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TitlecodeX154004
Title NameSax Appeal
Marketing CopyJazz-Infused quartet with extensive performances throughout Europe and the U.S.
InstrumentationSaxophone Quartet
CommissionCommissioned by Summerfest for the Amherst Saxophone Quartet.
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Program NotesSax Appeal was commissioned for the Amherst Saxophone Quartet by Summerfest, a music festival in Pittsburgh, for its tenth anniversary season. The score was completed in June, 1990, and the premiere took place that July.

The work is in four movements: Set Up, Blues, Sarabande, and Jump; the second and third movements are played without pause. Sarabande, the third movement, began life as a piece for recorder quartet, but seemed equally at home in the world of the saxophone. Jazz is clearly the primary influence, as befitting the genre that brought this wonderful instrument into its own.

The homogeneity of the instruments from top to bottom also helped shape my sound-world. I am grateful to my friends of the Transcontinental Saxophone Quartet, not only for this disc, but for bringing the music to audiences throughout the U.S. and Europe, giving it more performances than any of my other pieces has had. --David Stock
Title Brand2
Year Composed1990
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Duration16
Ensemble Size4
Date Created2008-10-31 20:31:53.000000
Date Updated2025-09-30 20:31:53
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Recording CreditsRecorded by the Transcontinental Saxophone Quartet, Albany (2001).
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Title Category13
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Title Instrument Category TextSaxophone Duo & Ensemble
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Title Sub Category76
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