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Allegretto et Allegro, for baritone saxophone and piano
Title by uploader: Jules Demersseman: Premier Solo - Allegretto et Allegro
Instrumentation |
Piano, Baritone Saxophone |
Scored for |
Solo, Accompanying piano |
Type of score |
Score for two performers, Solo part |
Key |
B flat major |
Movement(s) |
1 to 1 from 1 |
Publisher |
Musik Fabrik |
Difficulty |
Medium |
Duration |
4'0 |
Jules Demersseman was born on January 9, 1833 in Hondschoote, a small town in the north of France now near the border of Belgium. He entered the Paris Conservatory in 1844 in the class of Jean-Louis Tulou and won a first prize in flute in 1845. Demersseman had a career as a pedogogue and soloist, often performing his own compositions. A close friend of Adolphe Sax, he wrote some of the first works ever written for the saxophone, as well as for the saxhorn and for Sax‘s valved trombone, most of which were published by Sax himself.. Demersseman died in Paris on December 1, 1866 at the age of 33. The Premier solo was performed for the exams at Adolphe Sax's saxophone class at the Paris Conservatory in 1865. The work is in the form of a Cavatina and Cabaletta, a vocal aria form used in Bel Canto operas during the life of Demersseman. In this form, a slow, expressive and ornamented melody (the cavatina), usually with solo cadenzas is followed by a faster, usually more dramatic but equally florid section (the cabaletta). Famous examples of this form include the aria Una voce poco fa in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and Casta diva ... Ah! bello a me ritorno in Bellini‘s, Norma. It is important to listen to vocal performances in this style, especially in performing the solo cadenzas, which (in spite of the notation) are not necessarily meant to be performed as virtuoso effects., but rather as a means of displaying expression and beautiful tone.
Andante et Allegretto, for soprano saxophone and piano
Title by uploader: Jules Demersseman: Premier Solo - Andante et Allegretto
Instrumentation |
Piano, Soprano Saxophone |
Scored for |
Solo, Accompanying piano |
Type of score |
Score for two performers, Solo part |
Key |
F major |
Movement(s) |
1 to 1 from 1 |
Publisher |
Musik Fabrik |
Difficulty |
Medium |
Duration |
4'0 |
Year of composition |
1858 |
Jules Demersseman was born on January 9, 1833 in Hondschoote, a small town in the north of France now near the border of Belgium. He entered the Paris Conservatory in 1844 in the class of Jean-Louis Tulou and won a first prize in flute in 1845. Demersseman had a career as a pedogogue and soloist, often performing his own compositions. A close friend of Adolphe Sax, he wrote some of the first works ever written for the saxophone, as well as for the saxhorn and for Sax‘s valved trombone, most of which were published by Sax himself.. Demersseman died in Paris on December 1, 1866 at the age of 33. The work is in a pastorale style, which is uses elements of French folk music.
Andante et Bolero, for tenor saxophone and piano
Title by uploader: Jules Demersseman: Premier Solo - Andante et Bolero
Instrumentation |
Piano, Tenor Saxophone |
Scored for |
Solo, Accompanying piano |
Type of score |
Score for two performers, Solo part |
Key |
E flat major |
Movement(s) |
1 to 1 from 1 |
Publisher |
Musik Fabrik |
Difficulty |
Medium |
Duration |
4'30 |
Jules Demersseman was born on January 9, 1833 in Hondschoote, a small town in the north of France now near the border of Belgium. He entered the Paris Conservatory in 1844 in the class of Jean-Louis Tulou and won a first prize in flute in 1845. Demersseman had a career as a pedogogue and soloist, often performing his own compositions. A close friend of Adolphe Sax, he wrote some of the first works ever written for the saxophone, as well as for the saxhorn and for Sax‘s valved trombone, most of which were published by Sax himself.. Demersseman died in Paris on December 1, 1866 at the age of 33.
Andante et Allegro, for alto saxophone and piano
Title by uploader: Jules Demersseman: Premier Solo - Andante et Allegro for alto saxophone and piano
Instrumentation |
Piano, Alto Saxophone |
Scored for |
Solo, Accompanying piano |
Type of score |
Score for two performers, Solo part |
Key |
E flat major |
Movement(s) |
1 to 1 from 1 |
Publisher |
Musik Fabrik |
Difficulty |
Medium |
Duration |
3'30 |
The Premier solo was performed for the exams at Adolphe Sax's saxophone class at the Paris Conservatory in 1865.
Jules Demersseman was born on January 9, 1833 in Hondschoote, a small town in the north of France now near the border of Belgium. He entered the Paris Conservatory in 1844 in the class of Jean-Louis Tulou and won a first prize in flute in 1845. Demersseman had a career as a pedogogue and soloist, often performing his own compositions. A close friend of Adolphe Sax, he wrote some of the first works ever written for the saxophone, as well as for the saxhorn and for Sax‘s valved trombone, most of which were published by Sax himself.. Demersseman died in Paris on December 1, 1866 at the age of 33.
The work is in the form of a Cavatina and Cabaletta, a vocal aria form used in Bel Canto operas during the life of Demersseman. In this form, a slow, expressive and ornamented melody (the cavatina), usually with solo cadenzas is followed by a faster, usually more dramatic but equally florid section (the cabaletta). Famous examples of this form include the aria Una voce poco fa in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and Casta diva ... Ah! bello a me ritorno in Bellini‘s, Norma. It is important to listen to vocal performances in this style, especially in performing the solo cadenzas, which (in spite of the notation) are not necessarily meant to be performed as virtuoso effects., but rather as a means of displaying expression and beautiful tone.
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