Today's Birthdays in Music: November 6 (Sax, Sousa)
1814 - Adolphe Sax, Dinant, Belgium; musical-instrument designer (inventor of the saxophone)
Wikipedia
Extensive biography
Pictures of Sax saxophones
The Aurelia Saxophone Quartet (Uden, Netherlands) plays Jean Baptiste Singelée's Premier Quatuor Op. 53 on original Adolphe Sax saxophones
1854 - John Philip Sousa, Washington, U.S.A.; composer and conductor
Wikipedia
Library of Congress website
Tufts University's Saxophone Ensemble plays Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever
Theme song for the Monty Python's Flying Circus TV show (aka Sousa's Liberty Bell March) (played by the City of Prague Symphony Orchestra)
Wikipedia
Extensive biography
Pictures of Sax saxophones
The Aurelia Saxophone Quartet (Uden, Netherlands) plays Jean Baptiste Singelée's Premier Quatuor Op. 53 on original Adolphe Sax saxophones
1854 - John Philip Sousa, Washington, U.S.A.; composer and conductor
Wikipedia
Library of Congress website
Tufts University's Saxophone Ensemble plays Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever
Theme song for the Monty Python's Flying Circus TV show (aka Sousa's Liberty Bell March) (played by the City of Prague Symphony Orchestra)
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