降E大调中音萨克斯风 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	降E大调中音萨克斯风
品名（英）	Alto saxophone in E-flat
入馆年号	2005年，2005.82.1a–e, .2a–y
策展部门	乐器（Musical Instruments）
创作者	Adolphe (Antoine Joseph) Sax【1814 至 1894】【比利时人，活跃于法国】
创作年份	公元 1845 - 公元 1865
创作地区	法国, 巴黎（France, Paris）
分类	航空电话簧片振动单簧片圆柱形（Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical）
尺寸	23 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 14 英寸 (59.7 × 14 × 35.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	当萨克斯在1846年获得专利时，管乐器家族缺乏强健的低音。萨克斯开发了萨克斯管来填补这一空白。尽管他努力向保守的管弦乐作曲家推广这种乐器，但在萨克斯的一生中，它作为一种乐队乐器获得了成功。萨克斯通过爵士乐和流行音乐获得了普遍的流行，具有讽刺意味的是，这两种流派直到发明很久之后才存在。这些协会象征着美国，使萨克斯管成为一种强有力的文化和政治象征萨克斯管已成为世界上使用最广泛的乐器之一。它的声乐品质，如高度表达和灵活的音调，以及可以轻松操纵音高来演奏"蓝色"音符，使它成为爵士乐的典型乐器。这些特征也导致萨克斯管在许多不同的文化中被用作传统音乐的乐器。它的多才多艺和表现力使它在当代古典音乐中日益突出。
介绍（英）	When the saxophone was patented in 1846, the wind family lacked a robust lower voice. Sax developed the saxophone to fill this gap. Although he struggled to promote the instrument to conservative orchestral composers, it enjoyed success as a band instrument during Sax’s lifetime. The saxophone achieved universal popularity through jazz and pop, two genres that, ironically, did not exist until long after its invention. These associations, emblematic of America, have made the saxophone a potent cultural and political symbol. The saxophone has become one of the most widespread instruments in the world. Its vocal qualities, such as its highly expressive and flexible tone and the ease with which pitch can be manipulated to play “blue” notes made it the archetypal instrument of jazz. These traits also led to the saxophone’s adoption as an instrument of traditional music in many different cultures. Its versatility and expressiveness have earned it a growing prominence in contemporary classical music.