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The course of study for the student of saxophone at Northwestern University divides into the following classifications:
A. Interpretive and Technical Materials
1. Etude and method books
2. Memorized scales and arpeggios
3. Special techniques
B. Repertoire
1. Concerti
2. Sonatas
a. Transcribed early sonatas
b. Original sonatas
3. Solo literature
a. Saxophone with piano
b. Unaccompanied
4. Chamber Ensemble
a. Saxophone with other instruments
b. Saxophone quartet
The saxophone student must complete the listed methods during each
school year. Students are also required to satisfactorily present the
required scale and arpeggio materials.
Ten compositions are to be chosen from each repertoire list and
developed to a performance level. Deviations from this list may be
requested and are subject to consent by the instructor. Participation
in a saxophone quartet of with other instruments in the performance of
chamber music is especially stressed and will be demanded of students
who have attained an acceptable performance level.
Accepted majors in tenor or baritone saxophone are expected to complete
all required methods. Repertoire will be chosen from appropriate alto
saxophone literature, unaccompanied works, chamber music, and other
transcribed and original compositions.
All compositions written for saxophone and piano must be performed in
the studio with piano. Completion of any composition will occur when
the work has been mastered and one movement or a major section of a
work has been performed in the studio from memory and with piano, where
applicable.
Freshman Year--Three Quarters
Methods
18 Studies after Berbiguier -- M. Mule |
Leduc |
Exercises Transcendants -- M. Perrin |
Leduc |
Selected Studies -- H. Voxman |
Rubank |
24 Easy Atonal Etudes – G. Lacour |
Billaudot |
48 Etudes after Ferling -- M. Mule |
Leduc |
Neuf Etudes Transcendantes -- N. Samyn |
Billaudot |
Repertoire
Aeolian Song -- W. Benson |
MCA |
Three Romances -- R. Schumann-Hemke |
Southern |
Tango et Tarentelle -- M. Dautremer |
Leduc |
Chanson et Passepied -- J. Rueff |
Leduc |
Canzonetta -- G.Pierne-Mule |
Leduc |
Introduction et Danse -- H.Tomasi |
Leduc |
Sonatine Sportive -- A. Tcherepnin |
Leduc |
Sicilienne -- P.Lantier |
Leduc |
Improvisation I,II,III -- R. Noda |
Leduc |
Choral Vari� -- V. D’Indy |
Durand |
Sonata #4 -- J.S. Bach-Mule |
Leduc |
Three Short Pieces -- R. Myers |
Artisan |
Sarabande and Gigue -- F. Tull |
Boosey |
Suite -- P. Bonneau |
Leduc |
An Abstract -- D.Ward |
Southern |
Sonata No. 6 (flute sonata) -- Bach-Mule |
Leduc |
Sonata -- R. Snyder |
Tenuto |
Sonata -- P. Creston |
Shawnee |
Sonata-- P. Hindemith |
Schott |
Piece Concertante -- H. Reutter |
Schott |
Concertino -- E. Bozza |
Leduc |
Concerto in E Flat -- A. Glazounov |
Leduc |
Concerto -- P. Vellones |
Lemoine |
Sophomore Year--Three Quarters
Methods
53 Etudes Book I -- M. Mule |
Leduc |
20 Etudes after Sivori, Rode, Fiorillo, Capelle |
Leduc |
30 Exercises after Sousman -- M. Mule |
Leduc |
Etudes Journaliers -- Terschak-Mule |
Leduc |
Repertoire
Cadenza -- L. Robert |
Editions Francaises |
Divertimento -- R. Boutry |
Leduc |
Fantaisie -- J. Demersseman |
Billaudot |
Music for Alto Saxophone -- M.W. Karlins |
Southern |
Sonata No.1 (flute sonata) -- Handel-Mule |
Leduc |
Rhapsodie Brettone -- R. Barbier |
Leduc |
Improvisation et Caprice -- E. Bozza |
Leduc |
Quinze Etudes -- C. Koechlin |
Editions Francaises |
Ballade -- H. Tomasi |
Leduc |
Quattro Liriche Brevi -- J. Orrtego-Salas |
Peer |
Parable -- V.Persichetti |
Elkan-Vogel |
Picnic on the Marne -- N. Rorem |
Boosey & Hawkes |
Rhapsodie pour Saxophone-- C. Debussy |
Durand |
Two Memorials – M.A. Turnage |
Schott |
Sonatine -- C. Pascal |
Durand |
Sonata -- J. Absil |
Lemoine |
Sonata -- P.M. Dubois |
Leduc |
Seven Epigrams -- R. Snyder |
Southern |
Concerto -- H. Badings |
Donemus |
Concerto -- W. Hartley |
Presser |
Junior Year--Three Quarters
Methods
Etudes Varies -- M. Mule |
Leduc |
53 Etudes Book II -- M. Mule Leduc |
20 Etudes after Sivori, Rode, Fiorillo, Capelle,
Book II -- M. Mule |
Leduc |
6 Etudes -- A. Massis |
Leduc |
28 Etudes-modes de Messiaen -- G.Lacour |
Billaudot |
Repertoire
Duo -- W. Hartley |
Tenuto |
