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Saxophone – great musical instrument

Saxophone - great musical instrument

Saxophone – great musical instrument

Saxophone is probably the most expressive instrument. It is one of the newer instruments in the musical spectrum. The saxophone’s history can be traced back over 150 years. It was invented by Adolphe Sax, an expert instrument maker and talented musician. The saxophone was patented on March 20, 1846.
Sax was born in 1814 in Brussels (Belgium) and grew up in the trade of instrument making. His father was an expert in instrument making. The boy had already become an expert by the age of six.
The saxophone was born when Sax combined a horn with the body of a brass instrument and the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument. It was only one of a whole family of new instruments, which were also called the saxophones.

In 1842, Adolphe Sax went to Paris with only a few francs in his pocket. The famous composer Berlioz took a great interest in the new musical instruments and even arranged one of his own compositions for the saxophone. It was choral for voice and six wind instruments, in addition to the saxophone, other instruments designed by Sax were used. In December 1842 the saxophone first appeared in the opera orchestra at the premiere of Georges Kastner’s opera The Last King of Judea. In 1844, saxophone was first introduced at an industrial exhibition in Paris, and on March 21, 1846 Sax received a patent for a “system of wind instruments called saxophones”, which included eight varieties. In 1845, instruments designed by Sax (saxophones, saxhorns and saxotrombas) were introduced into military brass bands.
In 1845 the instrument became known as an integral part of all bands. Many composers began to write music for the saxophone.
Later the mouthpiece of the sax was made smaller and more parallel. This gave the sax the loud, agressive sound needed for jazz and dance music.
Today, many people enjoy the wonderful music produced by the saxophone. It has become a part of almost every style of music.
Saxophone – great musical instrument

Adolphe Sax

Adolphe Sax

Saxophone in paintings

Vladimir Golub. Autumn Blues, 2003

Vladimir Golub. Autumn Blues, 2003

Sima Levin. Jazz, saxophone and passion. 2008

Sima Levin. Jazz, saxophone and passion. 2008

Stanislav Topchiy. Saxophonist

Stanislav Topchiy. Saxophonist

Vakho Kakulia. Sounds of Saxophone

Vakho Kakulia. Sounds of Saxophone

Valentin Rekunenko. Saxophonist. 2009

Valentin Rekunenko. Saxophonist. 2009

Sharon Hudson. Sax in the Morning

Sharon Hudson. Sax in the Morning

Sergey Chepik. Melody for sweetheart

Sergey Chepik. Melody for sweetheart

Riki Nelson. Sax in the Park

Riki Nelson. Sax in the Park

Natalia Malinina. Saxophonist. 2008

Natalia Malinina. Saxophonist. 2008

Nenad Mirkovich. Soft Jazz

Nenad Mirkovich. Soft Jazz

Peter Butler. Jazz portrait of Johnny on Sax with the Gambit Jazzmen

Peter Butler. Jazz portrait of Johnny on Sax with the Gambit Jazzmen

Ricardo Renedo

Ricardo Renedo

Mindi Abair. Sax player

Mindi Abair. Sax player

Maria Leonidovna Ponomareva. Girl with a saxophone

Maria Leonidovna Ponomareva. Girl with a saxophone

Leonid Afremov. Saxophonist

Leonid Afremov. Saxophonist

Ledent Pol. Sax Player

Ledent Pol. Sax Player

Lady in Black Playing Saxophone

Lady in Black Playing Saxophone

Konstantin Sukhoplyuev. Saxophone

Konstantin Sukhoplyuev. Saxophone

Joy Wade. Saxophone Players

Joy Wade. Saxophone Players

Jenny Armitage. Jazz Buddies

Jenny Armitage. Jazz Buddies

Jean Soong Saxophone Player. 2011

Jean Soong Saxophone Player. 2011

Jacob Christian. Poen de Wijs South Wind

Jacob Christian. Poen de Wijs South Wind

Ivan Slavinsky. Music of life. 2008

Ivan Slavinsky. Music of life. 2008

Igor Zharkov. Cafe

Igor Zharkov. Cafe

Igor Simonov. The Angel has arrived. 1998

Igor Simonov. The Angel has arrived. 1998

G. Kiseleva. Saxophonist

G. Kiseleva. Saxophonist

Frank Morrison

Frank Morrison

Ernie Barnes. Study for Jazz

Ernie Barnes. Study for Jazz

Eric Drooker. Saxophone Player

Eric Drooker. Saxophone Player

Edward Farber. Sax-solo

Edward Farber. Sax-solo

David Simons. Sax

David Simons. Sax

Cynthia Kuun. Lady with Saxophone

Cynthia Kuun. Lady with Saxophone

Christine Karron. Saxophone Player

Christine Karron. Saxophone Player

Charlie Parker. Mr. Parker

Charlie Parker. Mr. Parker

Bayram Salamov. Autumn Blues

Bayram Salamov. Autumn Blues

Anton Kolokolov. A lady with a saxophone. 2009

Anton Kolokolov. A lady with a saxophone. 2009

Andrey Atroshenko. Saxophone

Andrey Atroshenko. Saxophone

Andrey Atroshenko. Saxophone

Andrey Atroshenko. Saxophone

Andrey Aranyshev. Dance with saxophone

Andrey Aranyshev. Dance with saxophone

Anatoly Obelets. Street musician

Anatoly Obelets. Street musician

Anastasia Khasan-Chistyakova. Saxophone

Anastasia Khasan-Chistyakova. Saxophone

Alina Vodniciar. Saxophone Player

Alina Vodniciar. Saxophone Player

Alexey Barannik. Saxophone. 2010

Alexey Barannik. Saxophone. 2010

Alexei Lashkevich. Two violins and saxophone

Alexei Lashkevich. Two violins and saxophone

Alexander Uglov Jazz. Saxophone. 2010

Alexander Uglov Jazz. Saxophone. 2010

Alexander Khodyukov. Saxophonist

Alexander Khodyukov. Saxophonist

Adolphe Sax on the bank note

Adolphe Sax on the bank note

Adams Old Man with Sax

Adams Old Man with Sax

Monuments to saxophone and saxophonists

Monument to the saxophonist. Hokkaido, Japan

Monument to the saxophonist. Hokkaido, Japan

Monument to the saxophonist in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan

Monument to the saxophonist in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan

Monument to the saxophonist in Vinnitsa, Ukraine

Monument to the saxophonist in Vinnitsa, Ukraine

Monument to the saxophonist in Tbilisi, Georgia

Monument to the saxophonist in Tbilisi, Georgia

Monument to the Saxophonist in Stavropol, Russia

Monument to the Saxophonist in Stavropol, Russia

Monument to the saxophonist in Chelyabinsk, Russia

Monument to the saxophonist in Chelyabinsk, Russia

Monument to saxophonist

Monument to saxophonist

Monument to saxophonist in Israel

Monument to saxophonist in Israel

Monument to Saxophone in Dinan, Belgium

Monument to Saxophone in Dinan, Belgium

Monument to saxophone and saxophonist

Monument to saxophone and saxophonist

Monument to Adolf Sax in Dinan, Belgium

Monument to Adolf Sax in Dinan, Belgium