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Language As A Performance Parameter: The Marcel Bitsch Vingt Etudes, Evan Benjamin Duke
Language As A Performance Parameter: The Marcel Bitsch Vingt Etudes, Evan Benjamin Duke
Theses and Dissertations--Music
The Bitsch Vingt Études are a significant part of the trumpet performers repertoire. They are taught in many university trumpet studios across the United States. David Baldwin, professor of trumpet at the University of Minnesota, has recorded all of them for the International Trumpet Guild. The editor, Raymond Sabarich, is considered the founder of the modern French school of trumpet playing.
Articulation is a significant component in performing on a brass instrument. By varying the attacks of the tongue, different timbres can be successfully achieved on the trumpet. Because of the volume the trumpet can generate, any defective articulation will …