Ingolf Dahl composed the Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra in 1949 at the request of saxophonist Sigurd Rascher. Subsequently, Dahl made revisions to the work in 1953 and 1959. In the preparation process for all three versions, Dahl was faced with rapidly approaching deadlines, which led to inconsistent application of articulation markings, dynamics, and expressive markings. Further, there are discrepancies between the material that appears in the score and that in the parts. Because the 1959 version only exists in hand-written manuscript form and has never been engraved, these issues have gone unresolved.

I have taken the parts that are currently available through Schott Music and entered them into Finale, Schott's preferred music notation software. I then compared the new score to the old and made corrections to the new score. I corrected wrong notes, removed extra musical material that was probably carried over from a previous version, and applied dynamics, articulations, and expressive markings to create a consistent, clear, and specific full score.