The French saxophone school, characterized by a rounded and sustained sonority with clear articulation, joined forces with the French school of composition in the first half of the 20th century.
Performer Biography
Claude Delangle, the saxophonist on this recording, has had a distinguished international career, performing with numerous orchestras and teaching at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris since 1988.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Marcel Mule, a pioneer of the saxophone and the true founder of the French saxophone school, focused on vibrato and beauty of sound, aiming to trace timbres back to their original sources.
Composition History
Claude Delvincourt, composer of Croquembouches, was the director of the Conservatoire from 1941 until his death in 1954 and entrusted the new saxophone class to Marcel Mule in 1942.
Composition History
Charles Koechlin, a composer whose Etudes for alto saxophone date from 1942-44, expressed high hopes for young saxophonists upon the establishment of a saxophone class at the Conservatoire.
Composer Biography
Fernande Decruck, composer of the Sonata in C sharp major, was married to Maurice Decruck, the solo saxophonist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Composition History
Fernande Decruck's Sonata in C sharp major, composed around the same time as Koechlin's Etudes, is dedicated to Marcel Mule, the newly appointed professor of the saxophone class at the Conservatoire in 1942.
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