- Adolphe Appia, (born Sept. 1, 1862, Geneva, Switz.—died Feb. 29, 1928, Nyon) Swiss stage designer whose theories, especially on the interpretive use of lighting, helped bring a new realism and creativity to 20th-century.
- Obituary, funeral and service information for Adolphe L. Thibodeau from Framingham, Massachusetts. Funeral services by Joyce Funeral Home.
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau (La Rochelle, 30 novembre 1825 – La Rochelle, 19 agosto 1905) . Appartenente alla corrente dell'accademismo.
Adolphe studied the flute and clarinet at the Brussels Conservatory and in 1. Paris. There he exhibited the saxophone, a single- reed instrument made of metal, with a conical bore, overblowing at the octave, which had resulted from his efforts to improve the tone of the bass clarinet. It was patented in 1. With his father he evolved the saxhorn (patented 1. Sax discovered that it is the proportions given to a column of air vibrating in a sonorous tube, and these alone, that determine the timbre produced. In 1. 85. 7 Sax was appointed instructor of the saxophone at the Paris Conservatory.
Later he improved several instruments and invented others without, however, establishing a basis for their commercial exploitation. Many of his instruments were accepted for the French army bands, and for 1. Sax was involved in lawsuits with competing instrument makers seeking to have his patents revoked. In his 8. 0th year he was living in abject poverty; Emmanuel Chabrier, Jules Massenet, and Camille Saint- Sa.
Belgian-French maker of musical instruments and inventor of the saxophone. Sax was the son of Charles Joseph Sax (1791–1865), a maker of wind and brass instruments, as well as.
Adolphe Quetelet; Born: Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796-02-22) 22 February 1796 Ghent, French Republic (modern-day Belgium) Died: 17 February 1874 (1874-02-17) (aged 77) Brussels, Belgium: Nationality: Belgian: Fields. Bouguereau - Homepage. The complete works, large resolution images, ecard, rating, slideshow and more! One of the largest Bouguereau resource on the web!