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Examines the saxophone's full social, historical and cultural trajectory, and considers how and why this instrument, with its idiosyncratic shape and sound, should have become important for so many different music-makers around the world.

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“Everything you wanted to know about sax – but were afraid to ask.”—The New York Post * The New York Post *
Winner of the Bessaraboff Prize given by the American Musical Instrument Society. -- American Musical Instrument Society * Bessaraboff Prize *

The Saxophone

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A Hardback by Stephen Cottrell


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    Publisher: Yale University Press
    Publication Date: 15/01/2013
    ISBN13: 9780300100419, 978-0300100419
    ISBN10: 0300100418
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Examines the saxophone's full social, historical and cultural trajectory, and considers how and why this instrument, with its idiosyncratic shape and sound, should have become important for so many different music-makers around the world.

    Trade Review
    “Everything you wanted to know about sax – but were afraid to ask.”—The New York Post * The New York Post *
    Winner of the Bessaraboff Prize given by the American Musical Instrument Society. -- American Musical Instrument Society * Bessaraboff Prize *

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