Happy 200th birthday to Adolphe Sax (1814 – 1894), the Belgian musical instrument designer who invented the saxophone, which he patented on June 28, 1846. He is shown above next to a photograph of four of his surviving original instruments. In the ensuing 165 years, the saxophone has become an essential part of military…
Four departments at the Eastman School of Music are collaborating on a celebration of the 300th birthday of composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach from November 10 through 14. The five-day event will include paper presentations as well as recitals of the composer’s complete Prussian and Württemberg sonatas and other works for piano, clavichord, harpsichord, and…