# Adolphe Sax

> He gave his name to an instrument that didn't exist before the 1840s and now defines entire genres of music. The saxophone was one man's patent, and that man was a Belgian instrument maker with a habit of reinvention.

*Belgian musical instrument designer and musician (1814-1894)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1814-11-06
- **Died:** 1894-02-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was born on 6 November 1814 in Belgium, the son of an instrument maker, and grew up playing flute and clarinet. In the early 1840s he invented the saxophone, patenting it in 1846 - a hybrid reed instrument that would eventually anchor jazz, military bands, and classical repertoire. He didn't stop there: the saxotromba, saxhorn, and saxtuba all carried his name, and he redesigned the bass clarinet in a form still used today. Sax died on 7 February 1894, having spent a lifetime bending brass and wood into new shapes. The instrument that outlasted him became ubiquitous in ways he never lived to hear.

## Fame
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## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Music, #Science, #19th Century

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