JOHN HARLE -

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Harle (born 20 September 1956 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English saxophonist and composer. John Harle is one of the world's leading saxophonists, and the most significant performer of the saxophone in the concert hall today. With over half a million record sales within the classical genre, he has popularised the classical saxophone, bringing it to the forefront of the public's imagination, whilst inspiring a wealth of new works for the instrument from composers of international recognition. Creating history at The Royal College of Music, London with a final graduation mark of 100%, and after post-graduate study in Paris with Daniel Deffayet, he quickly developed and established a different sound for the classical saxophone that would lead to it's acceptance and celebration within the general public, based on techniques of breathing and sound production more frequently used in singing. Uniquely vocal and expressive through musical lines of great intensity, his sound was described by Michael Nyman as a 'hard-edged, vocal romanticism'...