Rice) 19 Names and ranges of saxophones in Kastner’s 1846 method (Robert Howe) 3891_00_FM_CH01.indd 8 page 2 3 4 7 9 11 13 16 18 22 33 36 39 46 47 49 50 52 54 27/10/12 8:36 PM Illustrations, music examples and tables 20 Revised saxophone names and ranges, 1850 Brandus edition of Kastner’s method (British Library) 21 Saxophone fingering chart, 1850 Brandus edition of Kastner’s method (British Library) 22 A rare tenor saxophone in C, made by Adolphe Sax in 1879 (Robert Howe) 23 A pair of original saxophone mouthpieces made by Adolphe Sax (Robert Howe) 24 Sketches of four saxophones submitted as part of Adolphe Sax’s 1850 Belgian patent 25 Ba soprano (1867) and Ea alto (1861) saxophones, both made by Adolphe Sax (Robert Howe) 26 A bass sarrusophone in C and an alto rothophone in Ea (Robert Howe) 27 Sketch from Millereau’s 1866 saxophone patent 28 Soprano saxophone sketch from the 1886 patent 29 Sketch from the 1887 Millereau-Mayeur patent 30 Sketch from Evette and Schaeffer 1887 patent 31 Evette and Schaeffer catalogue from c. 1841, lithograph by Baugniet (Bibliothèque nationale de France) 9 Lithograph of a concert of new Sax instruments at Salle Sax 10 Exterior view of Adolphe Sax’s workshops on the rue Saint-Georges 11 Promotional material noting Sax’s achievements, 1867 Paris Universal Exhibition 12 Advertisement for ‘Adolphe Sax – Father and Son’ (Bibliothèque nationale de France) 13 An ophicleide in C, made by Charles-Joseph Sax (Robert Howe) 14 Theoretical ranges of various saxophones, 1844 (British Library) 15 Lithograph of Sax’s display at the 1844 Paris Exhibition 16 Sketches submitted as part of the 1846 saxophone patent 17 Saxophone fingering chart from Kastner’s 1846 method (Robert Howe) 18 The oldest surviving saxophone, c. 1850 (Bibliothèque royale, Brussels) 8 Adolphe Sax c.
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.
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.