“La patron du saxophone”: Life and work of Marcel Muhl
Abstract
The article reveals the processes of formation of the academic style on the saxophone and is devoted to the life and work of its main representative – the famous French saxophonist Marcel Muhl. Considerable attention is paid to various aspects of the musician: as a concert performer and popularizer of academic music for the saxophone, the founder and member of the quartet Quatuor de Saxophones de Paris, a teacher who brought up great musicians and followers of the academic saxophone style; a talented arranger and the creator of an extensive educational material, in which his main pedagogical principles are concentrated. For the first time, two sources that have not yet been translated into Russian are being put into scientific use: a book by a student of M. Muhl-Eugene Rousseau “Marcel Muhl: his life and the saxophone” (Rousseau E. “Marsel Mule: Sa vie et le saxophone”) and alarge interview by Marcel Muhl about the history of vibrato on saxophone (“History of the vibrato on saxophone”), based on the study of which the article presents previously little-known facts of M. Mull's biography related to his young years, the evolution of the academic style on the example of solo and ensemble music of the master, pedagogical activity. The study allows you to significantly expand the idea of the personality and activities of an outstanding musician of the 20th century. The authors came to the conclusion that to date, the further evolution of saxophone performance would have been impossible without the foundations that, thanks to his successful concert, educational and pedagogical activities, M. Muhl, and later his followers-students.
About the Authors
A. E. Klimenko
Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna E. Klimenko, Cand. Sc. (Art Criticism), Associate Professor of Department Orchestral Wind and Percussion Instruments
Krasnoyarsk, 660049
A. A. Syrovatsky
Irkutsk Regional Philharmonic
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Artem A. Syrovatsky, Soloist, saxophone teacher, Children's Music School No. 3
664003, Irkutsk
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Review
For citations:
Klimenko A.E., Syrovatsky A.A. “La patron du saxophone”: Life and work of Marcel Muhl. ARTE. 2021;(3):57-69. (In Russ.)
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