Literatura saksofonowa
Po raz pierwszy saksofon został użyty przez gorącego propagatora tego instrumentu – Hektora Berlioza w jego „Hymne Monotonne” w roku 1843. Przepisał on istniejącą partię klarnetu basowego na dopiero co skonstruowany saksofon basowy w stroju C.
Pierwszy orkiestralny użytek zrobił z saksofonu francuski kompozytor Jean-Georges Kastner w roku 1844, pisząc „Le Dernier Roi de Jude”, a także „Musique Militaire” w 1847 roku. Kastner skorzystał z czterech saksofonów (dwa F alty i dwa C tenory), także w „Polce Carnavelesque” (1857), „Świątecznej Uwerturze” (1860) – dwa F alty, oraz w „La Saint-Julien des Menetriers” (1866), gdzie użył dwa saksofony altowe F, jeden Es i dwa tenory C. Już w 1845 roku opublikował „Complete and Systematic Method for the Saxophone”.
W owym czasie rozpowszechniony musiał być już saksofon altowy w stroju F, bowiem znana jest włoska rozprawa naukowa z 1848 roku p.t. „Instrumentacja praktyczna”, w której mowa jest o saksofonie altowym F. Joseph Holbrooke, zafascynowany saksofonem, napisał koncert, sonatę oraz symfonię z udziałem saksofonów Es, C i F. Najbardziej znane dzieło na saksofon to jednak Symfonia Domestca z roku 1904, w której Ryszard Straus użył kwartetu saksofonowego (sopranu C, altu F, tenora C i barytonu F ). Zrobił to zresztą bardzo niechętnie, dopiero pod wpływem nalegań swojego wydawcy.
W latach późniejszych na saksofon pisali: C. Debussy, M. Ravel, D. Milhaud, P. Maurice, P. Hindemith i inni.
Poniżej – przykłady wybranej literatury saksofonowej.
Saksofonowy repertuar solowy
Etudes and Methods
48 Famous Etudes | Ferling | Southern |
18 Studies after Berbiguier | Mule | Leduc |
27 Melodious & Rhythmical Etudes | J.L. Small | Carl Fischer |
Selected Studies | Voxman | Rubank |
Beginning Studies in the Altissimo Register | Lang | Lang |
High Tones for Saxophone | Rousseau | Etoile |
Voicing: An Approach to Third Range | Sinta/Dabney | Sintafest |
Aria | Bozza | Leduc |
Syrinx (unacc.) | Debussy | Leduc |
Choral Varie | d’Indy | Durand |
Sonata | Eccles/Rascher | Elkan-Vogel |
Sonata | Fasch/Rascher | McGinnis & Marx |
Cinq Danses Exotiques | Francaix | Schott |
Sonata | Heiden | Schott |
Sonata | Hindemith | Schott |
Histoires | Ibert | Leduc |
Sicilienne | Lantier | Leduc |
Visions Fugitives | Prokofiev/Harrison | Boosey & Hawkes |
Piece en forme de Habanera | Ravel | Leduc |
Ballade | Reed | Southern |
Chanson et Passepied | Rueff | Leduc |
Three Romances | Schumann/Hemke | Southern |
Romance | Still | International |
Sonatine Sportive | Tcherepnine | Leduc |
Introduction et Danse | Tomasi | Leduc |
An Abstract | Ward | Southern |
Six Studies in English Folk Song | Williams, R.V. | Presser |
The Art of Saxophone Playing | Teal | Summy Birchard |
150 Ans de Musique pour Saxophone | Londeix | Roncorp |
Daily Studies for the Improvement of the Saxophone Technique |
Teal | Etoile |
Daily Studies | Kynaston | Etoile |
27 Virtuoso Studies | Iasilli | Carl Fischer |
Les Gammes | Londeix | Lemoine |
10 Contemporary Etudes | Schmidt | WIM |
Nouvelles Etudes Variees | Londeix | Leduc |
Studies in the High Harmonics | Nash | Leeds |
Sonata No. 6 (flute) | Bach/Mule | Leduc |
Concertino | Benson | MCA |
