Calvin Hampton- Bach's Fireworks Music
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Written for the New York Saxophone Quartet, Bach's Fireworks Music was
inspired by saxophone transcriptions of JS Bach's "Art of the Fugue".
Calvin based his Fireworks on other contrapuntal works of Bach, which he
ingeniously interwove into a complete saxophone quartet. The NYSQ recorded
the work in 1980.
Calvin Hampton was born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania in 1938, and was raised
in in Ravenna, Ohio. He received his musical training at Oberlin
Conservatory and Syracuse University where he studied organ and composition.
From 1974 to 1983 Mr. Hampton played weekly concerts at the Cavalry Church
in New York City, a series internationally acclaimed.
As an organist, Calvin
Hampton received national recognition. He had twice been a recitalist at
the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists and he
distinguished himself as an interpreter of 19th and 20th century music. His
many recordings include a diversity of works for solo organ, organ with
orchestra and chamber works on both piano and organ.
Calvin Hampton's
compositions have been widely played throughout the United States. His works
for saxophone include Bach's Fireworks Music, and Fugue, both for saxophone
quartet, Labyrinth for soprano voice and saxophone quartet, and the Concerto
for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra.
Mr. Hampton died from complications due to AIDS on August 5, 1984, in Port Charlotte, Florida.
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