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Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (French: [ɑ̃twan ʒozɛf adɔlf saks]; 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.
Although described in Adolphe Sax's patent in 1846, a practical, playable subcontrabass saxophone did not exist until the 21st century. [2] An oversized saxophone that might have qualified was built as a prop circa 1965; it could produce tones, but its non-functional keywork required assistants to manually open and close the pads, and it was reportedly incapable of playing a simple scale.
Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone. The saxophone was designed around 1840 by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian instrument maker, flautist, and clarinetist. [3] Born in Dinant and originally based in Brussels, he moved to Paris in 1842 to establish his musical instrument business.
Charles-Joseph Sax (1 February 1790 – 26 April 1865) was a Belgian musical instrument maker. His son was Adolphe Sax, who invented the saxophone, the saxhorn and the saxotromba. [1] Sax was the son of Françoise Élisabeth (Maréchal) and Antoine Joseph Sax. [2] He was a maker of wind and brass instruments, as well as of pianos, harps, and ...
Adolphe Leroy (Professor of Clarinet, 1868–1876) Prosper Mimart (Professor of Clarinet, 1904–1918) Marcel Moyse (Professor of Flute, 1932–1940) Marcel Mule (Professor of Saxophone, 1942–1968) Auguste Périer (Professor of Clarinet, 1918–1947) Jean-Pierre Rampal (Professor of Flute, 1969–1981) Cyrille Rose (Professor of Clarinet ...
Mr Sax's House (French: Maison de Monsieur Sax; Dutch: Huis van Sax) is a little museum in Dinant in the Belgian province of Namur. It is dedicated to Adolphe Sax (1814–1894). Sax was a builder of musical instruments and is foremost remembered for his invention of the saxophone .
While little is known of his early musical career, he primarily performed on the clarinet until meeting Adolphe Sax in Paris in the 1850s. [1] Following his move to Cape Town, South Africa, in 1859 to run a music store (supplied by his father's company), Lefebre began freelance work as a concert saxophonist. These concerts regularly included ...
"Adolphe Sax Series Volume IX", 2006, University of Arizona Recordings (AUR CD3122), featuring Dale Underwood and Kenneth Tse " Pas de Trois ", 2006, Crystal Records (CD 358), trio music for saxophone, bassoon, and piano by Feld, Froom, Goldstein, Freund, and van Beurden.