1850 saxophone by Adolphe Sax (Bruno Kampmann) 6 Charles-Joseph Sax (Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels) 7 Caricature of Adolphe Sax astride his redesigned bass clarinet, c. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 3891_00_FM_CH01.indd 4 27/10/12 8:36 PM For my parents, Dennis and Eunice Cottrell 3891_00_FM_CH01.indd 5 27/10/12 8:36 PM 3891_00_FM_CH01.indd 6 27/10/12 8:36 PM Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 List of illustrations, music examples and tables Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations and conventions viii xv xix xxi Introduction: Saxophone essentials The life and times of Adolphe Sax The saxophone family The saxophone in the nineteenth century Early twentieth-century light and popular music The saxophone in jazz The classical saxophone Modernism and postmodernism The saxophone as symbol and icon 1 10 38 92 133 183 228 264 306 Appendix: Adolphe Sax’s 1846 saxophone patent Notes Bibliography Index 343 349 3_00_FM_CH01.indd 7 27/10/12 8:36 PM Illustrations, music examples and tables Illustrations 1 Six members of the saxophone family: sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass (Henri Selmer, Paris) 2 A miscellany of saxophone mouthpieces, demonstrating the wide variety available 3 The various components of a saxophone mouthpiece (Henri Selmer, Paris) 4 Images showing the three different saxophone embouchures 5 A curved keypad from a c. ML975.C67 2013 788.7-dc23 2012028346 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Office: Europe Office: Set in Columbus MT by IDSUK (DataConnection) Ltd Printed in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall Library of Congress Control Number Cottrell, Stephen, 1962– The saxophone / Stephen Cottrell. For information about this and other Yale University Press publications please contact: U.S. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S, Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers.
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Kopp 3891_00_FM_CH01.indd 2 27/10/12 8:36 PM THE YALE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SERIES The Saxophone Stephen Cottrell Yale University Press New Haven and London 3891_00_FM_CH01.indd 3 27/10/12 8:36 PM Copyright © 2012 by Stephen Cottrell All rights reserved. The Saxophone 3891_00_FM_CH01.indd 1 27/10/12 8:36 PM Also available in the series The Flute Ardal Powell Timpani and Percussion Jeremy Montagu The Oboe Geoffrey Burgess and Bruce Haynes The Trombone Trevor Herbert The Clarinet Eric Hoeprich The Trumpet John Wallace and Alexander McGrattan The Bassoon James B.
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