when was the saxaphone invented?

Answer 1

HISTORY OF THE SAXOPHONE

The Saxophone was creat by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian instrument maker in the early 1840's. It was introduced by Sax's close friend Hector Berlioz on June 12, 1842, in a Parisian magazine. The actual date it was patented in 1846. The saxophone is mainly a band instrument. It is rarely used in orchestral works. Most orchestral works it appears in are composed by French composers. Berlioz, and Maurice Ravel often used various saxophones in their works. German composer Richard Wagner also made use of the saxophone family.

The main use of the saxophone is in concert and military bands. It quickly found heavy use in military bands throughout Europe and North America. Today all bands have saxophone sections with Alto, Tenor and Baritone saxophone parts. In the 1910's and 1920's the saxophones potential in Jazz was also noted. The Big Band sounds of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington would not be complete without their swinging saxophone section. The two Altos, two Tenors, and Bari sitting in the front row are remarkable in Big Bands throughout their history.

All the saxophones are also splendid soloists. The four most common in the family are the Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone saxes. The complete "modern" saxophone family has eight members. There are several other rare saxophones as well. The main members of the family are the Eb Sopranino, Bb Soprano, Eb Alto, true tone Alto, Bb Tenor, Eb Baritone, Bb Bass and Eb Contrabass. The two extremes can hardly be seen as "regular" members, they are very rare, but can still be made. They must be made custom by the Conn Company. At one time saxophones were being made in the keys of F and C, rather than Eb and Bb. The "rare" saxophones are the ones found in these keys. It is still relatively easy to find C Tenors and Sopranos though.


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Answer 2

The newest of the woodwinds, it was invented by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian. He was born in 1814, and as a child he learned to make instruments in his father’s shop. At the Brussels Conservatory, he studied the clarinet and the flute. In 1840, Sax decided to construct an instrument that would fulfill the middle range sound of a military band. The sound that he was seeking would be between the woodwind tone of the clarinet, and brass sound of the trumpet. He moved to Paris in 1842, and completed his work in 1845. The created instrument he named the "saxophone". It was soon taken up by many French orchestral composers. The saxophone started to be used in little orchestras in the 1800’s. It was also popular in military bands. It gained greater popularity in the 1920’s because of jazz music.

Answer 3

The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. It was invented by Adolphe Sax around 1840. The saxophone is most commonly associated with popular music, big band music, and jazz, but it was originally intended as both an orchestral and military band instrument. Saxophone players are called saxophonists.

Answer 4

Around 1840 by Adolph Sax, a Belgian instrument designer.

Answer 5

In 1840, Adolph Sax put a clarinet mouthpiece on a brass instrument and blew through it. To this, Sax added keys and the saxophone was born.

Answer 6

back in 1846 by Adolphe Sax. It had a reed from a clarinett and was made of an oboe. he produced the curve at the end to make different tones an unique sounds

Answer 7

around 1840 by Adolphe Sax

Answer 8

1840 by Adolphe Sax

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Answer 9

Then you can conclude that the Saxophone must have been a popular instrumented which was not invented for the genre of jazz.