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American saxophonist (–)

Musical artist

Sigurd Manfred Raschèr (15 May &#;&#; 25 February ) was an American saxophonist born in Germany.

He became an important figure in the development of the 20th century repertoire for the classical saxophone.

Early life

Sigurd Raschèr was born in Elberfeld, Germany (now part of Wuppertal), where his father, Hans August Raschèr (–), was temporarily stationed as a military physician.

His schooling began in Arlesheim, Switzerland and continued in Stuttgart, Germany, where he graduated from the first Waldorfschule.

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After learning piano for some time, he decided to study clarinet with Philipp Dreisbach at the Stuttgart Hochschule für Musik (/). In an interview, Raschèr said, "Obeying necessity, not following my inclination, I started to play saxophone in order to be in a dance band.

As I did this for a couple of years, I became more and more unsatisfied. I started to practice furiously and slowly found out that it had