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Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (6 November 1814 – c. 7 February 1894)〔Many sources give alternative dates for Sax's death, mainly 3 and 7 February. A sign at Sax's grave in Montmartre says 7 February, for example. However, 4 February appears in ''Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians'' (8th ed., Nicolas Slonimsky); and in both the first and second editions of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.〕 was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in 1846. He played the flute and clarinet, and his other inventions are the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba. ==Early life== Antoine-Joseph Sax was born on 6 November 1814, in Dinant, Belgium, to Charles-Joseph Sax and his wife. While his first name was Antoine, he was referred to as Adolphe from childhood.〔 His father and mother were instrument designers themselves, who made several changes to the design of the horn. Adolphe began to make his own instruments at an early age, entering two of his flutes and a clarinet into a competition at the age of 15. He subsequently studied performance on those two instruments as well as voice at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.〔〔 According to the biography of Adolphe Sax, published on the city of Dinant's website, Sax faced many near-death experiences. Over the course of his childhood, he * fell from a height of three floors, hit his head on a stone and could barely stand * drank, at the age of three, a bowl full of vitriolized water and later swallowed a pin * burnt himself seriously in a gunpowder explosion * fell onto a hot cast iron frying pan, burning his one side as a result * survived poisoning and suffocation in his own bedroom, where varnished items were kept during the night. * was hit on the head by a cobblestone. * fell into a river and was saved by the skin of his teeth. Also according to the biography, his mother once said that "He's a child condemned to misfortune; he won't live". His neighbors called him "little Sax, the ghost".〔Cleary, Tom. "(Adolphe Sax: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know )", ''Heavy.com'', Retrieved 06 November 2015〕〔Rémy, Albert. "(Adolphe Sax )". ''Ville de Dinant'' website, Retrieved 06 November 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adolphe Sax」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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