I searched through the website ilsaxofonoitaliano.it and found one of the oldest works for saxophone in Italian repertoire: the 1855 Giuseppe Apolloni opera, L’ebreo. There is little information about the saxophone, so I went to find out more about this work and how the saxophone became a part of the opera. Looking at my database,Continue reading “1855 Italian opera, L’ebreo, how did the saxophone get in the score?”
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Il Saxofono italiano is now in the database, listen to the Italian Saxophone
One area of opera I was missing in my database was early Italian opera. The earliest opera I found that used the saxophone was Giaccomo Puccini’s Turandot. Is this really the first Italian opera that used the saxophone? I knew I was missing some works. I was getting ready to dig into Italian opera featuringContinue reading “Il Saxofono italiano is now in the database, listen to the Italian Saxophone”
the Operatic Saxophone 