Sax: Opleiding voor Volwassen Mobility for adult education staff EU Erasmus+ Programme - KA1-project Sax: Opleiding voor Volwassen [Sax: an Education for Adults] Acronym: SAX.OV
Organization: Monday: op. 79 and SaxRev Tuesday: quintet and SaxRev. Pno work + contrast Wednesday: Florio, reinforcement and sextet Thursday: Joker Sax Day Friday: Concert preparation and Recital More details:
New Saxophones vs Old ones (organological implications and play) -More direct approach -Get inside the sax - Fight them. (Step by step) -Floating/unstable intonation - Free embouchure - Eat the mouthpiece -Soft reeds -Enjoy playing History ;-)
Survey of the saxophone historic repertoire with special focus of Adolphe Sax s edition work - [184x-1894] Less than 300 solo works for saxophone (Londeix, Repertoire, Michigan, 2003, p. v). -Written by bandmasters and composers of second category. -Didactic works, light classical solos with piano accompaniment, and contest pieces for military band training and concerts in the parks and music kiosks. -Facile style typical of the period, with an academic and conventional musical language.
-Chameristic works -Band scores -Composers: Arban, Klosé, Demersseman, Jonas, Savari, Singelée
The first and/or significative performances/ compositions for saxophone of the History: - February, 1844: Berlioz s Chant Sacré - December, 1844: Kastner s Last King of Judea - April, 1845: Battle of band in the Champs de Mars - 1851: Limanander s, Le château de la Barbe-Bleue - December, 1853: Fry s Santa Claus Symphony - 1879: Florio s Quartette
Music Scores to work: a little overview and why of these music Monday: Jean-Baptiste Singelée Grand Quatuor concertant, op. 79 Tuesday morning: François-Joseph Fétis s Trois Morceaux de Concours pour ensemble de saxophones Tuesday afternoon: Jules Demersseman Premier Solo Jules Demersseman Fantaisie, op. 32 Jean-Baptiste Singelée Duo concertant, op. 55 Jean-Baptiste Singelée Fantaisie brillante, op. 75 Jean-Baptiste Singelée Solo de concert, op. 77 Quartet or little ensamble of saxos Wednesday: Caryl Florio s [i.e. William James Robjohn] Quartette for saxophones Georges Kastner Sextuor, from Méthode Complète et Raisonnée de Saxophone. Sx and piano
Brussels 1812-Oostende 1875 Violinist and composer (Brussels, Paris and also in Ghent) First sx quartet of the history (Premier Quatuor, op. 53) in 1857 Sax s close friend
Music analysis, Singelée op. 79 1st section A (bar1)bar+sop Episode 1 (bar9)sop A1 (bar13)alt A2 (bar22)sop+alt A3 (bar28)alt Transition (bar36)alt A4 (bar43)bar Coda (bar51) (2nd part of the coda: bar59) 2nd section (Re-exposition with modifications) A (bar66)bar+sop Episode 2 [= 1] (bar72)sop A1 (bar78)ten A2 (bar86)sop A 3 (bar94)ten Transition (bar102)alt A 2 (bar109)sop A3 (bar120)ten Transition (bar128)ten A1 modified (bar135)alt Coda (bar144)
Mons 1784-Brussels 1871 Musicologist, reporter, composer, teacher, critic. Director of the Brussels Conservatory (1832) First Belgian chameristic work for saxophone Sax s family close friend
