Sigurd Manfred Raschèr (15 May 1907 – 25 February 2001) was an American saxophonist born in Germany. He became an important figure in the development of...

Look up rascher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rascher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Sigurd Raschèr (1907–2001), American...

founded in the United States in 1969 by prominent classical saxophonist Sigurd Raschèr and his daughter, Carina (Karin). Some years later the quartet relocated...

saxophone was launched largely through the efforts of Marcel Mule and Sigurd Raschèr, and the classical repertoire for the instrument expanded rapidly. The...

New York, Gwozdz was a pupil and longtime friend of saxophone pioneer Sigurd Raschèr. He has performed in Beijing, Chicago, Leipzig, London, Los Angeles...

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...

music has been limited, influential performers include Marcel Mule, Sigurd Raschèr, Jean-Marie Londeix, Eugene Rousseau, and Frederick L. Hemke. Chromatic...

and sextets, especially those in the direct legacy of teacher-soloist Sigurd Rascher.[citation needed] It is also occasionally used to perform in smaller...

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...

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...

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,...

Pasquale, a prolific composer, had studied saxophone with Hemke and Sigurd Rascher. Selected performances Hemke made his New York debut on April 16, 1962...

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...

by Sigurd M. Rascher and Lee Patrick (Bourne) "Four short pieces for saxophone quartet by Robert Schumann; arranged by Lee Patrick and Sigurd Rascher (Belwin)...

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...

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...

Hattiesburg, Mississippi and with the pioneer of classical saxophone, Sigurd Raschèr. He graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1989 with...

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...

Eugene Plumacher (1838–1910), emigrant to the United States, diplomat Sigurd Raschèr, saxophonist Paul Ortwin Rave, art historian and director of the Berlin...

early proponents of classical saxophone playing. [citation needed] Sigurd Rascher, an important German saxophone player, was known for the quicker style...

virtuoso Sigurd Raschèr, its dedicatee, whom Larsson had consulted during the compositional process; as such, the concerto incorporated several Raschèr's pioneering...

Jacques Terry and Jean Ledieu. Sigurd Rascher, his daughter Carina Rascher, Bruce Weinberger and Linda Bangs formed the Rascher Saxophone Quartet in 1969 which...

journalist and film director. Bitsy Mott, 82, American baseball player. Sigurd Raschèr, 93, German-American saxophonist. John J. Tammaro Jr., 75, American...

solo part on English horn. The 11-12 November 1939 performances by Sigurd Rascher with the New York Philharmonic were of a "revised version by [conductor]...

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...

Maurice Jarre, Olivier Messiaen, and Igor Stravinsky October 22 – Sigurd Rascher and the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra open their 1956–57 season with...

for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra commissioned and premiered by Sigurd Raschèr in 1949. The piece went through several major revisions and re-scorings...

studied saxophone with classical saxophone pioneer Sigurd Raschèr, and did additional study with Raschèr at the Eastman School of Music. The vast majority...

effects" of the piece's dedicatee, the "pioneering saxophone virtuoso" Sigurd Raschèr. Details about the Cello Concerto—in particular the tempo markings for...

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...