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SaxRevolutions: Adolphe Sax's life by José-Modesto Diago Ortega. Saxophonist/Researcher.

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Do you want to know about the biggest and most merciless judicial battle in culture and industrial property in 19th century, the echoes of which still ring today? Please, check my 📘 The Battle for Control of the Brass and Instruments Business in the French Industrial Revolution

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And what about Boston? What was Elise Hall’s connection to the city?
This 1906 photo of Tremont Street captures Boston at the very moment when Hall was actively performing & championing the saxophone there.
𝐸𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 “𝑆𝑎𝑥𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑑𝑦” 🎷📖🏙️

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 NYC?
The city appears repeatedly throughout her story, but did she actually live there?And if so, for how long?
To uncover: 𝐸𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 “𝑆𝑎𝑥𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑑𝑦” and start with Chapter 1. 📖🎷🗽

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Since we’re on the subject of ships—and even though this one dates from 1918—I thought it was significant:

A military band performs on deck of HMS 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝐸𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡ℎ, while ships of the German High Seas Fleet appear in the background.

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HMS Crescent, 1898.

While midshipmen perform physical drill on deck, another group stands behind them holding brass band instruments.

A fascinating reminder that music formed part of naval discipline, education, and daily life at sea in the late 19th century.

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Today, one of my favorites: 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 photos of a civilian band with brass and wind instruments, ca. 1860.
Taken on the deck of a ship, the image captures cornets, horns, low brass... at a fascinating moment in the history of modern band culture.

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Would there have been child labour in 19th-century wind instrument factories?
Unfortunately, yes.
This 1848 engraving of Sax’s factory shows a child working beside cornets; a reminder that child labour was still relatively common in many industrial workshops of the period.

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14 May 2026. Even today, brass instruments (and saxophones) remain central to state ceremony and political symbolism.

Military bands continue to provide grandeur, discipline, and sonic power to diplomatic rituals — much as they did in the 19th century.

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To conclude this small series on the Zouaves, here is the full band in 1867.
Brass instruments everywhere— joined by woodwinds and even saxophones—offering a fascinating glimpse into the rich sound world of 19th-century military music.

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Another remarkable photograph of the Zouaves, 1857.

Beside the regimental standard, a drum and bugle stand quietly among the rifles — reminders of how deeply music was woven into 19th-century military life.

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9 May 2026: Happy Europe Day! 🇪🇺
By the way, also today, the inauguration of Péter Magyar in Hungary. Brass instruments once again gave solemnity and ceremonial weight to a major political event—just as they did in the 19th century and long before. 🎺

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1857. Zouaves of the French Army in the field.
They seem to be playing a game… yet beside them rest an imperial drum and bugle.
Between war and music, a moment held still.

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New project 😏 A sneak preview? 📘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

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Birthday, Elise! 🎷 💜 ✊️
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🎷 Happy 180th birthday: the 🎷was patented on 21 March 1846. What did that patent say?
📘 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝘽𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

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🎷 ¿Puede un saxofón despertar un fantasma?
En 𝑺𝒂𝒙 𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒎𝒂, de Mónica Rodríguez, un antiguo saxofón de 1846 creado por Adolphe Sax cambia la vida de Simon y lo lanza a una aventura llena de música, misterio y emociones.
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Superbe photograph of nineteen Indian army officers outside Government House, Lahore. 1875-76
Have you seen the bugle? 📯 🤔

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Photograph of a brass band with flutes, trombones, trumpets, French horns, and drums, standing in the grounds of Sandringham House (1866). The centrally placed instrument would be a saxotromba? 🤨