[malteof]

Though this was a bit interesting about Adolphe Sax's life.

Adolphe Sax - Ville de Dinant EN

City of Dinant - Official website

www.dinant.be

 

[Ixthusdan]

Interesting read. There may be some editorial issues, as his mother was born only the year before he was born. Perhaps the listed woman was a new spouse for the father. Plenty of details to ponder.

 

[malteof]

Interesting read. There may be some editorial issues, as his mother was born only the year before he was born. Perhaps the listed woman was a new spouse for the father. Plenty of details to ponder.

Hah, didn't pick up on that. Also the tone is extremely positive about Adolphe, no criticism... Still interesting.

 

[mrpeebee]

I visited Dinant and his house in July this year. As you can see Covid-19 time for both of us!

 

[ZootTheSim]

As someone who escaped death many times during his life, Sax would definitely have worn a mask!

 

[Siggie]

I read about his life in the book, "The Devil's Horn." The misfortunes, back-stabbing experienced by this man, as well as his craft, perseverance, and impact on world culture are easily worthy of an A-List Hollywood movie. If they can make a fictional movie about a 16th century violin maker (The Red Violin), it wouldn't take much screen writing to make a movie about this amazing man.

 

[malteof]

I read about his life in the book, "The Devil's Horn." The misfortunes, back-stabbing experienced by this man, as well as his craft, perseverance, and impact on world culture are easily worthy of an A-List Hollywood movie. If they can make a fictional movie about a 16th century violin maker (The Red Violin), it wouldn't take much screen writing to make a movie about this amazing man.

Thanks for the tip, hadn't heard of that book but just ordered!

 

[PigSquealer]

Interesting article. I didn’t realize his workshops produced twenty thousand saxophones.
I wonder how many still survive.
thanks for the post.

 

[ZootTheSim]

The Devil's Horn is a really good read; there was recently a thread about the book, and the documentary film that was based on it.

 

[J-Moen]

Great stuff!

 

[PigSquealer]

His birthday is November 6th (1814) 116 years ago

 

[Wonko]

His birthday is November 6th (1814) 116 years ago

I think that should be 206 years ago.....

 

[rzzzzz]

Doesn't look a day over 199.

 

[AddictedToSax]

I agree The Devil’s Horn is an entertaining read. It does get a little self indulgent in parts when the author writes about his personal experience learning to play. I thought it took away from the main theme about the checkered history of the saxophone. All in all it was well worth the read. I learned a lot about Adolph Sax and about the sax craze of the 1920s.

 

[Rogerrr]

Just ordered it....in time to read on his birthday

 

[PigSquealer]

I think that shopuld be 206 years ago.....

?? time flies when you're practicing.

 

[lesacks]

So, in the text of this YouTube, this chap finally explains why Adolphe had so many accidents.

(I'm not sure why YouTube fed me this. I don't play geeetar. Maybe it's a time travel thing)

Why You Hate Jazz (Or Hip-Hop, Or Country, Or Classical..): A Theory Of Musical Taste

The Saxophone was invented by Antoine-Joseph 'Adolphe' Sax in 1846, after risking death several times.

I mean, you can't make this up:

- At age 2, barely able to walk, he fell from the third floor, hit his head against a stone, and was believed dead.

- At age 3 he drank a bowl of vitriolized water (I'm not a chemist, but that does not sound good...). Then later he swallowed a pin!

- He survived other three different episodes of near-asphyxiation (small objects he tried to swallow. I start to see a pattern...)

- Later in his childhood he was seriously burned in a gunpowder explosion; he fell on a cast iron pan and burned himself; he was hit on the head by a cobblestone then fell into a river and nearly drowned. (I don't want to image the hypothetical life insurance bill...)

- He he was the eldest of 11 children... of which only 4 survived to adulthood.

You can take the conclusions you want,

... but for me only one theory can explain all that.

You have to look beyond the obvious, for sure, but everything comes clear in the light of two more facts:

- Dr. Germain Tobar and Dr. Fabio Costa just published a paper that explains how paradox-free time travel could be possible. (Seriously. It was published on Sep 21, 2020)

- The hate that some people have for Jazz can transcend space, time, and the laws of Nature.

So our conclusion is simple, poignant and inescapable:

A bunch of incompetent jazz-hating time travellers are trying (were trying? will try?) to kill little Adolphe before he could invent the Sax!!

 

[Karel Adolphe Sax]

Made a video on the history of Adolphe Sax last year. Subtitles in about 13 languages

 

[milandro]

Article: Remembering Adolphe Sax - 200 years

Remembering Adolphe Sax! Adolphe Sax From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Born 6 November 1814 Dinant, province of Namur, Belgium Died c. 7 February 1894 (aged 79) Paris, France Nationality Belgian Occupation Inventor, musician, musical instrument designer Known for Inventor of the...

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