The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool (edition 2005)

by Michael Segell

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Traces the history of the saxophone from its invention by the eccentric Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in the 1840s to its role in the jazz genre in the twenty-first century.

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Title:	The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool
Authors:	Michael Segell
Info:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2005), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 336 pages
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Traces the history of the saxophone from its invention by the eccentric Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in the 1840s to its role in the jazz genre in the twenty-first century.

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