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    Robert Muczynski: Sonata For Alto Saxophone and Piano Op.29 MVMT 1

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    Robert Muczynski was a Polish-American composer who received his Masters in piano performance from the University of Chicago in 1952. He had a career as a composer-in-residence and chairman of the composition department at the University of Arizona from 1960-1988. In 1970, he wrote his Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 29 mvmt 1, which has become one of the most popular and recorded works in the classical saxophone repertoire. The piece uses minor thirds heavily and has the hands playing independently to provide color and a contrapuntal bass line, giving the atonal work direction through a slow ascent in the bassline.

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    Robert Muczynski was a Polish-American composer who received his Masters in piano performance from the University of Chicago in 1952. He had a career as a composer-in-residence and chairman of the composition department at the University of Arizona from 1960-1988. In 1970, he wrote his Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 29 mvmt 1, which has become one of the most popular and recorded works in the classical saxophone repertoire. The piece uses minor thirds heavily and has the hands playing independently to provide color and a contrapuntal bass line, giving the atonal work direction through a slow ascent in the bassline.

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    Robert Muczynski was a Polish-American composer who received his Masters in piano performance from the University of Chicago in 1952. He had a career as a composer-in-residence and chairman of the composition department at the University of Arizona from 1960-1988. In 1970, he wrote his Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 29 mvmt 1, which has become one of the most popular and recorded works in the classical saxophone repertoire. The piece uses minor thirds heavily and has the hands playing independently to provide color and a contrapuntal bass line, giving the atonal work direction through a slow ascent in the bassline.

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    Robert Muczynski:

    Sonata for Alto


    Saxophone and
    Piano Op.29 mvmt 1
    Muczynski
    Polish American Composer

    Received his Masters in Piano Performance from


    University of Chicago in 1952

    Made a career as a Composer in Residence and


    chairman of the Composition department At the
    University at University of Arizona from 1960-1988.

    Wrote his saxophone Sonata in 1970 and since then it


    has become one of the most popular and most
    recorded and performed works in the classical
    saxophone repertoire.
    General Overview
    Although the piece has no clear tonal center, and uses very little “traditional”
    harmony, it does not sound atonal or like it is without direction.

    Piece is split into several distinct chunks which each have their own foundational
    idea. Once a chunk finishes the piece simply carries onto the next with very little
    or no transitional material occurring in the music.

    Minor thirds used heavily throughout the piece as a type of “Tonic Interval”

    Left and right hands often are not related to each other and generally the right
    hand is tasked with providing colour while the left hand provides a harmonic
    contrapuntal bass line.

    Piece is given direction by slow assent in bass of Ab-A-Bb


    Sections
    Tonic
    Interval
    Why do minor thirds matter?
    Because octatonic scales exist

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