More than a Rough Draft: Debussy’s Rapsodie Pour Orchestre et Saxophone
Musicology, Research Joshua Heaney Musicology, Research Joshua Heaney

More than a Rough Draft: Debussy’s Rapsodie Pour Orchestre et Saxophone

The standard repertoire of the concert saxophone is an eclectic collection of works by composers who are generally not considered to be household classical staples. Supplementing these esoteric titles are a small amount of works written by better known composers, among most famous of which being Claude Debussy and his Rapsodie pour Orchestre et Saxophone (1903). Despite the significance of a composer like Debussy writing for the saxophone and his relative fame in comparison to other composers in of concert saxophone’s standard repertoire, Rapsodie remains largely unrecognized by musicologists in the context of Debussy’s compositional output and musical development.

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Residency at the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel, Switzerland
Joshua Heaney Joshua Heaney

Residency at the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel, Switzerland

This week I was fortunate to spend a week in residency at the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel, Switzerland! This residency was done, in part, to complete essential research for my doctoral dissertation. My dissertation, entitled “The Development of Berio's Sequenza IX and its Implications on Performance Practice,” is anticipated to be completed by Spring or Summer 2023. Many thanks to everyone at the Paul Sacher Sifting for their generosity in helping with my research! Also, many thanks to BGSU’s College of Musical Arts and the Graduate College for their assistance with funding my research.

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