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. 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. 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 iconĪppendix: Adolphe Sax’s 1846 saxophone patent Notes Bibliography Index List of illustrations, music examples and tables Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations and conventions 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1įor my parents, Dennis and Eunice Cottrell 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. Yale University Press New Haven and LondonĬopyright © 2012 by Stephen Cottrell All rights reserved. The Trumpet John Wallace and Alexander McGrattan The Oboe Geoffrey Burgess and Bruce Haynes
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