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Vulgano Brother · 12-12-2007, 07:20 PM

In The Musical Times, June 1934, W.F.H. Blandford wrote in his article "Wind-Instruments and Health":

"Julius Kosleck (1825-1905), the Berlin virtuoso, who in his sixtieth year introduced to English hearers the 'Bach trumpet' at the bicentenary performance of the Mass in B minor at the Albert Hall in April, 1885, retired at sixty-eight and died at eighty. He did not spare his efforts. On that occasion I was sitting where I could look down on him. The singing of the overpowering and needlessly large choir quite drowned the the trumpets, but it was always possible to tell when Kosleck played and left off by wathching the crimson flush that came and went over his bald head like a 'Stop' and 'Go' signal..."

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Vulgano Brother Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Home Posts: 3,276	Re: Trumpet Playing May Be Dangerous to Your Health. In The Musical Times, June 1934, W.F.H. Blandford wrote in his article "Wind-Instruments and Health": "Julius Kosleck (1825-1905), the Berlin virtuoso, who in his sixtieth year introduced to English hearers the 'Bach trumpet' at the bicentenary performance of the Mass in B minor at the Albert Hall in April, 1885, retired at sixty-eight and died at eighty. He did not spare his efforts. On that occasion I was sitting where I could look down on him. The singing of the overpowering and needlessly large choir quite drowned the the trumpets, but it was always possible to tell when Kosleck played and left off by wathching the crimson flush that came and went over his bald head like a 'Stop' and 'Go' signal..." __________________ "A tool good enough to be so used and not too good" C.S. Lewis That Hideous Strength www.letsbuildhope.org Last edited by Vulgano Brother; 12-12-2007 at 07:23 PM. Reason: hit submit button too soon!