This is the first comprehensive guide to the saxophone, its history, technical development and repertoire. Extensively researched and including much new information, the volume is written by some of the finest performers and experts on the instrument. The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone incorporates detailed historical developments in the classical, jazz and rock fields, provides practical performance guides, and has a chapter on teaching the instrument.
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"Valuable to anyone interested in the instrument, this compilation constitutes an important source of information for all academic libraries supporting music curricula and should be in every saxophone teacher's library." Choice
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This is the first comprehensive guide to the saxophone, its history, technical development and repertoire. Extensively researched and including much new information, the volume is written by some of the finest performers and experts on the instrument. The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone incorporates detailed historical developments in the classical, jazz and rock fields, provides practical performance guides, and has a chapter on teaching the instrument.
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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not a useful reference; anglocentric,
This review is from: The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone (Cambridge Companions to Music) (Paperback)
The title of the book makes it sound like a general reference book on the saxophone. Instead, it's more like a collection of idiosyncratic essays with a distinctly nationalistic point of view. If it was going to be a useful reference work, one thing it would need is a good index, with entries broken down better. ("Reeds," for example., gives a list of 20 page numbers without subheadings.) Loads of space is given to obscure English saxophonists and composers. Many of the articles need fleshing out, e.g. the part about mouthpieces doesn't say anything about the numerical system used to describe them. It's also topheavy with advanced stuff,e.g. a chart of altissimo fingerings and discussions of microtones, but no ordinary fingering charts or trill fingerings. Classical players had better not depend on this book as an introduction to jazz, since it doesn't discuss any of the jazz issues about tonguing or triplet feel.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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A very good academic tool for learning about the saxophone,
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This review is from: The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone (Cambridge Companions to Music) (Paperback)
This book is truly good as a reference. It is written in a scholarly manner, and it is not oriented towards performance, but rather it covers issues such as the instrument's history, its evolution and the classical repertoire. It also has several very detailed chapters covering the relationship between the saxophone and jazz.It has certainly made me more saxophone-literate, but it has yet to improve my playing!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone (Cambridge Companions to Music) (Paperback)
When I bought this book I thought it would be more of a general reference book. However, it is more essays on the history of the saxophone and the more technical aspects of playing. Recomended for teachers more than students.
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The word 'saxophone' means 'the sound of Sax' - specifically that of Adolphe Sax. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
saxophone repertoire, midi wind instruments, classical saxophone, altissimo register, wind controller, saxophone quartet, saxophone ensemble, saxophone technique, false fingerings, international soloist, saxophone soloists, saxophone family, music for saxophone, octave key, saxophone section, tenor sound, saxophone sound, saxophone playing, alto saxophone, bass saxophone, alto player, soprano saxophone, classical players, jazz soloists, tenor player Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adolphe Sax, Marcel Mule, New York, Michael Brecker, Paris Conservatoire, Sigurd Rascher, World Saxophone Congress, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, David Sanborn, Miles Davis, United States, World War, Eugene Rousseau, Jean-Marie Londeix, John Coltrane, Professor of Saxophone, Coleman Hawkins, Ornette Coleman, Richard Ingham, Ben Webster, Jan Garbarek, Johnny Hodges, Rudy Wiedoeft, Alain Louvier New!
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The word 'saxophone' means 'the sound of Sax' - specifically that of Adolphe Sax. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
saxophone repertoire, midi wind instruments, classical saxophone, altissimo register, wind controller, saxophone quartet, saxophone ensemble, saxophone technique, false fingerings, international soloist, saxophone soloists, saxophone family, music for saxophone, octave key, saxophone section, tenor sound, saxophone sound, saxophone playing, alto saxophone, bass saxophone, alto player, soprano saxophone, classical players, jazz soloists, tenor player Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adolphe Sax, Marcel Mule, New York, Michael Brecker, Paris Conservatoire, Sigurd Rascher, World Saxophone Congress, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, David Sanborn, Miles Davis, United States, World War, Eugene Rousseau, Jean-Marie Londeix, John Coltrane, Professor of Saxophone, Coleman Hawkins, Ornette Coleman, Richard Ingham, Ben Webster, Jan Garbarek, Johnny Hodges, Rudy Wiedoeft, Alain Louvier New!
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- The Art of Saxophone Playing by Larry Teal on 4 pages
- Dictionary Of Music And Musicians (9 Volumes)) (Music Book Index) by Sir George Grove in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Adolphe Sax and His Saxophone by Leon Kochnitzky in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Thesaurus Of Scales And Melodic Patterns (Text) by Nicolas Slonimsky in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- John Coltrane (Jazz Masters) by Brian Priestley in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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