Why Adolphe Sax’s Musical Invention Wasn’t Taken Seriously. 3 minute read. Adolphe Sax, pictured ca. 1842 ullstein bild / Getty Images. By Lily Rothman. November 5, 2015 1:05 PM EST.

Orchestras hated him. When Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1841, he sought to combine the subtlety of woodwinds with the power of big brass in an instrument unlike anything the world had ...

Dinant, a city on the River Meuse in Belgium, is the place for sax maniacs looking for a saxy weekend break. It’s the birthplace of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone. La Maison de Monsieur ...

Visually pivoting from Paul Bunyan to instrument inventor Adolphe Sax might sound like quite a steep creative leap, but in the elegantly joyful style of artist Lydia Nichols, it’s a seamless bridge.