In Classical Music
The baritone saxophone is used as a standard member of concert bands and saxophone quartets.
It has also been occasionally called for in orchestral music. Examples include Richard Strauss' Sinfonia Domestica, which calls for a baritone saxophone in F; Béla Bartók's The Wooden Prince ballet music; Charles Ives' Symphony No. 4, composed in 1910-16; and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris.
It has a comparatively small solo repertoire although an increasing number of concertos have appeared.
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