Improvisation et Caprice (unacc.) | Bozza | Leduc |
Sonata | Creston | Shawnee |
Rapsodie | Debussy/Rousseau | Etoile |
Concerto | Glazunov | Leduc |
Sonata No. 1 (flute) | Handel/Mule | Leduc |
Duo | Hartley | Tenuto |
Petite Suite (unacc.) | Hartley | Crescendo |
Solo | Heiden | Associated |
Fantasia Concertante | Heiden | Etoile |
Fantaisie-Impromptu | Jolivet | Leduc |
Sonatine | Pascal | Durand |
Parable (unacc.) | Persichetti | Elkan-Vogel |
Sonata Op. 167 | Saint-Saens/Teal | Etoile |
Ballade | Tomasi | Leduc |
Introduction and Samba | Whitney | Bourne |
The Orchestral Saxophonist Vol. 1 & 2 | Ronkin & Frascotti | Roncorp |
Sax and His Saxophone | Kochnitzky | NASA Publications |
Saxophone Soloists and Their Music | Gee | Indiana Univ. Press |
Junior Year Etudes and Methods
Paradigms I | Caravan | Dorn |
Contemporary Saxophone Studies | DeLibero | Dorn |
25 Capricen und Sonate (Bks. I & II) | Karg-Elert | Southern |
28 Etudes after Messiaen | Lacour | Billaudot |
53 Etudes, Book I | Mule | Leduc |
Repertoire
Partita in A minor (flute unacc.) | Bach | Henle Verlag |
Cello Suites I-VI | Bach/Londeix | Lemoine |
Sonata | Beall | Southern |
Caprice en forme de Valse | Bonneau | Leduc |
Divertimento | Boutry | Leduc |
Air and Scherzo | Cowell | Associated |
Concerto | Creston | Schirmer |
Concerto | Hartley | Presser |
Elegie et Rondeau | Husa | Leduc |
Concertino da Camera | Ibert | Leduc |
Sonata | Karg-Elert | Southern |
Tableaux de Provence | Maurice | Lemoine |
Scaramouche | Milhaud | Salabert |
Improvisation I, II & III (unacc.) | Noda | Leduc |
Sonate | Robert | Leduc |
Sonata (unacc.) | Rueff | Leduc |
Sarabande and Gigue | Tull | Boosey & Hawkes |
Books
Marcel Mule | Rousseau | Etoile |
The Saxophonist’s Bedside Book | Harvey | Dorn |
Hello, Mr. Sax! | Londeix | Leduc |
Senior Year Etudes and Methods
12 Etudes and Caprices | Bozza | Leduc |
Mirrors IV | Diemente | Dorn |
53 Etudes, Book 2 | Mule | Leduc |
16 Finishing Studies | Ruggiero | Leduc |
Repertoire
Canto IV | Adler | Dorn |
Music for Saxophone | Bassett | Peters |
Shadowplays (a.sax, pno, 3perc) | Beavers | Manuscript |
Sonata in Eb | Brahms/Saiano | International |
Pastoral | Carter | Merion |
Gavambodi 2 | Charpentier | Leduc |
Musique de Concert | M. Constant | Leduc |
Deux Pieces | Denisov | Leduc |
Prelude, Cadence et Finale | Desenclos | Leduc |
Concerto | Larsson | Gehrmans |
Distances Within Me | Lennon | Dorn |
Ballade (alto) | Martin | Universal |
Sonata | Maslanka | NASA Publications |
Sonata | Muczynski | Schirmer |
Mai (unacc.) | Noda | Leduc |
Phoenix (unacc.) | Noda | Leduc |
Concerto (sax & trpt) | Rivier | Pierre Noel |
The Nature of this Whirling Wheel | Rogers | Dorn |
Picnic on the Marne | Rorem | Boosey & Hawkes |
Legende | Schmitt | Durand |
Wings | Tower | Associated |
Portrait | Wildberger | Universal |
Books
Les Sons Multiples aux Saxophones | Kientzy | Salabert |
Graduate Study (and beyond…) Etudes and Methods
8 Etudes Brilliantes | Lacour | Leduc |
Neuf Etudes Books I-IV | Lauba | Leduc |
Tango-Etudes | Piazzolla/Delangle | Lemoine |
Repertoire
Sonata | Albright | Peters |
Whirled Series | Babbitt | Peters |
Images (sopnino, sop, alto w/tape) | Babbitt | Peters |
