Sonatine For Alto Saxophone And Piano

Sonatine For Alto Saxophone And Piano French composer, Pierre Max Dubois (1930-1995) significantly contributed to the wind repertoire. Sonatine for Alto Saxophone and Piano was published in 1968 and remains prominent as a more unusualaddition to the ensemble repertoire. Dubois' music is characteristically light-hearted with unusual harmonic and melodic textures. Sonatine reflects Dubois' compositionalcharacteristics with a typical performance lasting about eight minutes. Dubois' work is suitable for advanced performers, addressing virtuosic features, such as complex rhythms, particularly flourishingsemiquaverpassages, variations in articulation, chromaticism, and exploitation of the ensemble, among other aspects. Sonatine is essential to the advanced Alto Saxophone repertoire as Dubois' work makesfor an exciting, varied and enjoyable performance for players and audiences alike. Type: Book [Softcover] Komponist: Pierre-Max Dubois Antall sider: 12 Sjanger: Classical Instrument: Saxophone E-Flat and Piano Utgiver: Alphonse Leduc Utgavenummer: AL23742 ISMN: 9790046237423