2022
Edité par : Kendallhouse Publishing
ISBN : 979-82-18-07844-7
1 vol. (473 p.) ; nombreuses illustrations, photographies, gravures, exemples musicaux ; 29 cm

Description

The saxophone fulfilled the needs felt at a particular moment in the mid-nineteenth century for a tonally acceptable, accurate, and reliable bass wind instrument. But it did not appear out of a vacuum. It was preceded by an evolution spanning three centuries of European instrument design that involved a lively intersection and assimilation of various forms including the serpent, ophicleide, bass clarinet, and other related instruments. An investigation of the experiments that culminated in the saxophone, the design and primary practices of these instruments uncovers the entangled influences that these various low bass instruments had in the development of the earliest saxophones. A much-discussed event leading to the invention of the saxophone was Adolphe Sax placing a bass clarinet mouthpiece on an ophicleide. While there is no actual proof that it occurred, it is highly probable that at some point he dad done just that. However, this premise begs further analysis as the emergence of Sax's creation was far more subtler and more complicated that this might imply. Taking this premise as my starting point, and through close readings of neglected historical instruments, this book investigates what may have led to Sax's solution to the basic problem of creating a strong bass wind sonority [Source auteur]

Bibliographie pp. 441-457. Index

Œuvres étudiées

Œuvres du Musée de la musique citées dans cet ouvrage :

• Ophicléide basse en si bémol / E.2010.6.1 / Sax, Adolphe / Paris / France / Europe / 1857
• Ophicléide soprano / E.719 / Sax, Adolphe / Paris / France / Europe / 1842-1877
• Saxophone baryton en mib / E.717 / Sax, Adolphe / Paris / France / Europe / 1858
• Saxophone ténor en sib / E.716 / Sax, Adolphe / Paris / France / Europe / 1857
• Saxophone soprano en si b. / E.714 / Sax, Adolphe / Paris / France / Europe / 1849
• Saxophone alto en mib / E.715 / Sax, Adolphe / Paris / France / Europe / milieu 19e siècle
• Clarinette basse en si bémol / E.713 / Sax, Adolphe / Paris / France / Europe / 1867
• Ophicléide basse en si bémol / E.0871 / Sax, Adolphe / 1843-1854
• Sarrusophone baryton / E.0938 / Gautrot-Marquet