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The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone (Cambridge Companions to Music) - Softcover

Book 10 of 91: Cambridge Companions to Music
 
9780521596664: The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone (Cambridge Companions to Music)

Synopsis

A 1999 Companion to the saxophone, containing essays by the finest performers and experts on the instrument.

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Review

'Sax's principal legacy is well served in this Companion, whose authorship represents a glittering cross-section of the international saxophone community ... For anyone with even a passing interest in its subject, the Companion positively demands investigation.' The Times Literary Supplement

' ... an indispensable reference source for all those with an interest in the instrument.' BBC Music Magazine

Book Description

This 1999 volume contains sixteen specially commissioned essays on the saxophone, and its history and technical development from Adolphe Sax to the end of the twentieth century. Includes accounts of the instrument's history in jazz, rock and classical music. Contributors are some of the finest performers and experts on the saxophone.

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