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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC CLASSICAL SAXOPHONE TRANSCRIPTIONS: ROLE AND RECEPTION By Kathryn Etheridge A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2008 The members of the Committee approve the thesis of Kathryn Etheridge Defended on July 29, 2008. ______________________________ Douglass Seaton Professor Directing Thesis ______________________________ Denise Von Glahn Committee Member ______________________________ Patrick Meighan Committee Member The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables…………………………………………………………………………..………….v List of Musical Examples……………………………………………………………..………….vi Abstract ..…………………………………………………………………………………..vii CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................... 1 Key Definitions……………………………………………………………………………2 Sources…………………………………………………………………………………….3 Method and Chapter Overview……………………………………………………………5 CHAPTER 2. TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR THE SAXOPHONE.....................................................6 1844-1894: the Earliest Saxophone Repertoire…..…….……………………………….....6