Duo Concertante -- L. Bassett |
Peters |
Tableaux de Provence -- P. Maurice |
Lemoine |
Fantasia -- H. Villa-Lobos |
Southern N.Y. |
Response -- E. Diemente |
Seesaw |
Sarabande (Soprano) – M.A. Turnage |
Schott |
Divertissement -- P.M. Dubois |
Leduc |
Air and Scherzo -- H. Cowell |
Associated |
Brillance -- I. Gotkovsky |
Billaudot |
Mai -- R. Noda |
Leduc |
Phoenix -- R.Noda |
Leduc |
Legende -- F. Schmitt |
Durand |
Neuf Etudes -- C. Lauba |
Leduc |
Scaramouche -- D. Milhaud |
Durand |
Piece Concertante -- G. Lacour |
Billaudot |
Sonata – R.R. Bennett |
Chester Novello |
Sonata -- D.Diamond |
Southern |
Sonata -- B. Heiden |
Schott |
Sonata -- S. Karg-Elert |
Zimmerman |
Sonata -- R. Muczynski |
Schirmer |
Sonate -- J. Rueff |
Leduc |
Hot Sonate -- E. Schulhoff |
Schott |
Concerto One -- B. Beerman |
ACA |
Concerto -- H. Tomasi |
Leduc |
Concerto-- P. Bonneau |
Leduc |
Concerto -- P. Creston |
G. Schirmer |
Concertino -- W. Benson |
M.C.A. |
Concerto -- P.M. Dubois |
Leduc |
Senior Year--Three Quarters
Methods
12 Etudes-Caprices -- E. Bozza |
Leduc |
Etudes Expressives -- A. Ameller |
Peters |
53 Etudes, Book III -- M. Mule |
Leduc |
Repertoire
Ballade -- F. Martin |
Universal |
Two Elegies Framing a Shout – M.A. Turnage |
Schott |
Impromptu -- M.W. Karlins |
Southern |
Homage a Sax -- R. Bernier |
Leduc |
Caprice en Forme de Valse -- P. Bonneau |
Leduc |
Dialogue -- K. Korte |
Galaxy |
In Freundschaft -- K. Stockhausen |
Universal |
Seven Pieces for Saxophone and Organ -- A. Stout |
Southern |
Hard Fairy – G.Fitken |
www.fitkin.com |
Variations -- R. Snyder |
Leduc |
Gavambodi II -- J. Charpentier |
Leduc |
Prelude Cadence et Finale-- A. Desenclos |
Leduc |
Divertimento -- C.Wuorinen |
Peters |
Variations Path�tiques -- I. Gotkovsky |
Billaudot |
Elegie et Rondeau -- K. Husa |
Leduc |
Holy Roller -- L. Larsen |
Oxford |
Music for Saxophone -- L. Bassett |
Peters |
Renewing the Myth -- M.Shrude |
ACA |
Musique de Concert -- M. Constant |
Leduc |
Fuzzy Bird Sonata -- T. Yoshimatsu |
Billaudot |
San Antonio-- J. Harbison |
Associated Music Pub. |
Sonata-- J. DiPasquale (tenor) |
Southern |
Sonata-- J. Franco |
Composers Facsimile Ed. |
Concerto -- J. Feld |
Etoile |
Concerto -- I. Gotkovsky |
Leduc |
Concerto -- R. Challan |
Leduc |
Concerto-- P.M. Dubois |
Leduc |
Concerto for Trumpet and Saxophone -- J. Rivier |
Pierre Noel |
Concertino da Camera -- J. Ibert |
Leduc |
(Advanced seniors may select material from the Graduate Listing.)
Graduate Study*
Methods
8 Etudes Brillantes-- G. Lacour |
Leduc |
53 Etudes Book II-- M. Mule |
Leduc |
6 Etudes-- A. Massis |
Leduc |
Exercises Journaliers-- Terschak-Mule |
Leduc |
Traits Difficiles Books I, II, III |
Leduc |
28 etudes sur les Modes d' Olivier Messiaen-- G. Lacour |
Billaudot |
Repertoire
True Confessions – C. Stolte |
Southern |
Canzona da Sonare -- T. Mason |
Southern |
Distances Within Me-- J. Lennon |
Dorn |
Music for Tenor Saxophone -- M.W. Karlins |
Southern |
Sonata -- W. Albright |
Peters |
Sonata -- E. Denisov |
Leduc |
Sonata- - D. Maslanka |
NASA |
Lilith -- W. Bolcom |
E.B. Marks |
Wings -- J.Tower |
Associated |
Sequenza VIIb-- L. Berio |
Universal |
Sequenza IXb-- L. Berio |
Universal |
She Sings She Screams -- M. Engebretson |
Manuscript |
Steady Study on the Boogie -- C. Lauba |
Billaudot |
Hard -- C. Lauba |
Billaudot |
Gate (Soprano) – G. Fritkin |
www.fitkin.com |
Concertino -- G. Raphael |
Breitkopf & Hartel |
Concerto -- H. Brandt |
Carl Fischer |
Concerto-- I. Dahl |
M. C. A. |
Concerto -- R.L. Finney |
Peters |
Concerto -- P. Hasquenoph |
Presser |
Concerto -- K. Husa |
Associated |
Concerto -- E. V. Koch |
Eriks Musikhandel Forlag |
Concerto -- L. E. Larsson |
Gerhmans |
Concerto -- J. Rueff |
Leduc |
Concerto-- M. Torke |
Boosey & Hawkes |
*
Entering Graduate students who did not major in saxophone as an
undergraduate at Northwestern University are advised that a performing
knowledge of representative undergraduate repertoire is necessary
before beginning the graduate level repertoire. Graduate students who
have accomplished the repertoire in the Graduate Study listing may
select unperformed material from the undergraduate lists or prepare
newly composed/published repertoire with Professor’s approval.