Det här konstnärliga arbetet har pågått under en lång tid, närmare bestämt fyra år. Jag påbörjade det år 2017 när jag studerade master-programmet i jazztrumpet på Kungliga Musikhögskolan. Våren 2019 blev jag dock tvungen att sluta spela trumpet på grund av hälsoskäl. Beskedet kom plötsligt och var inte något jag räknat med, vilket ledde till att jag var tvungen att tänka om. Hösten 2019 började jag istället studera master-programmet i jazzkomposition på Kungliga Musikhögskolan. Arbete utgår från frågeställningen: hur kan jag använda improvisation som kompositionsmetod med utgångspunkt i Vingt Études pour Trompette Ut ou Si♭? Idén för den konstnärliga praktiska delen har varit att pröva kombinera en jazzsättning med piano, bas och trummor med en stråkkvartett för att tillsammans bilda en sorts kammarensemble som tar avstamp i både jazzmusiken och den klassiska musiken. Till arbetet hör fem egenskrivna verk: Form, Pyramid, Inversion, Fragment och Final. / <p>Till dokumentationen hör partitur till Form, Pyramid, Inversion, Fragment och Final. Den kommer även att kompletteras med en videodokumentation som preliminärt sker HT-21 eller VT-22.Henning Ullén: Form (2021) 10’, för piano, kontrabas och trummor samt stråkkvartett – partitur. Henning Ullén: Pyramid (2021) 7’, för piano, kontrabas och trummor samt stråkkvartett – partitur. Henning Ullén: Inversion (2021) 10’, för piano, kontrabas och trummor samt stråkkvartett – partitur. Henning Ullén: Fragment (2021) 6’, för piano, kontrabas och trummor samt stråkkvartett – partitur. Henning Ullén: Final (2021) 7’, för piano, kontrabas och trummor samt stråkkvartett – partitur. </p>

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 be more noticeable. Articulation is for the brass player what consonants are for the singer—successful execution is imperative or a lack of clarity results. One major problem in teaching the Bitsch etudes is the lack of attention paid to French pronunciation. The musical ideas in these etudes (melodies, articulation, phrasing, etc.) were conceived by a Frenchman. While fluency in French is not a prerequisite for successful performance of these works, understanding the basics of French pronunciation and how they influence French articulation is essential. In order to properly perform the Marcel Bitsch Vingt Études, the trumpeter needs to modify his or her tonguing in accordance with the rules of French pronunciation. The different components of articulation will be discussed, after which the impact of language in recorded performance will be examined. Finally, selected compositions from the Marcel Bitsch Vingt Études will be analyzed, with recommendations for articulation being given for each work.

David Baldwin has been the trumpet professor at the University of Minnesota since 1974. His most celebrated accomplishment is his recording of the Charlier 36 Etudes de Transcendantes and the Marcel Bitsch Vingt Etudes. In addition to this recording Baldwin has made recordings of etude books by Small, St. Jacome, Arban, Caffarelli, Smith, and the 32 Etudes de Perfectionnement also by Charlier. The quality of performance on all of these makes them excellent reference recordings. The back cover of the Etudes 32 de Perfectionnement reveals that the two-CD album, with a total run time of 115:35, was recorded over a span of four days. Endurance is a topic that all brass players confront. Baldwin wrote an etude book titled Lips of Steel that also contains two previously published articles on the topic of endurance. His ideas on endurance reveal a unique approach. This study analyzes the pedagogical concepts in those articles and in Lips of Steel. In addition to his recording projects, Baldwin has had many successful students. Thomas Rolfs and Lynn Erickson are both members of full-time professional orchestras. Larry Griffin, Scott Hagarty, and many others built their careers as professors of trumpet. An investigation of Baldwin's influence on his students further reveals how he approaches teaching and how his pedagogy has influenced his students who are now successful college professors.