Previous posts for November 6th are here: Adolphe Sax; John Philip Sousa (2019), Ray Conniff (2020), John Philip Sousa (2021), John Philip Sousa; Gus Kahn (2022), and John Philip Sousa (2023)
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Adolphe Sax (6 November 1814 – 7 February 1894) was a prolific inventor and modifier of musical instruments.
Instrumentality
With his father he evolved the saxhorn (patented 1845), a development on the bugle horn; the saxo-tromba, producing a tone between that of the bugle and the trumpet; and the saxtuba. – britannica.com
Adolphe Sax, a clever thinker,
Never missed a chance to tinker
With instruments that any band
Would more than likely have at hand.
The upshot of these clever hacks
Invented by Herr Adolphe Sax
Was instruments in novel guises
And most surprising shapes and sizes.
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John Philip Sousa (6 November 1854 – 6 March 1932) was an extremely successful band
leader, who remains a byword for band excellence to this day.
Step Lively
When John Philip Sousa was late
For a meeting, appointment, or date,
He hurried his tread
With a march in his head
In a splendidly sprightly six-eight.
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