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113: History of the Saxophone


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This week we learn how a rejected Belgian inventor's obsession with creating new instruments eventually led to the creation of one of the great American art forms. A listener email explains how bikes were used to smuggle drugs in the Netherlands.


Episode Tabs:

It was banned by the Nazis, Stalin and the Vatican. This is the surprising history of the saxophone

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-25/saxophone-history-of-musical-instrument-brutal-and-beautiful/11960922


Listener Tabs:

CONTRABAND AND SMUGGLERS’ OBJECTS

https://www.bdmuseum.nl/en/collectie/smokkelobjecten/


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