I heard Rascher in a full recital around 1971. It was unforgettable. He played an avant-garde piece with notes up in the 4th octave that sent chills up my spine, and I didn't think they were possible.
I'll say that it's the easiest to "pick up and play." By that, I mean that it is easier to make noise on than, say, flute, clarinet or oboe. That being said, it is a mighty beast that is just as difficult to master as any other woodwind instrument, indeed any instrument.
In late 40s or early 50s, I was an elementary student in Greenwich New York in upstate New York and I think that my music teacher was this gentleman, Sigmund Rascher . I think he was a refugee from Europe at the end of the war, But, I might be way off base. Whoever the teacher was, he was very kind to a little boy in difficult times.
When Hitler rose to power in 1933, Rascher was invited by a friend to teach at the Royal Danish Conservatory. After that he went to Sweden, and then concertized around Europe avoiding Germany/Austria, and finally emigrating to the US in 1939, where he lived in New York. He taught at Juilliard and the Manhattan School of Music. So the time and place is possible but...
i guess this is my great great great grandfather🙊 and i'm a musician too🧡 my father told me bout him, but i never heard him playing! a special feeling.
@@madeleinerascher8069 Hi Madeleine, i took some lessons in the 80s by carina rascher his daughter. She must be still alive in the region of Lörrach. So, you might think of contacting her. She was a great saxophon player as well.
@royallighting7 I'll tell you one that wasn't ,and if you haven't ever heard of the man ,look him up get a couple of his cd's and he'll blow you away!! He's gone now but played into his 90's Name --Al Gallodoro-- . He has a web site,and his cd's can be sampled there! A small man in stature,but really twenty feet tall right up to his death. Played in a small club in New York into his 90's every weekend Damn near! Has the record for playing(Rapsody in Blue) over 10,000 times in his lifetime!!!
Thanks for the come back " Charljenky" !!! Al Gallodoro was one of the super sax players that for years dropped out of sight,and reappeared in his late years with cd's just in time for everyone to enjoy before his death!! I personally do have two of his original record albums,and the still can be had, if one looks on certain parts of E-bay!
You can be very proud of your heritage. Mr. Rascher extended the range of the instrument using harmonics in a way not even inventor Adolph Sax had imagined. He had the rare combination of technique, expression, and creativity. Best Wishes.
@@boulejazz 😶 wow - thank you, i have to listen to aaaall his music to understand what made him so spezial as you said! i am also a professional musician and play music eeevery day since i was 5 years old. i went through nearly every stile that exists😅 startet with chopin and mozart, then pop music, then rock, then Jazz/Soul/Blues, Latinstuff, singer songwriter balades and at the moment i'm playing "mental health punk" and mix everything i've learnd toghether in one band😄 thats a lot of fun and i am sooo thankfull for the freedom and the gift i got. it helps me to get through all the painfull things in life. maybe sigurd used his music because of the same reason... his brother was a nazi doctor in a KZ.... so i guess sigurd knew what pain is. but maybe he just played music for different reasons😄
why did people give this comment negative votes? do we seriously live in a society where people cant share there own opinions without being hated for it
Ohhhh wow!!! I played this my SR. yr in HS for TX All-State. I'd never heard it before. Awesome. (I got a 1st Div.) Thanks for bringin' back some fun memories!
I played this at my senior recital ..way back in 1977 Great piece!
Yeah. Not only could he play the alto sax, he also had a great hairdo! Sigurd Rascher ftw.
@charleswang24 can u send me the sheet music plz. alto sax right. and ya proboly an octave up
Played using some of his training publications in the late '60's in high school on my Alto. This is the first time I've ever heard him play. Maestro.
ahh!!! that altissimo!!! he's a beast!
I heard Rascher in a full recital around 1971. It was unforgettable. He played an avant-garde piece with notes up in the 4th octave that sent chills up my spine, and I didn't think they were possible.
Timzart7 wow, what did you hear him play?
@blueraspberry100 That's an extremely hard slap-tongue. It was a 1920s novelty technique that Rascher helped make legitimate.
I'll say that it's the easiest to "pick up and play." By that, I mean that it is easier to make noise on than, say, flute, clarinet or oboe. That being said, it is a mighty beast that is just as difficult to master as any other woodwind instrument, indeed any instrument.
Easiest to make a sound on would be either recorder or percussion. No coincidence that those are what elementary schoolers play in general music.
o grande descobridor dos superagudos.
Superb on speed and altissimo. I took lessons from him at a summer camp. I think it was Columbia, MO state U, maybe 1967.
A local music store had it in stock. if it's not in stock you can always ask them to order it for you =)
The books by Sigurd Rascher & Ted Nash were my first exploits in the upper reg. John.
