Fun fact if you didn’t know: the saxophone was invented in the 1840s and is named after its creator, Adolphe Sax.
When I was younger I just kind of mentally grouped all classical instruments together as ‘very old’ so it was neat to learn that some of them are actually pretty new.
Fun fact if you didn’t know: the saxophone was invented in the 1840s and is named after its creator, Adolphe Sax.
When I was younger I just kind of mentally grouped all classical instruments together as ‘very old’ so it was neat to learn that some of them are actually pretty new.
Secondary fun fact: the surname Sax and the demonym Saxon are both derived from the type of blade called a seax.
Feels weird to call the saxophone a “classical instrument”, but I suppose it’s true even if it’s not popular with classical orchestras.