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The Surprisingly Badass Life of the Inventor of the Saxophone (2019x201)
Fecha de emisión: Jul 31, 2019
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The favoured instrument of the likes of Lisa Simpsons, former President Bill Clinton, and the co-author of this article and founder of TodayIFoundOut, the saxophone has variously been described as everything from “the most moving and heart-gripping wind instrument” to the “Devil’s horn”. Rather fittingly then the instrument’s inventor, Adolphe Sax, was a similarly polarising figure and led a life many would qualify as fulfilling all of the necessary specifications to be classified as being “all kinds of badass”.
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Sources:
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-11-03/entertainment/ca-3283_1_invention
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RdMGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=Adolphe+Sax+stove&source=bl&ots=0-GG10lxFW&sig=boJsaWLJZ0LINnTqBpJ3snVqNoQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBoqPe6pHaAhViIcAKHYnNDggQ6AEIYzAL#v=onepage&q=Adolphe%20Sax%20stove&f=false
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OsWHle0otJcC&pg=PT9&dq=Adolphe+Sax+explosion+gunpowder&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7luPp8pHaAhUJIMAKHRNRCmYQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=Adolphe%20Sax%20explosion%20gunpowder&f=false
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DisXAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT18&dq=King+Louis+Philippe+saxophone&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_sruX-pHaAhXhLMAKHRJIC9YQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=King%20Louis%20Ph
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