{"id":43858,"date":"2015-09-15T12:10:39","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T19:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=43858"},"modified":"2024-06-19T11:24:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:24:36","slug":"sigurd-rascher-not-popular-with-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2015\/sigurd-rascher-not-popular-with-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigurd Rascher Not Popular With All"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all know Sigurd Rascher as a saxophone virtuoso. He was the one the earliest, and arguably the most influential, classical saxophone player in the early part of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

However, when he first started performing classical music on our instrument, not everyone was impressed. Take for example, the following review of his December 1939 performance at the Athenaeum<\/a> in Milwaukee. This article was published in the December 8, 1939 edition of The Milwaukee Journal<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sigurd Rascher, you got burned…<\/h2>\n

\"Sigurd<\/a>
\nWow, that was harsh. There seems to be nothing about the evening that Richard Davis liked. Apparently he didn’t even like the piano player. (Guilt by association perhaps.) In any event, Mr. Davis was obviously one of those classical music purists<\/em>, and didn’t like those dirty jazz instruments messing up the classical scene… Oh well… Sucked to be him I guess.   \ud83d\udc7f<\/p>\n

As I was doing some background research about this concert, I happened across an interesting webpage about the Athenaeum<\/a>. Apparently this impressive building was originally constructed in 1887, and has been the home of the Women\u2019s Club of Wisconsin since its founding. Interestingly enough:<\/p>\n

The Athenaeum, as it was christened by the organization, became the first building in the United States to be wholly owned by women. The building has fulfilled the original objective of the of the stock company, to have a building \u201cfor the purpose of promoting the best practical methods for securing the educational, industrial and social advancement of women and as a center for literary, scientific and musical culture in the city of Milwaukee.\u201d 2<\/sup> The Women\u2019s Club of Wisconsin continues to make the Athenaeum their home to this day.<\/p>\n

Source: wi101.org<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So the next time you pull out your Top Tones for the Saxophones<\/em> by Sigurd Rascher, think about how pioneering the man was. Yes he was a saxophone virtuoso, and some of his students have gone on to become extremely well-known performers in their own right. However, Rascher was also one of the first people who sought to legitimize the instrument here in North America, and that would not have been an easy sell at the time.<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span><\/div>\n
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