Saxophone Literature

See Lit1.xls

Excerpts Band

                Orchestra

Soprano, Tenor (Fagaly diss), Baritone sax

Standard alto

Transcriptions, important

Unaccompanied

Duets, Trios, Quartets, Quintets, Sax choir

Mixed, large/small

W/band

W/cello

W/guitar

W/orchestra

W/percussion

W/tape

W/voice

Women composers

Contemporary notation (slap, multiphonic, quarter tone, etc,)  Noda, Lauba, Hodkinson

Encore

Global

Historical; “Famous” 20^th century composers who wrote for saxophone

Isms (serial, minimal, impress, express,…)

Jazz influenced classical

Of decade, composer, country (Japan, Holland, Russia, etc.), commissioner (see Gee)

Pulitzer winners

Sightreading , Etudes, Method books – Levinsky, Logsdon diss.

World Sax Congress Lit (see webresearch)

 

Program notes (links, Baker’s, Schwann, Londeix, publishers-see Londeix index)

Ordering music: Eble (US) or http://www.broekmans.com (Europe)

Recommended (& others’ links): http://www.mnsfld.edu/~jmurphy/saxweb/websearch.cfm; keep Recommend

Programming

Listening (discography) –suggested CDs, Schleuter, Dorn, Schwann; saxrecords.xls, webresearch

     Assignment: Listen to:

1. same artist, early/late in career (Londeix, Hemke, Rascher, Sinta)

2. leading artists of different generations (same four above plus Mule, Leeson, Delange, Sampen, Rousseau, Defayett, Houlik)

3. same piece, different artists (Creston, Ibert, Maurice, Milhaud)

 

Q1. Avoid the question "do I like it" on first impression.  Instead ask "can I follow the intentions," "what initially intrigues me," "After first hearing I'd like to track/concentrate on/listen for..."

 

Q2. Concerning the piece, not the performance:  Are phrases regular?  Is the music directional?  is melody scalar/skip, ascending/descending, legato/staccato.

 

Q3. Your reactions tell as much about you as it does about what you hear.  What do you focus on?  What is the prominent feature of the performance? TONE, TUNING, ARTICULATION, HARMONY, DYNAMICS.

 

Q4. How similar is the sound to that you would hear in a concert hall?  Comment on recording techniques.