Format : Sheet music
Transcription for solo Alto Saxophone and Wind Band. Written in 1970 Robert Muczynski's two-movement Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano has become a standard in the Saxophone repertoire.Anthony LaBounty has skilfully adapted this work for Wind Band accompaniment carefully preserving the intent and style of the original with its unique blend of modern tonalities and syncopated rhythmic drive.
SKU: PR.114419380
ISBN 9781491130797. UPC: 680160676743. 9 x 12 inches. Text: Robert Muczynski. Robert Muczynski.
In 1962, the 33-year-old Robert Muczynski had already composed his flute sonata and other mature works, and recently had joined the faculty of University of Arizona, where he remained for the rest of his life. During that year, Muczynski held a Ford Foundation grant to bring his music to the public schools in the Tucson area. The charming-yet-profound result was a narrated work along the lines of Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling. Set in Arizona, Fuzzette is a hairless tarantula who assumes no one likes her for being different – until the handsome and charismatic Pancho falls in love with her for her individualism. Muczynski’s musical setting has all the charm, elegance, and jazz underpinnings of his best-loved works for flute and for saxophone.
