Saxophone Catalog 21 Van Cott Information Services, Inc. 5/13/21 presents Saxophone Music, Books, CDs and More This catalog includes saxophone books, videos, and CDs; reed books; woodwind books; and general music books. We are happy to accept Purchase Orders from University Music Departments, Libraries and Bookstores in the US. We also have clarinet, flute, oboe, and bassoon books, videos and CDs. You may order online, by fax, or phone. To order or for the latest information visit our web site at http://www.vcisinc.com. Bindings: HB: Hard Bound, PB: Perfect Bound (paperback with square spine), SS: Saddle Stitch (paper, folded and stapled), SB: Spiral Bound (plastic or metal). Shipping: Heavy item, US Media Mail shipping charges based on weight. Free US Media Mail shipping on this item if ordered with another item with paid shipping. Price and Availability Subject to Change. Table of Contents S995. Londeix Guide to the Saxophone Repertoire Saxophone Books .................................................................. 1 1844-2012 edited by Bruce Ronkin. Roncorp Publica- tions, 2012, HB, 776 pages. The latest version of this book Saxophone Jazz Books........................................................... 3 is 130 pages longer than the previous edition. It is in French Saxophone Music .................................................................. 3 and English. More than 29,000 works for saxophone from Excerpts ....................................................................... 3 1844 to 2012–the entire lifespan of the saxophone–are Master Classes and Extended Technique ...................... 3 cross-indexed by composer and instrumentation. Each entry Methods ....................................................................... 6 includes valuable information: title, duration, year of com- Music ........................................................................... 7 position, publisher, arranger, dedicatee, movement titles, Music Collections ....................................................... 51 and biographical and stylistic information about the com- Studies and Etudes ..................................................... 59 poser. Appendices include addresses of publishers and composers. This publication indexes all works listed in the Reed Books ......................................................................... 64 previous four editions (1971, 1985, 1994, and 2003), as Repair Books ....................................................................... 65 well as thousands of new titles. It is an indispensable refer- Saxophone Videos ............................................................... 65 ence guide for all libraries and saxophonists. Saxophone Play Along Music .............................................. 65 84.95 Woodwind Books ................................................................ 66 S242. The Devil's Horn by Michael Segell. Farrar, Straus General Music Books .......................................................... 66 and Giroux, 2005, PB, 324 pages. Subtitled The Story of Saxophone CDs ................................................................... 69 the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to the King of Cool, Ordering Information.......................................................... 76 this book traces the 160-year history of the saxophone and that from the moment it debuted has aroused both positive and negative passions among all who hear it. The Devil's Saxophone Books Horn explores the saxophone's intersections with social S020. Adolphe Sax & His Saxophone by Leon movement and change, the innovative acoustical science Kochnitzky with an appendix by Sigurd M. Rascher. Fifth behind the instrument, its struggles in the world of "legit" edition, North American Saxophone Alliance, 2014, SS, 51 music, and the mystical properties that seduce all who fall pages. This is a new and much better printed version of this under its influence. Colorful, evocative, and richly in- brief history of Adolphe Sax and his most famous instru- formed, The Devil's Horn is an ingenious portrait of one of ment. It was first published in 1949. the most popular instruments in the world. 15.95 18.95 S002. The Art of Saxophone Playing by Larry Teal. S030. Hello! Mr. Sax by Jean-Marie Londeix. Alphonse Summy-Birchard. 1963. SS, 111 pages. A comprehensive Leduc, 1989, PB, 113 pages. Subtitled: Parameters of the guide to the saxophone. Subjects include the instrument, Saxophone. Text is in French and English. Much of this the mouthpiece, the reed, playing position, breathing tech- book is devoted to extended techniques such as multiphon- nique, the embouchure, tone quality, vibrato, intonation, ics, microtones, and special techniques of timbre and artic- developing technique, attack and release, phrasing and ulation. However, there sections on vibrato and other tech- interpretation, doubling, the altissimo register, and selected niques that will be of interest to nearly all. Bass through literature. sopranino are covered. 