Sax is the abbreviation of saxophone, and its full name is saxophone. Adolf wrote it. Invented the saxophone.
inventor
In the wind music family, most of them are ancient musical instruments (flute, trumpet, horn, etc. ) have a history of thousands of years, and there is no way to verify their inventors;
Saxophone (1835) was invented less than 200 years ago, which can be said to be a wind instrument with a relatively short history. Moreover, saxophone also has an inventor recognized all over the world-Adolphe Antoine Sax, a great inventor who has the patent right to invent saxophone.
history of inventions
Adolphe sax was born in a small Belgian town called Dinan. His father was a famous musical instrument manufacturer at that time. Adolphe sax/Kloc-was an outstanding student of Broussais Conservatory of Music when he was 0/5 years old, and performed with Broussais Music Symphony Orchestra.
He has considerable attainments in flute and clarinet, and it is precisely because he improved the clarinet that the clarinet became a standard member of the symphony. The Belgian government greatly encouraged him and awarded him the second silver prize in an exhibition. Originally, the jury wanted to award the first-class gold prize, but due to the opposition of the central jury, Sachs had to give up the silver prize.
1835, adolphe sax invented the first saxophone (the fact may have been earlier), which is a saxophone with an E-flat alto.
The invention of this musical instrument left a deep impression on Berlioz, a good friend of adolphe sax. Berlioz was one of the most influential musicians in Europe at that time. He praised the musical instrument invented by adolphe sax in various media, saying that it has the most human characteristics.
People named the musical instrument saxophone after adolphe sax's surname, and a musical instrument with wonderful timbre and special shape was born.
1On June 22nd, 846, the saxophone invented by Adolf saxophone was patented. This established his prominent position in the music industry in Paris and was hailed as a genius in Europe. Then adolf saxophone opened a saxophone manufacturing enterprise in Paris. Adolf saxophone invented 14 saxophones of different sizes and shapes.
(including the small small high-pitched saxophone and the big low-pitched saxophone, both of which have big horns. )
185 1 year, adolphe sax obtained a patent for a large metal tube with a hole spacing of 24 keys, which is called saxophone.
1853, French military band took the lead in using saxophone, combining woodwind and brass music perfectly. Under their influence, wind bands from all over Europe came to buy this musical instrument invented and produced by adolphe sax, which made adolphe sax a very rich man at that time.
Adolphe sax's success aroused the envy of his peers, so he was taken to court, claiming that adolphe sax had stolen their patents and bravely defended his invention and honor.
1885, French Selma wind instrument manufacturing company was established in Paris, which was named after its founder Henri Selmer.
Selma musical instrument manufacturing company mainly produces single reed musical instruments, especially saxophone and clarinet, and its excellent product quality is world-renowned. 1928, Adolf Edward bought the saxophone enterprise inherited from his father adolphe sax.
1887, adolphe sax added a down key to the original bass key of saxophone, and added a half-frame device to protect the key on several bass and larger keys.
1894, penniless adolphe sax died in Paris, but what can comfort his soul in heaven is that after years of efforts by his lawyer, he finally won the lawsuit against his opponent.
Although adolphe sax spent most of his life in France, the Belgian people will never forget him. I remember when I visited Belgium in 2000, I found that adolphe sax's head and his saxophone were impressively printed on their two-yuan banknotes, which fully explained adolphe sax's position in the eyes of the Belgian people.
In the 100 years after adolphe sax's death, despite the continuous improvement of saxophone (adding the treble #F key, etc. ), the main structure and basic techniques have not changed, which further shows that Adolf saxophone is a master in the history of musical instruments.