The Inventor
The inventor of the saxophone
Bonus: 50pts: Birth Name
Adolphe Sax
Bonus: Antoine-Joseph
What year was the saxophone patented in?
1846
Who was the Glazunov Concerto written for?
Sigurd Rascher
Who is the classical Saxophone professor at Indiana University and who did he succeed?
Bonus: 50pts: who is the jazz saxophone professor?
Otis Murphy, Eugene Rousseau
Bonus:
Thomas Walsh
Which saxophone was Rudy Wiedoeft most well known for playing
C Melody
Where was the inventor of saxophone born? (city and country)
Dinant, Belgium
Which type of saxophone was the first to be invented?
Bass saxophone (in C)
Which composer never wrote for the saxophone?
Bartok, Shostakovich, Liszt, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, or Berg.
Franz Liszt
Name at least two Americans that studied with Marcel Mule.
Bonus: 100pts: Name 3
Fred Hemke
Eugene Rousseau
Ruben Haugen
Who is the Saxophone Professor at the University of Michigan and who did he succeed?
Bonus- 50pts: Name the Jazz saxophone professor
Timothy McAllister, Donald Sinta
bonus: Andrew Bishop
What instrument currently in use (besides the saxophone) is he credited with improving?
Bass clarinet
Many people, such as Berlioz, described the saxophone as being similar, but superior to this instrument.
Ophicleide
What is the name of the orchestral work by John Adams that prominently features an alto saxophone?
City Noir
Who was the first full time saxophone professor at an American University, and at what school?
Larry Teal at the University of Michigan
This saxophonist is famously known for being a pioneer of the "top tones" on the saxophone, promoting a 4 octave range, and encouraging composers to write above the normal range.
Sigurd Rascher
Why was he denied the gold medal at the Belgian Exhibition in 1840?
The thought he was too young.
This prominent vaudevillian saxophone sextet from Canada toured extensively in North America in the early 20th century.
The Six Brown Brothers
The first piece to be publicly performed using the saxophone. (Title and composer)
I'll accept 2 answers (Bonus for both: 100pts)
Berlioz's arrangement of his work "Chant Sacre"
Kastner's opera: Le dernier roi de juda (The last King of Juda)
Name all of the saxophone professors that have taught at the Paris conservatory.
Adolphe Sax
Marcel Mule
Daniel Deffayet
Claude Delangle
James Houlik
Answer either (or both for Bonus: 100pts):
What year was he born?
What year did he die?
(Within 2 year of either accepted)
1814
1894
Answer one of the two (or both for bonus: 100pts):
1.Known as the "Saxophone King" in the 1870s-80s, this saxophonist was a prominent soloist and played with the Gilmore and Souza bands
2. This prominent saxophonist in the mid 19th century is credited as being the first saxophone soloist to be heard in the United States
1. Edward Lefebre
2. Henrie Wuille
In Ravel's "Bolero," which saxophone parts did he originally write for?
F sopranino (and Bb soprano)
Bb tenor
List all of the schools (in order) that Timothy McAllister held teaching positions at.
SUNY Potsdam
University of Arizona
Arizona State University
Northwestern University
University of Michigan
Name all of the (classical) saxophonists that have taught at Northwestern University?
Cecil Leeson
Fred Hemke
Timothy McAllister
Taimur Sullivan