| In Memoriam Scott Fitzgerald for Saxophone Quartet |
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|---|---|
| Date of composition | 1971 |
| Opus number | 60a |
| Type of work | Concert music |
| Duration | 2½ mins |
| Musical forces | Saxophone Quartet |
| Publisher | Edizioni Bèrben |
| Archive location | Trinity Laban (Jerwood Library) |
| Archive contents | MS / BLYTON 58 • MS / BLYTON 72 • MS / BLYTON 74 |
| Notes | Written for the London Saxophone Quartet; arrangement of untitled piano piece, c. 1950 |
…Blyton conjures up the American ‘lost generation’ of the 1920s, its cosmopolitanism and romantic spirit, both simple and contrived, supported by harmonies evoking atmosphere.
—(Unidentified Italian review)
…his nostalgic saxophone quartet movement which has been a favourite in the quartet classs at the annual Woodwind Workshops.
—Maxwell Holgate, Crescendo, March 1978