In late 40s or early 50s, I was an elementary student in Greenwich New York in upstate New York and I think that my music teacher was this gentleman, Sigmund Rascher . I think he was a refugee from Europe at the end of the war, But, I might be way off base. Whoever the teacher was, he was very kind to a little boy in difficult times.
When Hitler rose to power in 1933, Rascher was invited by a friend to teach at the Royal Danish Conservatory. After that he went to Sweden, and then concertized around Europe avoiding Germany/Austria, and finally emigrating to the US in 1939, where he lived in New York. He taught at Juilliard and the Manhattan School of Music. So the time and place is possible but...
i guess this is my great great great grandfather🙊 and i'm a musician too🧡 my father told me bout him, but i never heard him playing! a special feeling.
@@madeleinerascher8069 Hi Madeleine, i took some lessons in the 80s by carina rascher his daughter. She must be still alive in the region of Lörrach. So, you might think of contacting her. She was a great saxophon player as well.
Your are correct- SMR taught music there in Greenwich, he lived in Shushan.
WHOAH!!!! Wonderful video. VERY cool! THANK YOU!!!!!
Any idea where this footage came from? Fascinating!
@royallighting7 I'll tell you one that wasn't ,and if you haven't ever heard of the man ,look him up get a couple of his cd's and he'll blow you away!! He's gone now but played into his 90's Name --Al Gallodoro-- . He has a web site,and his cd's can be sampled there! A small man in stature,but really twenty feet tall right up to his death.
Played in a small club in New York into his 90's every weekend Damn near! Has the record for playing(Rapsody in Blue) over 10,000 times in his lifetime!!!
@royallighting7 My professor studied personally with him. he was very Quirky but I have never heard him described as Arrogant.
Wonderful soul I knew him and his family in the Shusan NY area .
and the composer Maurice Whitney was from Glenn's Fall's, NY which is really close to
Shusan!
Saxophones.
❤
Thanks for the come back " Charljenky" !!! Al Gallodoro was one of the super sax players that for years dropped out of sight,and reappeared in his late years with cd's just in time for everyone to enjoy before his death!!
I personally do have two of his original record albums,and the still can be had, if one looks on certain parts of E-bay!
ooooooh😅 das ist ein Vorfahre von mir .
You can be very proud of your heritage. Mr. Rascher extended the range of the instrument using harmonics in a way not even inventor Adolph Sax had imagined. He had the rare combination of technique, expression, and creativity. Best Wishes.
@@boulejazz 😶 wow - thank you, i have to listen to aaaall his music to understand what made him so spezial as you said!
i am also a professional musician and play music eeevery day since i was 5 years old. i went through nearly every stile that exists😅 startet with chopin and mozart, then pop music, then rock, then Jazz/Soul/Blues, Latinstuff, singer songwriter balades and at the moment i'm playing "mental health punk" and mix everything i've learnd toghether in one band😄 thats a lot of fun and i am sooo thankfull for the freedom and the gift i got. it helps me to get through all the painfull things in life.
maybe sigurd used his music because of the same reason... his brother was a nazi doctor in a KZ.... so i guess sigurd knew what pain is. but maybe he just played music for different reasons😄
@jordan9bolin lol, is that so..
why did people give this comment negative votes? do we seriously live in a society where people cant share there own opinions without being hated for it
this song is so much fun to play! =D
This music is so great! I don't understand how you don't like it. I think if you listen to it a few more times you might start to enjoy it.
question; why do the c stars have a rectangular bore?
aaronvespro Has to do with air flow
it projects alot more, makes playing louder much easier.
@aaronvespro its allows for range and the abilty to play with a jazz sound
My tutor use to study with him, from what I hear, he's very knowledgable.
please post the source of this film.
@alms07 Was your prof named Lee?
where can you get sheet music for it?
Does he do something of a 'slap' tongue beginning around the 1:39 mark, or is that a distortion? It's has something of a rattling reverb quality.
yes, he used alot of extended technique. He was extremely ahead of his time in the extended technique department.
@@jakebickham123 thanks
OMG! Such a good slap!
The king of harmonics and slapping (Marcel Mule was unable to play any harmonics, despite his huge qualities and its extraordinary virtuosity).
What is that tonguing technique he uses at 1:55?
It's called slap tongue.
@@BarabaZgojena Thanks, I'll look into that!
Ohhhh wow!!! I played this my SR. yr in HS for TX All-State. I'd never heard it before.
Awesome.
(I got a 1st Div.)
Thanks for bringin' back some fun memories!
does he go an octave up? becuase i have the sheet music and it sounds like he went altissimo fingerings.
Charles Wang he did
Yeah that's crazy!!! My music only has the altissimo G at the very end. Ridiculous!!!!