At 12:11 PM -0700 10/6/06, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
I don't believe saxophone is included in an orchestra. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra
You missed the asterisk! But in this case, Wikipedia fails to be all things to all people, although it certainly tries hard. Saxophone is a standard additional instrument, and experienced orchestra managers know perfectly well that they need to have a depth chart of sax players just as they do for every other instrument.
I don't believe that the London Symphony Orchestra has saxophones in it.
Then I guess they don't play Ravel, Debussy, or Gershwin as they were intended to be played. Someone mentioned a very early use by Meyerbeer, but hey, he was an opera guy, so what can you expect!?!!
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