Editing Musical saw (section)

==Composers and compositions==
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Beginning from the early 1920s composers of both contemporary and popular music wrote for the musical saw.
One of the first was [[Franz Schreker]] who included the musical saw in his opera ''[[Christophorus oder Die Vision einer Oper|Christophorus]]'' (1925–29) where it is used in the séance scene of the second act.<ref>Christopher Hailey: 'Franz Schreker: A cultural biography' (Cambridge University Press, 1993), p.246.</ref> Other early examples include [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]: he included the musical saw, e.g., in the film music for ''[[The New Babylon]]'' (1929), in ''[[The Nose (opera)|The Nose]]'' (1928),<ref name="Nardolillo"/> and in ''[[Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (opera)|Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District]]'' (1934).
Shostakovich and other composers of his time used the term "Flexaton" to mark the musical saw. "Flexaton" just means "to flex a tone", in which the saw is flexed to change the pitch. Unfortunately, there exists another instrument called [[Flexatone]], so there has been confusion for a long time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.singende-saege.com/shostakovich-the-nose.html|title=Flexaton / Musical saw in Shostakovich's opera "The nose" – Katharina Micada – Singende Säge|first=Katharina|last=Micada|website=Singende-saege.com|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> [[Aram Khachaturian]], who knew Shostakovich's music, included the musical saw in his [[Piano Concerto (Khachaturian)|Piano Concerto]] (1936)<ref name="Nardolillo"/> in the second movement. Another composer was the Swiss [[Arthur Honegger]], who included the saw in his opera ''[[Antigone (Honegger)|Antigone]]'' in 1924. 
The Romanian composer [[George Enescu]] used the musical saw at the end of the second act of his opera ''[[Œdipe (opera)|Œdipe]]'' (1931) to show in an extensive glissando{{snd}}which begins with the mezzo-soprano and is continued by the saw{{snd}}the death and ascension of the sphinx killed by Oedipus.

The Italian composer [[Giacinto Scelsi]] wrote a part for the saw in his quarter-tone piece ''Quattro pezzi per orchestra'' (1959). German composer [[Hans Werner Henze]] took the saw to characterize the mean hero of his tragical opera ''[[Elegy for young lovers]]'' (1961).

Other composers were [[Krysztof Penderecki]] with ''Fluorescences'' (1961), ''De natura sonoris Nr. 2'' (1971) and the opera ''[[Ubu Rex]]'' (1990), [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann]] with ''Stille und Umkehr'' (1970), [[George Crumb]] with ''[[Ancient voices of children]]'' (1970), [[John Corigliano]] with ''[[The Mannheim Rocket]]'' (2001).

Composer Scott Munson wrote ''Clover Hill'' (2007) for saw and orchestra, Quintet for saw and strings (2009), ''The World Is Too Much with Us'' for soprano singer, saw and strings (2009), ''Ars longa vitas {{sic}} brevis'' for saw and string quartet (2010), 'Bend' for saw and string quartet (2011) many pieces for jazz band and saw (2010–2013), ''Lullaby for the Forgotten'' for saw and piano (2015), and many movie and theater scores containing the saw.

[[Chaya Czernowin]] used the saw in her opera "PNIMA...Ins Innere" (2000) to represent the character of the grandfather, who is traumatized by the Holocaust.

There are further [[Leif Segerstam]], [[Hans Zender]] (orchestration of "5 préludes" by Claude Debussy), and [[Oscar Strasnoy]] (opera ''Le bal'').

Russian composer [[Lera Auerbach]] wrote for the saw in her ballet ''The Little Mermaid'' (2005), in her symphonic poem ''Dreams and Whispers of Poseidon'' (2005), in her oratorio "Requiem Dresden – Ode to Peace" (2012), in her Piano Concerto No.1 (2015), in her comic oratorio ''The Infant Minstrel and His Peculiar Menagerie'' (2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sikorski.de/10619/en/new_work_the_infant_minstrel_and_his_peculiar_menagerie_by_lera_auerbach_in_bergen.html|title=The Infant Minstrel and His Peculiar Menagerie|author=Lera Auerbach|website=Sikorski.de|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> and in her violin concerto Nr.4 "NyX – Fractured dreams" (2017).

Canadian composer Robert Minden has written extensively for the musical saw.<ref>See, for example: "Serenade" from ''The Boy Who Wanted To Talk To Whales'', "Epilogue" from ''Long Journey Home'': [http://www.lostsound.com/recordings/default.html Catalogue: Otter Bay Productions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005225900/http://www.lostsound.com/recordings/default.html |date=2011-10-05 }}, LostSound.com; accessed July 31, 2018.</ref> [[Michael A. Levine]] composed ''[[Divination By Mirrors for Saw and Strings|Divination By Mirrors]]'' for musical saw soloist and two string ensembles tuned a [[quarter tone]] apart, taking advantage of the saws ability to play in both tunings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.violin-saw.com/daleviolinist/dalesawist.html|title=violin and musical saw|website=Violin-saw.com|access-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075602/http://www.violin-saw.com/daleviolinist/dalesawist.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031120033216/http://www.ncco.org/Reviews/sacgaz10_17_03.htm Varied Program Highlights New Century Premier], NCCO.org; accessed July 31, 2018.</ref>

Other composers for chamber music with musical saw are Jonathan Rutherford (''An Intake of Breath''),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.singende-saege.com/rutherford.html|title=Rutherford – Katharina Micada – Singende Säge|first=Katharina|last=Micada|website=Singende-saege.com|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> Dana Wilson (''Whispers from Another Time''),<ref>[http://www.danawilson.org/files/audio/Whispers%20recording%201.mp3 Recording of Dana Wilson's ''Whispers from another time''], Danawilson.org; accessed July 31, 2018.</ref> [[Heinrich Gattermeyer]] (''Elegie für Singende Säge, Cembalo (oder Klavier)'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://db.musicaustria.at/node/129688|title=Elegie für singende Säge, Cembalo (oder Klavier) – Musikdatenbank|website=db.musicaustria.at|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> [[Vito Zuraj]] (''Musica di {{sic}} camera'' (2001))<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vitozuraj.com/en/works.php|title=Vito Zuraj – Composer|last=Woltaire|website=Vitozuraj.com|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> and Britta-Maria Bernhard (''Tranquillo'').<ref>[http://www.singende-saege.com/tranquillo.html about Britta Maria Bernhard's ''Tranquillo''], Singende-saege.com; accessed July 31, 2018.</ref>