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  Jazz Viewpoint - THE AULOCHROME@ jazzreview.com
The enthusiastic audience was the first to experience the famous Aulochrome sound; a new polyphonic and chromatic woodwind instrument resembling two soprano saxophone bodies and using a revolutionary mechanism, allowing the keys of both pipes to be played either separately or together over the entire range.
The Aulochrome is truly a revelation in the world of musical instrument development and will generate and inspire musicians and composers in the new millennium and beyond.
The Aulochrome is the first serious restructural breakthrough in wind instrumental conception and design since the other visionary Belgian master Adolph Sax began his work in the 1840's, setting up the stage for the modern era.
www.jazzreview.com /articledetails.cfm?ID=1706   (1552 words)

  
 UM to Host First US Demonstration of New Polyphonic Wind Instrument | University of Miami   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The aulochrome is a new polyphonic and chromatic woodwind instrument.
There is only one aulochrome in existence - the March demonstration at UM marks the first appearance of the prototype in the United States.
Fabrizio Cassols premiered Philippe Boesmans’ Fanfare III for Aulochrome and Orchestra, accompanied by the Baden-Baden and Fribourg orchestra, Sylvain Cambreling conducting.
www.miami.edu /UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1,1770,2593-1;35316-3,00.html   (321 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Entertainment - Horn of plenty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Lovano, trying out the horn in his home studio in New Windsor, N.Y., is talking about the aulochrome, the Frankensteinian creation of his friend Francois Louis, who has been showing it to a select group of local jazz musicians and educators the past two weeks.
Louis named the instrument after the ancient Greek aulos, a reed-blown double pipe that was used in fertility rituals and to induce trance states.
Slight differences in the tuning of the aulochrome's horns - one is a little brighter than the other - create eerie effects.
www.nydailynews.com /entertainment/story/354722p-302390c.html   (534 words)

  
 miaminewtimes.com | Calendar | Performance | Manifesto Destinies | 2005-03-17   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Sonically inspired by the layered, multitonal singing of African pygmies and yearning to push the soprano saxophone to its limits, reed-master François Louis created a new woodwind instrument.
His aulochrome looks like the mutant child of a clarinet and a saxophone.
There is currently only one aulochrome in existence, and tonight's performance will mark the American debut of this double soprano saxophone.
www.miaminewtimes.com /Issues/2005-03-17/calendar/performance.html   (502 words)

  
 Office Tips and Hints Blog
Early this year, he premiered a composition by Philippe Boesman written specifically for aulochrome and the night before this presentation played the aulochrome in an improvised music context for the first time.
Well, the aulochrome is essentially two soprano saxophones brought together by a double mouthpiece (with two reeds) and a common key mechanism.
Each key is split in two, so the tubes can be played in unison or separately at will.
www.klippert.com /TCC/Blog/2005/03/addendum-aulochrome-new-sound-for-last.html   (151 words)

  
 Fabrizio Cassol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Fabrizio Cassol (born June 8, 1964) is a Belgian saxophonist and the first user of the aulochrome (a double soprano saxophone).
Between 1982 and 1985, he studied at the Liège conservatory and obtained the first prize for saxophone while majoring in chamber music.
Since September 10, 2001, he's using the aulochrome, a new horn created by François Louis.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/F/Fabrizio-Cassol.htm   (317 words)

  
 PlaybillArts: News: Jazz Musicians, Students, and Teachers Try Out New Instrument
Louis is hoping to generate enough interest in the instrument to find a sponsor and put the aulochrome into production.
The aulochrome is made from two Borgani saxophone bodies welded together, with a double mouthpiece and other parts constructed by Louis.
So far the aulochrome has impressed many of those who have heard it.
www.playbillarts.com /news/article/3072.htm   (365 words)

  
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Philippe Boesmans has recently composed Fanfare III, a piece for aulochrome and orchestra.
The aulochrome is a new polyphonic wind instrument designed and constructed by François Louis for Fabrizio Cassol.
The work was commissioned by the Südwestrundfunk and was premièred on 26th October 2002 at Radio France's Salle Olivier Messiaen in Paris, conducted by Sylvain Cambreling.
www.pelleas-artists.com /download/BOESMANSe200308.doc   (403 words)