18.95 57.80 S012. El Arte de Tocar el Saxofón por Larry Teal, tra- S031. E.A. Lefebre: Preeminent Saxophonist of the ducido por Raúl Guiterrez. Summy-Birchard, 1997. SS, 111 Nineteenth Century by James R. Noyes. Doctoral disser- pages. Spanish translation of The Art of Saxophone Playing. tation, 2000, SB, 293 pages. The career of Edward A. Lefe- 19.95 bre (1834-1911) is one of the most meaningful and substan- tial in the history of the saxophone. His monumental efforts to popularize the saxophone were felt, first in Europe and Africa, and eventually in the United States. He was a mem- S003. Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone by ber of the Gilmore and Sousa bands and worked with C.G. Richard Ingham. Cambridge University Press, PB, 225 pag- Conn to improve the saxophone. This book covers his life es. This is the first comprehensive guide to the saxophone. and work in detail. Contents: Invention and, In the twentieth century, Influen- 44.95 tial soloists, The repertoire heritage, The saxophone quartet, The mechanics of playing the saxophone, The professional player (three chapters), Jazz and the saxophone, Rock and the saxophone, The saxophone today, Teaching the saxo- phone. 39.95 Order online at: www.vcisinc.com 2 S701. Eugene Rousseau: With Casual Brilliance by S958. The Saxophone Handbook by Douglas D. Skin- Thomas Liley. North American Saxophone Alliance, 2011, ner. Berklee Press, 2013, PB, 90 pages. A complete guide PB, 231 pages. Thomas Liley, presents the life and peda- to playing and maintenance, this handbook offers essential gogy of the internationally famous saxophone performer information on all dimensions of the saxophone. It pro- and teacher Eugene Rousseau (1932-). In addition to draw- vides an overview of technique, such as breathing, finger- ing on written sources for this book, the author has used his ings, articulations, and more. Exercises will help you de- personal observations and the notes he has made since first velop your sense of timing, facility, and sound. Extensive meeting Rousseau in 1968. directions (with illustrations) on repairs will help you main- 24.95 tain your instrument and customize it to support your own S474. Larry Teal: There Will Never Be Another You playing style and preferences. You'll learn to fine-tune your by Mary Teal, Thomas Liley editor. North American Saxo- reed, recork the keys, fix binding keys, replace pads, and phone Alliance, 2008, PB, 262 pages. This book traces the many other repairs and adjustments. You'll also learn to life of the Larry Teal (1905-1984), the first university pro- improve your tone, intonation, and flexibility while playing fessor of saxophone in the United States. The biography with proper technique. While saxophone repair is only one follows Larry Teal’s career from vaudeville, the popular of five chapters in this book, it does an excellent job of music of the 1920s, theater and radio orchestras, and the covering basic repairs and adjustments. Detroit Symphony Orchestra through his groundbreaking 14.95 tenure at the University of Michigan. Teal’s relationship S060. The Saxophone Is My Voice by Ernest Ferron with Bernhard Heiden, who wrote his famous Sonata for translated from the French by Jacqueline Rose. Internation- him is discussed, as well as Teal’s historic performances of al Music Diffusion, 1997, PB, 117 pages. The author has Glazounov’s Concerto and the Concertino da Camera by drawn from his experience as a master instrument maker Ibert. Generously illustrated with 24 photographs. and from his contact with leading instrumentalists to pro- 19.95 duce a synthesis of his knowledge. The first 48 pages co- S035. The Original 1949 Saxophone Concerto of vers how a saxophone functions with details on Adolphe Sax's parabola, the neck, bow, tone holes, bell, mouth- Ingolf Dahl by Paul M. Cohen. To the Fore Publishers, piece, reeds, and tuning. The rest of the book is on the 1985. PB, 156 pages. Paul Cohen's definitive dissertation tools and techniques of saxophone repair and adjustment. on the origin and history of the original (1949) version of the Concerto for Alto Saxophone, including correspond- 36.95 ence with between Sigurd Rascher and Dahl, notes and S013. Saxophone Master Classes by Michael Eric Hes- sketches, history of the revisions, the relations to Sinfoniet- ter. Second Edition, 2003, PB, 76 pages. Dr. Hester has ta of Concert Band, and a comparison of the original ver- written this series of master classes as a resource for stu- sion to the published version. dents of the