The Saxophone: the history and development of a Musical Icon

这项研究将提供萨克斯管的发明，发展和历史的各个方面的权威帐户。从乐器的发明者阿道夫·萨克斯的简短传记开始，它将回顾专利和早期的技术发展，然后考虑它在各种社会和音乐背景下的应用：流行音乐和轻音乐，爵士乐，古典音乐，摇滚和流行音乐，电影音乐和非西方流派。接下来的专著不仅会引起萨克斯演奏家的兴趣，也会引起其他学生、学者或普通读者的兴趣，他们可能希望了解更多关于这一标志性乐器的社会和音乐历史。

This research will provide an authoritative account of all aspects of the saxophone's invention, development and history. Beginning with a brief biography of the instrument's inventor, Adolphe Sax, it will review patents and early technical developments before considering its use in a variety of social and musical contexts: popular and light music, jazz, classical, rock and pop, film music and non-western genres. The monograph which will ensue will be of interest not only to saxophonists but also other students, scholars or general readers who may wish to know more of the social and musical history surrounding this iconic instrument.