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Despite being a common grouping in jazz, saxophone, piano and percussion was an extremely rare grouping in classical music until the end of the 20th century, when Trio Accanto started commissioning works to build a repertoire for themselves.
Edentia for soprano saxophone and electronic music (2007)—Karlheinz Stockhausen Three Jazzicals for soprano saxophone and tuba (2009)— Howard J. Buss Cosmic Portraits for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, and tenor saxophone (2009)— Howard J. Buss
Tableaux de Provence ("Pictures of Provence") is a programmatic suite composed by Paule Maurice (Sept. 29, 1910 – August 18, 1967) between 1948 and 1955 for alto saxophone and orchestra, most often performed with piano accompaniment only. The work was dedicated to French saxophone virtuoso, Marcel Mule.
Early in the development of the saxophone the upper keyed range was extended to E, then to F above the staff; 1880s era sheet music for saxophone was written for the range of low B to F. In 1887 the Buffet-Crampon company obtained a patent for extending the bell and adding an extra key to extend the range downwards by one semitone to B ♭. [14]
Trio Accanto has over the years made many studio recordings of new works, for radio. Several of these were collected onto two CDs, on Assai [8] (2003, featuring works by Mauricio Sotelo, Stefano Gervasoni, Toshio Hosokawa and Brice Pauset) and on Zeitklang [9] (2009, featuring works by Jörg Birkenkötter, Erhard Großkopf, Manuel Hidalgo, Jo Kondo and Bernfried Pröve).
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E ♭ , smaller than the B ♭ tenor but larger than the B ♭ soprano .
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