[blerns3]

Can't seem to find the music for it anywhere, can only find it for Alto and piano, can anyone help me?

 

[bandmommy]

Where have you looked?

 

[blerns3]

searched it on google, the only place I found was a broken link, and I think it was for rent anyway

 

[bandmommy]

So I'm guessing that JW Pepper or Sheet Music Plus don't have it.
Pepper usually has TONS of band arrangements...

 

[blerns3]

I checked JW Pepper, let me look at Sheet Music Plus.

EDIT: Nope, they don't either.

 

[paulwl]

As a guess, since Sigurd Rascher premiered this, the original version might not be generally available.

Rascher got exclusives on a lot of the work written for him - and most of what he played had been written for him, due to the extended range he used, back when he had no students and no one else could play it. So music associated with Rascher can sometimes be closely held among his students and grandstudents.

 

[blerns3]

I'm gonna try to contact a guy I know that has a lot of Rascher's stuff then, thanks!

 

[Michigansax]

I played this with band about 5 years ago. Its rental only.

 

[paulwl]

But you can rent it. That's good.

 

[bezozzi]

Check here. Just found this through a google search.

http://print.bournemusic.com/bourneprint/search.php?sp=r

Looks like you should contact them for more info on it.

 

[Kevin]

I've never heard of any pieces for which Rascher had exclusive performance rights. The range may have kept saxophonists from flocking to them early on, but in examples such as the Ibert, it was being performed within months of Raschers premiere.

I imagine the Whitney is difficult to come by because it is not a very popular piece. The fact that is is available only as a rental would make it even less popular of a piece to be programmed.

 

[Dannel]

Especially since he never paid for these pieces! Imagine asking a composer to write you a piece for free and then demand that you get exclusivity.... hah!(although I've seen this happen)

 

[Kevin]

And in addition...pieces written for Rascher are not "closely held" by his students and grandstudents. This insinuates that his students are somehow not wanting this music to be more widely performed. The music, if it is published, is there for anyone that wants it. Not all of it is published, but unfortunately that is just how the business is. For some reason, saxophonists not from the Rascher lineage do not play much of the chamber music written for Rascher. The concertos are a different story. They are all pretty much standard and played by everyone.