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The Devil's Horn

Name: The Devil's Horn
ISBN: 9780312425579

The Story of the Saxophone, From Noisy Novelty to King of Cool

Michael Segell

Picador · Print & ebook · August 22, 2006

Reading lane: Woodwinds

The 160-year history of the saxophone comes to brilliant life in Michael Segell's wonderfully researched, beautifully told The Devil's Horn .

Music History Jazz Woodwinds history

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Why This Clicks

When Sound Turns Cultural

A lively history of the saxophone, where music-making meets cultural change and political friction.

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The saxophone’s rise from novelty to force in popular culture
Music history with a personal thread and political edges

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A researched, narrative account spanning 160 years
An instrument’s shifting reputation, from sensual to outlawed to influential

Book Details

Authors: Michael Segell
Publisher: Picador
Published: August 22, 2006
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Woodwinds · Jazz
Reading lane: Woodwinds

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Music History
Woodwinds
Pop Culture Studies

About This Book

The 160-year history of the saxophone comes to brilliant life in Michael Segell's wonderfully researched, beautifully told The Devil's Horn . Beginning with "a sound never heard before," Segell's portrait follows the iconographic instrument as it is lauded for its sensuality, then outlawed for its influence, and finally credited with changing the face of popular culture. A deeply personal story of one man's love for music-making, a universal story of artistic and political r...

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