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Adolphe Sax
Sax in the 1850s
Born
Antoine-Joseph Sax
(1814-11-06)6 November 1814
Dinant, Provisional Government of Belgium (present-day Belgium)
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (French:[ɑ̃twanʒozɛfadɔlfsaks]; 6 November 1814 – 7 February 1894)[a] was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba, and redesigned the bass clarinet in a fashion still used to the present day.[1][2] He played the flute and clarinet.
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^Rice, Albert R. (2016). "The bass clarinets of Adolphe Sax: his influence and legacy". Revue belge de Musicologie / Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Muziekwetenschap. 70: 91–105. ISSN 0771-6788.
^von Steiger, Adrian (2016). "Sax figures: can we deduce details of Adolphe Sax's instrument production from the sources?". Revue belge de Musicologie / Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Muziekwetenschap. 70: 129–148. ISSN 0771-6788.
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and deep cup-shaped mouthpieces. The saxhorn family was developed by AdolpheSax, who is also known for creating the saxophone family. The sound of the...
created in 1846 by the Belgian instrument maker AdolpheSax as one of a family of 14 instruments. Sax believed these instruments would provide a useful...
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valved brass wind instrument conceived by the Belgian instrument-maker AdolpheSax around 1845. The design of the instrument was inspired by the ancient...
woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker AdolpheSax. Built in B♭ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly...
higher than the alto saxophone. A sopranino in F was also described in AdolpheSax's patent, an octave above an F alto (mezzo-soprano), but there are no...
instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer AdolpheSax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the...
first instrument of this sort was designed by Parisian instrument maker AdolpheSax. He built a bourdon saxhorn in 52’ E♭ and exhibited it at the Paris Exposition...
sold by Heinrich Stölzel in Berlin in 1828. The valved bugle provided AdolpheSax (creator of the saxophone) with the inspiration for his B♭ soprano (contralto)...
singer Adolphe Quetelet (1796–1874), Belgian astronomer, polymath Adolphe Pinard (1844–1934), French obstetrician and member of parliament AdolpheSax (1814–1894)...
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served as one of the required works for the semi-final round of the AdolpheSax International Competition for saxophonists. Wanamaker’s Duo Sonata for...
Meuse. The house of AdolpheSax, inventor of the saxophone located in the street of the same name. A little museum, the Mr Sax's House, pays attention...
saxophones pitched in C and F intended by the instrument's inventor, AdolpheSax, for orchestral use. The instrument enjoyed popularity in the early 1900s...
is a valved brass instrument invented by the Belgian instrument-maker AdolpheSax around 1844. It was designed for the mounted bands of the French military...
either with a neck strap or an adjustable peg attached to its body. While AdolpheSax imitated its upturned metal bell in his design of the larger saxophones...
known as the "simple system". It included a "spectacle key" patented by AdolpheSax and rollers to improve little-finger movement. After 1861, a "patent...
Benvenuto Cellini. These pieces are now normally performed on F or CC tuba. AdolpheSax, like Wieprecht, was interested in marketing families of instruments...
particular for mounted bands. A type of cavalry trombone invented by AdolpheSax in the 1860s has six valves, instead of the usual three, one for each...
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