page_title: Saxophone quartet
section_title: Current Forms
hierarchical_section_title: Saxophone quartet / Current Forms
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Das Basssaxophonquartett Deep Schrott auf dem TFF Rudolstadt 2014. v.l.n.r.: Dirk Raulf, Andreas Kalong, Jan Klare &amp; Wollie Kaiser.
context_page_description: A saxophone quartet is a musical ensemble composed of four saxophones, typically soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. Different saxophone family members are employed to provide a larger range and a variety of tone colours. Other arrangements of instruments also exist, but are rarer. A piece of music composed for such an ensemble can also itself be referred to as a saxophone quartet.
context_section_description: Saxophone quartets abound as amateur and professional ensembles as well as university-affiliated groups. The most recent World Saxophone Congress, in 2015, hosted a competition specifically for saxophone quartets with a first prize of 4000 euros and a recital, won by Keuris Saxophone Quartet.  Saxophone quartets also compete in, and have won, the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, which is the world's largest classical chamber music competition.
  While SATB remains the most common classical configuration, occasionally the soprano is replaced by another alto leading to an AATB configuration particularly in jazz and contemporary ensembles. Other configurations do exist, notably the Four Baritones Quartet (BBBB) and Deep Schrott (BassBassBassBass) but are much rarer.
caption: The Deep Schrott bass-saxophone quartet
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