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Sax, Adolphe
The Belgian inventor Adolphe Sax (1814-1894) was the originator of the saxophone as well as several other musical instruments.
Sax became something of a footnote in history after his creation was almost forgotten after his death, until it was revived by jazz musicians who barely remembered his name.
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In his own time, however, Sax made musical headlines. His life story is a rich source of information about music—and musical politics—in the nineteenth century, full of controversy, public scenes, and dramatic reversals of fortune.
Sax's life, wrote a contemporary observer quoted on the Web site of the inventor's home city of Dinant, “rises to the heights of a social event.”
Sax was born on November 6, 1814, in Dinant, which was part of France at the time and was then annexed by the Netherlands.
The town, known for a particular type of yellow copper, lies in the southern, French-speaking part of what in 1830 became the independent country of Belgium. The oldest of 11 c