Duo Concertante | Bassett | Peters |
Sequenza IXb (unacc.) | Berio | Universal |
Panic | Birtwistle | Boosey & Hawkes |
Concert Suite (a.sax & band) | Bolcom | Marks |
Lilith | Bolcom | Marks |
Concerto | Brant | Carl Fischer |
Concertante | M. Constant | Ricordi |
Concerto | Dahl | European American |
Sonata | Denisov | Leduc |
Sonata for sax and cello | Denisov | Leduc |
Concerto Piccolo (satb w/ perc.) | Denisov | Leduc |
Concerto (asax w/orch.) | Denisov | Sikorski |
Concerto | Finney | Peters |
Music for Alto Saxophone and Electronics | Furman | Manuscript |
Concerto | Husa | Associated |
Airline (a.sax & tape) | Krause | Manuscript |
Holy Roller | Larsen | Oxford |
Steady Study on the Boogie (unacc.) | Lauba | Billaudot |
Sud | Lauba | Fuzeau |
Symphonic Rhapsody | Lennon | Peters |
Concerto | Martino | Dantalian |
Concerto | Mays | Manuscript |
Concerto | Mead | Manuscript |
Scena (unacc.) | Mead | Manuscript |
Hiatus Pitch | Moore | Manuscript |
Concerto | Muczynski | Schirmer |
GEN | Noda | Leduc |
Arabesque III | Nodäira | Lemoine |
Graffiti | Redgate | Lemoine |
Le frene egare | Rosse | Billaudot |
In Freundschaft (unacc.) | Stockhausen | Stockhausen Verlag |
Concerto | Salonen | Hansen-Helsinki |
Concerto | Schuller | Associated |
Renewing the Myth | Shrude | Lemoine |
In Two Worlds (sax w/ computer) | Subotnick | Manuscript |
Urban Thoughts | Worley, Daniel | Manuscript |
Divertimento | Wuorinen | Peters |
Fuzzy Bird Sonata | Yoshimatsu | Billaudot |
Supplemental Repertoire
Tenor Saxophone Repertoire (Freshman through Graduate)
Sonata | Anderson | Dorn |
Trigon, Op.31 | Cunningham | Etoile |
Sonata | DiPasquale | Southern |
Pitt County Excursions | Duckworth | Seesaw |
Ballad in Time and Space | Duckworth | Seesaw |
Poem | Hartley | Presser |
Concertino | Hartley | Dorn |
Sonata | Hartley | Dorn |
Concertino | Hasquenoph | Heugal |
Opcit (unacc.) | Hurel | Billaudot |
Episode Quatriemme (unacc.) | Jolas | Leduc |
Music for Tenor Saxophone | Karlins | Southern |
Piece Concertante | Lacour | Billaudot |
Hard (unacc.) | Lauba | Fuzeau |
Ballade (tenor) | Martin | Universal |
Periple (unacc.) | Mefano | Salabert |
The Upward Stream | Peck | Pecktacular |
Tre Pezzi (unacc.) | Scelsi | Salabert |
Sonatina | Schmidt | Western International |
Concerto | Schmidt | Western International |
Fantasia | Villa-Lobos | Peer |
Soprano Saxophone Repertoire (Freshman through Graduate)
Phases Contra Phases | Arma | Lemoine |
Accompanied Recitative | Babbitt | Peters |
Sequenza VIIb (unacc.) | Berio | Universal |
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (oboe unacc.) | Britten | Boosey & Hawkes |
Inner Song (oboe unacc.) | Carter | Boosey & Hawkes |
Le Chant des Ténèbres | Escaich | Leduc |
Concerto | Myers | N/A |
Sonata in G Major | Platti/Rousseau | Etoile |
Sonata (oboe w/ piano) | Poulenc | Schirmer |
Concerto | Read-Thomas | Manuscript |
Lessons of the Sky | Rogers | Dorn |
Interplay | Ruggiero | Dorn |
Tre Pezzi (unacc.) | Scelsi | Salabert |
In Freundschaft (unacc.) | Stockhausen | Stockhausen Verlag |
Sur la memoire | Sung | Lemoine |
Distance | Takemitsu | Sikorski |
Concerto | Torke | Boosey & Hawkes |
Fantasia | Villa-Lobos | Peer |
Sonata | Young | Dorn |