Quatuor pour saxophones (Glazunov)

Alexander Glazunov

This work bears the designation Opus 109.

General Info

Year: 1932 / 1959
Duration: c. 25:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: M.P. Belaieff, through Schott Music
Cost: Parts Only (print) - €28.00; (digital) - €21.99 | Score Only (print) - €15.00; (digital) - €11.99

Movements

1. Partie
2. Canzona variée (5 variations)

Variation I
Variation II
Variation III - A la Schumann
Variation IV - A la Chopin
Variation V - Scherzo

3. Finale

Instrumentation

Full Score
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Alexander Glazunov's Quatuor pour saxophones is one of his last works and, at the same time, one of the earliest quartets for this instrumentation at all. The work is virtually a little history of music -- 'delivered subsequently' for this younger instrument group: The first movement is characterized by wide melodic arcs reminiscent of Dvorák, Wagner and Brahms; the second movement, a canzona variée, refers expressly to Schumann and Chopin, while the dynamic and fresh rondo finale with its lyric middle section refers to forms of Bach.

- Program Note from publisher

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

Autumn from "The Seasons" (arr. Safranek) (1921)
Saxophone Concerto in E-Flat Major (tr. Kreines) (1934/)
Concerto in E-flat
Finale from "Symphony No. 5" (arr. Kline) (1895/)
March on a Russian Theme
Marche de Noces
Overture Solonnelle
Quatuor pour saxophones (1932/1959)
Saxophone Concerto (arr. Dobbelstein) (1934/2016)
Stenka Razine
Valse de concert (arr. Duthoit) (1893/1937)

Resources

Glazunov, A. (1959). Quatour pour 4 saxophones en si♭ majeur. Op. 109. Composé en 1932 à Paris, etc. [Score with P.F. reduction.. [score]. Belaieff: Bonn.