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Hans Brehme ( – )
Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano ()
Hans Brehme achieved recognition as one of Germany’s most gifted young composers during the years of the Weimar Republic, and his fame grew during the Third Reich.
A highly skilled pianist, he often performed his own works. At the Berlin Tonkünstlerfest in , his Sextett op. 30 was cited by critics as the most important composition presented at the festival.
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His opera Der Uhrhmacher von Straßburg of received high praise and was compared favorably to the dramatic works of Wagner and Pfitzner. Although Brehme fell into relative obscurity following World War 2, he left a legacy of important compositions, one of which is the substantial Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano, op.
25, composed in for legendary saxophonist Sigurd M. Raschèr. Fully 75 years after its composition, and 50 years following the composer's death, the Sonata finally became commercially available when Ethos Publications released a scholarly e