  
 Les Lundis d'Hortense - Le site - Newsflashes
Recorded in February 2002, "Left Alone revisited" (ENJA CD9141-2) is a duo album with saxophonist Archie SHEPP, featuring a program of standards in a tribute to Billie HOLIDAY.
François LOUIS, who gained worldwide reputation with his saxophone mouthpieces (made for Joe LOVANO, Bob BERG, etc...) and who is also the inventor of the aulochrome, a new musical instrument recently played by Fabrizio CASSOL, has a web site : http://www.francois-louis.com/.
Photos and a description of the aulochrome and other inventions for reed players are available.
www.jazzinbelgium.com /newsflashes/pubyear=2002   (1296 words)

  
 Intervals - Volume 11 Issue #1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
There is one saxophonist, Fabrizio Cassol, who is devoting the time necessary to find a way to be fluent on the instrument.
Besides the amazing possibilities of the instrument, there are some fantastic innovations involved that could easily become part of the saxophone as we know it, especially the very light action Francois has employed on the aulochrome, reminiscent of a flute.
Of course getting a big company interested in innovation is another challenge, but I think you can look for the aulochrome in the future.
www.upbeat.com /lieb/intervals-online/v11-issue3.htm   (5311 words)

  
 Arts - Music - Instruments - Winds - Woodwinds - Saxophone - Newsletter - News - Reviews - Education - Ratings
Describes and gives the background of a newly-invented instrument which is similar to a twin pair of integrated soprano saxophones.
Aulochrome Louis has been working on the conception and the creation of the first prototype of a new woodwind instrument: The 8220;AULOCHROME” A new horn is born!
Message board covering different aspects of the instrument as well as other instruments.
www.banner-net.com /Arts/Music/Instruments/Winds/Woodwinds/Saxophone   (1996 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Last autumn Deutsche Gramophon 20/21 came out with the CD of Wintermärchen.
Südwestrundfunk commisioned Philippe Boesmans to compose Fanfare III, a piece for aulochrome and orchestra.
A new polyphonic wind instrument designed and realized by François Louis for Fabrizio Cassol.
www.jobert.fr /update/biographies/ukbio_BOESMANS.txt   (380 words)

  
 Aulochrome: Joe Lovano   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
François Louis’ creation of the AULOCHROME, the first polyphonic saxophone, is next offspring in the woodwind family.
It’s potential to create textures and sounds never before imagined is indescribable with words.
To play counter-melodies, harmonic voicings, intervallic rhythms, unisons, exploring its overtones and undertones, To sing with Two Voices!!
www.aulochrome.com /press/14/news   (179 words)

  
 Stephen Norfleet - The Official Website - NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
He also is the inventor of what he calls the "aulochrome".
The aulochrome is "a new polyphonic and chromatic woodwind instrument" that "resembles two soprano saxophone bodies and uses a revolutionary mechanism" blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Look, if you're a saxophone geek like me and want to know more, just visit www.aulochrome.com and get your freak on.
www.stephennorfleet.com /news.html   (2639 words)

  
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After that, we had a few days off, so I visited some friends in Belgium and went to see my mouthpiece maker Francois-Louis, who lives in the countryside about 60 KM outside of Brussels.
I got to see and play his new invention The Aulochrome, which is basically two soprano saxophones welded together, that can play totally independently of each other.
An incredible handmade instrument that picks up where Rahsan Roland Kirk left off.
www.robertkyle.com /NewsLetter.htm   (463 words)

  
 Marching Band Planet > HELP ME PLEASE!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
There are about four more used in different types of orchestras, whether it be a Symphonic Band or a British Orchestra.
Mar 24 2005, 12:21 AM and then there's the aulochrome
Mar 24 2005, 12:39 AM and then there's the aulochrome
www.marchingbandplanet.com /lofiversion/index.php/t5124.html   (2777 words)

  
 The Practice Room: Music History
From the files of you heard it here first.
An innovative New Yorker has fused together two soprano saxophones into an aulochrome?!
In the last few months we have reported on a drum set made of cheese, an amplified bass made of balloons and a theremin made out of a vegemite jar.
thepracticeroom.typepad.com /the_practice_room/music_history   (3762 words)

  
 books about: horn
The Devil's Horn : The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool
Great book shows history of the saxophone from Adolphe Sax's humble beginnings to the latest sax variation called the aulochrome (double-soprano sax welded together?).
I liked the Personal Sound section of the book.
www.this-is-great.com /books/horn   (837 words)

  
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It looks like two soprano saxes stuck together.
It's a new instrument called the aulochrome and it seems like the tightest instrument ever cuz it can play two pitches at the same time (the first woodwind instrument to b able to do that).
When we, the public, can finally get our hands on it, it's goin to cause a revolution in the instrumental music world.
www.xanga.com /rugbylover103511/370224182/item.html   (308 words)

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