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The concert waltz Adieu begins with an introduction in the style of a Bel Canto aria. The Valse which follows is divided into several sections of contrasting styles and tonalites. The coda brings the piece to a calm and quiet close which is broken by a final fortissimo outburst.
One of the most enigmatic figures in the history of the Saxophone, Ali
Ben Sou Alle (Charles-Valentin Soualle) was born in 1820 in Arras,
France. After receiving his first prize in Clarinet at the Paris
Conservatory in 1844. he served as the director of music of The French
Marine Band in Senegal, and then was named first clarinet solo at the
Opéra-Comique in Paris. However, after the Revolution of 1848, Soualle
was forced to flee France to England where he settled in London, playing
in the Orchestra of the Queen's Theatre. His songs and piano pieces
were published in London. While in London, Soualle met another exiled
French musician, Louis Antoine Jullien, who conducted a light music
series in London. Jullien encouraged Soualle to take up the saxophone,
and after modifying the instrument by adding a single octave mechanism
(the modern system used today) and keys for the lower register, Soualle
became known as a virtuoso and began touring performing solo recitals
(or mono-concerts, as they were called at the time) calling his modified
saxophone the «turcophone ». He performed in all the European capitals
and then traveled to Australia, New Zealand, Manilla, Java, through
China and then to India where he finally settled in Mysore, becoming the
director of the Royal Music for the Maharadjah. It was during this
period that he
converted to Islam and changed his nmae to Ali ben Sou
Alle (or "Ali, son of Soualle"). He subsequently travaled to Ile
Maurice, to French Polynesia, the Cap of Natal and the Cap of Good Hope.
All of these voyages were subjects of musical works which Soualle
entitled "Souvenirs de..." and may perhaps have been part of a
collection known as "The Royal Album" which was presented to the Prince
of Wales after a royal concert. Soualle returned to Mysore in 1858 and
was almost killed in the Indian Revolution. Around 1860, Soualle
returned to France for health reasons and began publishing his own
music. On March 27 1865, he performed a command performance for the
Emperor Napoleon III at the Tuileries Palace in the presence of the
entire Imperial Family. After 1865, nothing more is known about him.
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