Sarrusophon
The Sarrusophone is a double reed instrument built in different sizes . Its body is made of metal. Because of its mouthpiece, however, it is counted among the woodwind instruments .
Pierre-Auguste Sarrus developed the Sarrusophone in the 19th century for French military music as an acoustically stronger alternative to the oboe and bassoon.
Some Sarrusophones can be seen in the Musée de la musique in Paris, others in the Munich City Museum and the Musical Instrument Museum in Berlin .
Instruments
- Sopranino Sarrusophone in Eb
- Soprano Sarrusophone in Bb
- Alto Sarrusophone in Eb
- Tenor Sarrusophone in B
- Baritone Sarrusophone in Eb
- Bass Sarrusophone in B
- Double bass sarrusophone in Eb, C or Bb
use
Instruments from the Sarrusuphone family are prescribed in some scores, but are often replaced by comparable instruments.
- Paul Dukas : The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897; double bass sarrusophone)
- Ethel Smyth : The Wreckers (1905)
- Maurice Ravel : Rapsodie Espagnole (1907)
- Gabriel Dupont : La chant de la destinèe (1908)
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski : Symphony in B minor (Polonia) (premiered in 1909; double bass Sarrusophone)
- Lili Boulanger : Psaume CXXIX and Psaume CXXX (1916 and 1917; double bass sarrusophone)
- Jean Françaix : The Apocalypse of St. John (1939)
- Igor Stravinsky : Threni (1957/58; double bass sarrusophone)
- Hans-Joachim Hespos : go (1978; soprano sarrusophone), spink (1993; double bass sarrusophone)
Web links
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