Saxophone. By Mollie Hawkins.
The article reviews *Saxophone* by Mollie Hawkins, a book that blends memoir, memorial, and instrument history to explore the saxophone’s cultural and personal significance. Part of the Object Lessons series, the book intertwines Hawkins’s relationship with her late father, Greg Hawkins, a lifelong...
| Publicado en: | Music & Letters Vol. 107; no. 2; pp. 386 - 389 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
May2026
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