Historic Brass Society

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The Historic Brass Society is an international music organization of amateur and professional brass musicians and scholars concerned with the entire range of early brass music, from Antiquity to the present.

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148 West 23rd Street
New York, New York 10011
United States

view phone (212) 627-3820 view fax (212) 627-3820

view website https://www.historicbrass.org/

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Description

The Historic Brass Society is an international music organization concerned with the entire range of early brass music, from Ancient Antiquity and the Biblical period through the present. The history, music, literature and performance practice of early brass instruments such as natural trumpet, natural horn, early trombone, cornetto, serpent, keyed bugle, keyed trumpet, early valve horn, 19th century brass instruments are some of the main issues of concern to the HBS. The HBS publishes the scholarly, refereed journal, The Historic Brass Society Journal and an annual newsletter and publishes, in collaboration with Pendragon Press, BUCINA: The Historic Brass Society Series. The HBS also sponsors the annual Early Brass Festival, an activity that features early brass playing sessions, concerts and lectures. The HBS also sponsors other early brass symposia and special study sessions in collaboration with other music organizations such as the American Musicological Society, the International Musicological Society and the Galpin Society.

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