Music analysis, Fétis I - Concours 1867/1870 (Short ternary form) 1st section A (bar1)sop A1 (bar11)alt Transition (bar21)1alt+ten 2nd section B (bar30)ten+1alt Re-transition (bar40)sop+alts 3rd section A1(bar48) alt Repetition bars 49-64 Coda (bar81) II - Concours 1868 (Simply binary form) 1st section A (bar1)sop+1alt A1 (bar10) A2 (bar18)sop+1alt A3 (bar25)alts 2nd section A4 (bar 33)sop A 4 (bar46)sop III - Concours 1871 (Chant Flamand) (Simply binary form) 1st section Intro (bar1) A (bar6)sop+alt A (bar14)sop 2nd section A1 (bar22)sop+1alt+ten A1 (bar30)all Coda=Intro (bar38)
Hondschoote (Border BE-FR) 1833-Paris 1866 Flautist, composer Sax s friend
Music analysis, Demersseman, 1erSolo (Binary structure) 1st section A-B-A 2nd section C-D-C -C1-C 1 1st section Intro (bar1) A (bar3) B (bar11) A (bar19) 2nd section C-intro pno (bar29) D (bar41) C (bar49) C1 (bar57) C 1(bar65)
Music analysis, Demersseman, op. 32 (Ternary structure) A-A-B 1st section Intro (bar1) A (bar9) A1 (bar17) 2nd section A2 (bar24) Coda (bar43) A 1 (bar46) 3rd section B (bar53) B1 (bar61) B2 (bar69) B 2 (bar77) Coda (bar 85)
Music analysis, Singelée op. 55 1st movement (Binary Sonata) 1st section A (bar1) A1 (bar8) A2 (bar20) A3 (bar27) B (bar39) Transition (bar46) B (bar54) B1 (bar61) Coda (bar 69) 2nd section A (bar80) A2 (bar84) A3 (bar 87) Coda (bar 95) A1 (bar99) A1 (bar 107) B1 (bar 134) Extension+Coda (bar142) 2nd movement (Ternary form A-B-A ) 1st section Intro (bar1) A (bar5) A1 (bar12) A2 (bar21) Extension (bar 33) 2nd section B (bar40) B1 (bar47) B2 (bar55) Coda (bar64) 3rd section A2 (bar67) A (bar 78) Extension+Coda (bar87)
Music analysis, Singelée op. 75 (Prelude, binary form) Intro (bar1) A (bar5) Coda (extension) (bar12) A1 (bar17) Coda and link to variations (bar24) Theme, simple ternary form A (bar30) A1 (bar38) A (bar 46) Coda (bar54) Variation ornamented A (bar58) A1 (bar66) A2 (bar74)
Music analysis, Singelée op. 77 1st section Intro (bar1) A (bar9) A1 (bar17) Coda (bar24) 2nd section-1 Intro (bar33) B (bar42) B1 (bar50) B2 (bar58) 2nd section-2 C (bar73) C1 (bar81) C2 (bar90) Extension 98 Coda (bar105)
(UK 1843-New York1920) His uncle was organ manufacturer in NY From coral world (Trinity church) Self-taught? Organist, composer and director of chorus (Baltimore, NY and Indianapolis) Tried to earn a living in jobs related to music in NY Contacts (1879-1885) with the eminent saxophone player E. A. Lefebre
Music analysis, Florio quartet (Choral writing) Andante: A-B-A Allegro: binary sonata: A-B-A -B Andante A (bar1) A1 (bar15 Extension (bar31) B (imitative writing) (bar36) B1 (canon like writing) (bar 51) Section A+B: A (bar61) Allegro A (canonic writing) (bar77) A1 (bar84) Extension (bar92) Coda (bar94) A2 (bar100) A3 (bar 112) B (bar132) B1 (bar140) B (bar148) B (bar156) B1 (bar164) B 1(bar171) Re-exposition A+B plus modifications A (bar180) A1 (bar187) Coda (bar197) B (bar208) B (bar216) A3 (bar228) CODA (bar250)
(Strasbourg 1810-Paris1867) Composer, theorist and critic. (Businessman?) First orquestal-operatic composition for saxophone: Last king of Judea, 1843, today lost) Adolphe Sax s very close friend
Music analysis, Kastner's sextet Andante: Intro-A-A -Coda Allegro: simple rondo of 7 periods: A-B-A-C-A-B-A-Coda Andante Intro (bar1) A (bar9) A (bar19) Coda (bar25) Allegro A (bar35) A (bar43) A1 (bar52) A 1 (bar60) B (bar69) B (bar78) B1 (bar86) B 1 (bar94) A (bar100) A (bar109) C (bar117) C (bar133) C (bar141) A (bar150) A (bar159) A1 (bar167) A 1 (bar175) B (bar183) B (bar192) B1 (bar200) B 1 (bar208) A (bar 214) A (bar223) Coda1 (bar 230) Coda2 (bar246)