Charles Colin was born in Cherbourg, France on June 2, 1862. He entered the Paris
Conservatory and won a First Prize in Oboe in 1852 and then studied composition,
winning the Second First Grand Prix de Rome in 1857 (Bizet won the First Grand Prix
the same year). In 1868, he became the Professor of Oboe at the Paris Conservatory.
His series of eight Solos were written for the exams of his class. He died on July 26, 1881
in Paris.
These works were published by Millereau with the instrumentation "pour hautbois ou saxophone".
The saxophone part was obviously the soprano instrument in C of the "orchestral" family of
C-F instruments,which are no longer in use except for the C-Melody Tenor instrument.
These versions are published for the more common series of instruments in Bb and Eb.
The saxophone part is the same as for the instruments in C, but the piano part is transposed
to keep the ranges the same.
Charles Colin est ne le 2 juin, 1862 a Cherbourg, France. Il est entre au Conservatoire de
Paris où, il a gagne un 1er prix en hautbois en 1852 et puis il etudie l´ecriture. Il a gagne un Second
Grand Prix de Rome en 1857 (derriere Bizet). En 1868, Colin devient le professeur de hautbois au
Conservatoire de Paris. Sa serie de huit solo de concours ont ete ecrites pour sa classe. Il est mort le
26 juillet a Paris.
Ces oeuvres ont ete editees par Millereau avec l´instrumentation "pour hautbois ou saxophone".
La partie du saxophone est sans doute l´instrument soprano en Ut. dans la famille
"orchestrale" des instruments en Ut et en Fa, dont seule l´instrument "C Melody"
tenor reste d´actualite. Ces versions sont transposees pour les instruments
modernes en Sib et Mib. La partie saxophone est pareil que la version en Ut,
mais la partie piano est transposee pour les instruments transposees,
pour regarder les mê,mes registres pour le saxophone.