Saxophone Quartet
SKU:
FG.55011-533-0
Little Quartet for
Four Saxes op 185.
Composed by Erkki
Melartin. Arranged by
Jari Eskola. Score and
parts. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-533-0. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-533-0).
ISBN
9790550115330.
The
Little Quartet for Four
Horns op. 185 by Erkki
Melartin was commissioned
by the progenitor of
Finnish horn playing,
Holger Fransman
(1909-1997). The Helsinki
Music Institute's horn
class received this three
movement quartet from
their principal for the
spring concert in May
1936. A composition for
four French horns was a
rarity in 1930s Finland.
The quartet was performed
for decades as Holger
Fransman's arrangement.
This edition is based on
the original version of
the composer.