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31 Dec

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2007 News Archive

Bach (Trumpets) on YouTube There has been a flurry of Bach performances by a number of period instrument ensembles on YouTube including some beautiful baroque trumpet playing. Bach: Mas read more..

31 Dec

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Back from Oblivion; Nick Byrne, Ophicleide; David Miller, Piano. Melba Recordings MR 301111 Australia, Recorded at the Australian National Academy of Music (6-8 December 2006) CD Contents: Dag read more..

31 Dec

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1972

Buxtehude for Winds

Buxtehude & Co.; Caecilia-Concert; Fiona Russell, cornetto/cornettino; Adam Woolf, tenor trombone; Wouter Verschuren, dulcian; Kathryn Cok, harpsichord/organ; Annabelle Ferdinand, violin. Challe read more..

31 Dec

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1854

HMSC 12 Days of Christmas

Music for The Twelve Days of Christmas and The Nativity; His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, 2007; Jeremy West, cornett and bagpipes; Jamie Savan, cornett; Adam Woolf, Abigail Newman, and Stephe read more..

31 Dec

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1963

Civil War Brass

Better Than Rations or Medicine. The Federal City Brass Band, dir. Jari Villanueva. Privately produced by JV Music. Information: 124 Maiden Choice Lane, Baltimore, MD 21228; Email: This email add read more..

31 Dec

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1949

Victorian Christmas

Victorian Christmas; Passion des Cuivres, 2006; Orfeo C 689 061 A. Obtained from JPC Shallplatten, www.jpc.de (website in English), scheduled for wider distribution in the Fa read more..

31 Dec

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1964

Australian Baroque Brass

Music of a Golden Age. Australian Baroque Brass, John Foster, Director. Tubicium Records TR761901. Info: www.australianbaroquebrass.com. Recorded 2005 and 2006. Natural trump read more..

31 Dec

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1919

Christmas with the Serpent

Hark, Shepherds, Hark, The Madding Crowd, 2007; The Madding Crowd # TMC-002-CD. Obtained from the group’s website, (you may also email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You read more..

A Report on the HBS at the 18th IMS Congress in Zurich

01 Aug

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A Report on the HBS at the 18th IMS Congress in Zurich

By Jeffrey Nussbaum On July 11, 2007 The Historic Brass Society presented a day-long symposium at the 18th International Musicological Society Congress in Zurich, consisting of two sessions that dea read more..

01 Jan

Music Reviews

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Trumpet Music from The Brass Press

Suites and Sonatinas for 2 Natural Trumpets or Horns by [James?] Oswald and Mr. Messing. Edited by Bryan Proksch. The Brass Press 30 Marches for 4 Trumpets and Timpani. Edited by Bryan Proksch. The B... read more..

31 Dec

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1900

Bollinger Cornetto Recordings

La Carioletta: auf europäischen Wandelpfaden; Capella Caesarea; self-produced. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view i read more..

Battalia: Baroque Battle Music for Trumpet Consort

31 Dec

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1931

Battalia: Baroque Battle Music for Trumpet Consort

Battalia: Baroque Battle Music for Trumpet Consort; Tibicines Ensemble, Igino Conforzi, Director and trumpet; Andrea Di Mario, Marco Nesi, Tranquillo Forza, trumpets; Pier Gab read more..

31 Dec

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1925

Le Concerts Bris

BCD Anchor, ancor ... : Musiques virtuoses et improvisees pout Cornet a Bouquin. Le Concert Brisé, William Dongois, cornetto. Info. a class="Normal" href="http://www.le-c read more..

30 Dec

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1866

Bruns Mozart Concerti

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Horn Concerti K. 417, 447, 495. Horn Quintet K. 407; Wilhelm Bruns, horn; Quadriga Quartet, Mannheim Mozart Orchestra. Thomas Fey, director. Profil Ed read more..

27 Dec

News & Events

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2778

2006 News Archive

Francis Johnson Book Released Francis Johnson (1792-1844): Chronicle of a Black Musician in Early Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia by Charles K. Jones, published by Lehigh University Press, ISBN 0-9... read more..

01 Sep

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Ursula Menzel (1939-2006)

Ursula Menzel (1939-2006) By chance Ursula Menzel came in contact with brass instruments, but then quickly sought formal training. In the late 1950s she gained some experience in this field while ass... read more..

A Report on the IGEB Conference/ Vintage Band Festival

01 Aug

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A Report on the IGEB Conference/ Vintage Band Festival

by Raul Camus The International Wind Music History Conference sponsored by the Historic Brass Society and the International Society for the Investigation and Promotion of Wind Music (IGEB) and read more..

A Report on the 22nd Early Brass Festival

01 Aug

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A Report on the 22nd Early Brass Festival

By Jeffrey Nussbaum The 22nd Annual HBS Early Brass Festival was just that and much more. Held in Northfield, MN on July 27-August 1, 2006, it was a joint conference with the Austrian organization, read more..