Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 movement |
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Composition Year | 1857? |
Genre Categories | Quartets; For soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone; Scores featuring the soprano saxophone; |
Psaiko Quartet plays Léon Kreutzer's Saxophone Quartet
Work Title | Saxophone Quartet |
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Alternative. Title | Quatuor pour saxophones |
Composer | Kreutzer, Léon |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ILK 11 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 movement in 2 sections:
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1857? |
First Publication. | 1863 or earlier (Paris: Adolphe Sax) |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | 4 saxophones (SATB) |
External Links | [1] 1861 Letter from Sax to Kreutzer concerning news of any other quartets he might expect (from Kreutzer) (which did not materialize.) (Page says that this quartet was published around 1860.) (This link doesn't seem to work on all browsers. If it doesn't, go to www.saxame.org, then click on "Topics/Thèmes". From there you will see the link to "Letter from Adolphe Sax to Léon Kreutzer . . ." |
Though the score says "saxophone basse", it is in E♭, which in modern terminology makes it a baritone sax. The bass saxophone is in B♭.
This saxophone quartet is a transcription of the first movement from the composer's Quatuor No.2, Op.15, for strings.