, Phyllis Stork
Dr Mouthpiece - Flesh meets metal I: The rim (page 23-25)
Albert Hiller
The early 19th-century invention-posthorn (page 27-34)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Brass Techniques: Posture (page 36-37)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
2nd International Brass Festival - Verona (Italy) 1987 (page 40-41)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Roger DELMOTTE - A French trumpet player (page 48-55)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Louis Aubertin, French instrument makers: last representative (page 56-62)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Wynton MARSALIS - Interview (page 64-68)
Henry Parramon
Trumpeter to Louis XV - Pierre Vilhardin de Belleau (page 70-81)
Anonyme
Trombone Player [aquarelle] (page I)

Brass Bulletin N° 60, IV - 1987

International Magazine for Brass Players

Out of print

Jean-Pierre Mathez
Editorial (page 03-07)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
The Miracle Mouthpiece - A Christmas story (page 11-14)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Brass Techniques: The eyes (page 116-118)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Markneukirchen musical instrument museum (page 21-27)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
VEB, Markneukirchen - A tour of the factory and workshops in pictures (page 28-32)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Brass instruments from Markneukirchen (page 3-7)
Peter Damm
The horn in the GRD - a chat with Peter Damm (page 33-37)
Bert Noglik
Conrad and Johann Bauer, two trombone players (page 38-40)
Ludwig Güttler
An interview with Ludwig Güttler (page 41-43)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Hans-Joachim Krumpfer or: teaching as a vocation (page 45-46)
John Stork, Phyllis Stork
Dr Mouthpiece - Flesh Meets Metal II: Rim width (page 47-49)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Instrument makers in Europe: Kalison, Milano (page 52-64)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Maurice André... Better than ever! (page 66-72)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Bernard Soustrot - portrait (page 76-79)
Charlie Shoemake
Jazz improvisation III: the melodic minor scale (page 82-85)

Brass Bulletin N° 61, I - 1988

International Magazine for Brass Players

Reference: BB061
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Thomas Stevens
U.S.A. Profile - Bob Malone (page 103)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Editorial (page 23-27)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Empire Brass Quintet - Th road to success (page 30-36)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Trumpets of the future: Ole E. Antonsen and Gérard Métrailler (page 38-43)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Gregory CASS [*1952] - Horn and soul (page 44-47)
Margaret Downie Banks
Blechblasinstrumente des 19. Jhd im Shrine to Music' Museum Vermillion' (page 50-59)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Kurt Laberer, instrument maker in Munich (page 60-61)
Benny Sluchin
The alto trombone [I] (page 70-75)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Hakan HARDENBERGER [*1961] - The conquest of the future (page 76-79)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Trio Millière - Brass players, a family story (page 82-85)
Robert Coutet
Periodontal disease in brass players (page 88-90)
John Stork, Phyllis Stork
Dr Mouthpiece - Flesh Meets Metal III: The rim, the rime bite (page 91-92)
Jean-Pierre Mathez
Brass Technqiues: Arms, hands, fingers (page 94-96)
Charlie Shoemake
Jazz improvisation IV: the melodic minor scale (page 98-101)
Ch. J. Travies De Villers
Serpent (Drawing) (page I)