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    Sigurd Manfred Raschèr (pronounced 'Rah-sher'; 15 May 1907 – 25 February 2001) was an American saxophonist born in Germany. He became an important figure...
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  • Rall, soprano saxophone, 2002–present Carina Raschèr, soprano saxophone, 1969 until 2002 Sigurd Raschèr, alto saxophone, 1969 until 1980 Elliot Riley...
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  • Look up rascher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rascher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Sigurd Raschèr (1907–2001), American...
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  • Jacques Ibert in 1935. Ibert dedicated the work to saxophone pioneer Sigurd Raschèr, who premiered the first movement in 1935. Later that year, Ibert completed...
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    saxophone was launched largely through the efforts of Marcel Mule and Sigurd Raschèr, and the classical repertoire for the instrument expanded rapidly. The...
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  • New York, Gwozdz was a pupil and longtime friend of saxophone pioneer Sigurd Raschèr. He has performed in Beijing, Chicago, Leipzig, London, Los Angeles...
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    music has been limited, influential performers include Marcel Mule, Sigurd Raschèr, Jean-Marie Londeix, Eugene Rousseau, and Frederick L. Hemke. Chromatic...
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    Eugene Plumacher (1838–1910), emigrant to the United States, diplomat Sigurd Raschèr, saxophonist Paul Ortwin Rave, art historian and director of the Berlin...
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  • Hattiesburg, Mississippi and with the pioneer of classical saxophone, Sigurd Raschèr. He graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1989 with...
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  • Nyköping, Sweden, on 25 November 1934, with Sigurd Raschèr, a famous German saxophonist, as soloist. It is Raschèr who is credited for bringing about the concerto's...
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    saxophones. As an example, the eminent saxophonist Sigurd Raschèr (1907-2001) played the instrument in his Raschèr Saxophone Ensemble, and it is featured on most...
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    notable proponent of the altissimo range was Sigurd Raschèr, who preferred the term top tones. Raschèr is the author of Top Tones For the Saxophone,...
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  • Music Score Library Project Prelude to Cantata No. 12, by Bach, arr. by Sigurd Raschèr, Chappell (©1938); OCLC 1881486, 33309682 "Weinen" "Klagen" "Sorgen"...
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    in 2013 it was adapted as a feature movie 12 Years a Slave (film). Sigurd Raschèr (pronounced 'Rah-sher') (May 15, 1907, in Elberfeld, Germany – February...
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    traditional shape as designed by Sax. One saxophonist and teacher, Sigurd Raschèr, spoke out against this change in mouthpiece design. He believed that...
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    or Shush which is an ancient city in Iran. The classical saxophonist Sigurd Raschèr owned a farm in Shushan, and died there in 2001.[citation needed] Grey...
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  • Boyd Raeburn 1913-1966 X Jazz Boots Randolph 1927-2007 X X Rock & roll Sigurd Raschèr 1907-2001 X X X X X X X Classical Raphael Ravenscroft 1954-2014 X Rock...
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  • Symposium and Saxophone Journal. An article by Lee Patrick about Sigurd Raschèr Another article by Lee Patrick about Sigurd Raschèr Carl Fischer website...
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    early proponents of classical saxophone playing. [citation needed] Sigurd Rascher, an important German saxophone player, was known for the quicker style...
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    and sextets, especially those in the direct legacy of teacher-soloist Sigurd Rascher.[citation needed] It is also occasionally used to perform in smaller...
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  • County, New York. She was a founding member of the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet and studied under Sigurd Raschèr as well as Laurence Wyman. Bangs teaches saxophone...
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  • sound into the early 1930s, gaining the favor of classical saxophonist Sigurd Rascher and those influenced by him. Buescher adapted its sound concept to the...
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    virtuoso Sigurd Raschèr, its dedicatee, whom Larsson had consulted during the compositional process; as such, the concerto incorporated several Raschèr's pioneering...
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  • journalist and film director. Bitsy Mott, 82, American baseball player. Sigurd Raschèr, 93, German-American saxophonist. John J. Tammaro Jr., 75, American...
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    double bass, and piano. Larsson's Saxophone Concerto, written for Sigurd Raschèr in 1934, is one of the first major works for saxophone to utilize ideas...
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  • studied saxophone with classical saxophone pioneer Sigurd Raschèr, and did additional study with Raschèr at the Eastman School of Music. The vast majority...
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  • Buffalo, lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs and member of folk duo John & Mary Sigurd Raschèr of Shushan, one of the most important figures in the development of...
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    for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra commissioned and premiered by Sigurd Raschèr in 1949. The piece went through several major revisions and re-scorings...
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  • Name Original chapter Notability References Sigurd Raschèr Delta (1951) Saxophonist; pioneer of saxophone literature and voicing on the saxophone Eugene...
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    effects" of the piece's dedicatee, the "pioneering saxophone virtuoso" Sigurd Raschèr. Details about the Cello Concerto—in particular the tempo markings for...
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