Sigurd rascher biography sample

SIGURD RASCHER

 

 

Born 15 May, 1907, in Elberfeld (now Wuppertal), Sigurd Manfred Rascher was exactly one year older than Lars-Erik Larsson (b. 15 May 1908). In the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Rascher is described as a Scandinavian saxophonist of German birth.

In the Swedish encyclopedia Sohlmans MusiklexikonRascher is described as an American saxophonist, born in Germany. Consulting the New Grove Dictionary of American Music, Rascher is described as a German born saxophonist.

Nicolas Slonimsky's edition of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, simply says that Rascher is a German-American saxophone virtuoso.

Sigurd rascher biography sample pdf

In Slonimsky's Music Since 1900, Rascher is identified as a Danish saxophone virtuoso. Obviously, Rascher background and identity have causedambiguity among scholars.

 

After matriculating in 1930 at the Sturttgart Musikhochschule, as a clarinetist, Rascher decided to devote his life to the saxophone.

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