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Adolph Sax URL: http://www.dinant.be/index.htm?lg=3&m1=28&m2=88&m3=293 Description: Biographical material about Adolph Sax, the Belgian-born inventor of the saxophone. Describes his "agitated childhood" (which included many serious accidents), how his father manufactured musical instruments, his move to Paris, his invention of the saxophone, and the importance of the saxophone to jazz music. In English and French. From the city of Dinant, Belgium, birthplace of Sax. LII Topics: Musical Instruments, Saxophone Publisher: City of Dinant LII Database Information: Record 24754 created by Maria Brandt on 10/22/2007 Last modification on 10/23/2007 Published: 11/01/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24754 |
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