4 Saxophones SATBar
SKU: AP.1-ADV7477
For SATBar Saxophone
Quartet. Composed by
Dennis C. Anderson.
Quartet; Solo Small
Ensembles; Woodwind -
Saxophone Quartet.
Advance Music. Form:
Suite. Score and Part(s).
Advance Music
#01-ADV7477. Published by
Advance Music
(AP.1-ADV7477).
UPC:
805095074772.
English.
Written in
tribute to all mothers,
but especially the
composer's mother
Florilyn, who died at the
age of 90 in 2008, each
of the four movements in
this grade 3 suite may be
performed independently
of the others with
excellent results.
Movement 1 is a plaintive
waltz with lush romantic
harmonies. Movement 2 is
a comedic interpolation
featuring portions of two
etudes by Muzio Clementi
and the tick-tick sound
of the typewriter.
Conflict, reconciliation,
resolution, and
acceptance is the
conveyed essence of
movement 3. And with a
reverent duet
introduction, the final
movement of Elégie
à nos mères
commemorates the end of
Florilyn's long life.
Arranged for saxophone
quartet (SATBar).