Sad Sax and She Sells What?
In this episode Suzie checks out the turbulent history of the saxaphone and Trevor sees what exactly Mary Anning sold.
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REFERENCES
Aldophe Sax and the Saxaphone
Adolphe Sax and Cie 2019, ‘Antoine-Joseph Sax – Inventor of the Saxophone’ https://www.adolphesax.be/en/adolphe-sax/
Encyclopaedia Brittanica 2020, ‘Adolphe Sax’ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Joseph-Sax
Kelsey-Sugg A 2020, ‘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
Stover S 2020, ‘Adolphe Sax’ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/adolphe-sax-mn0001661571/biography
The Instrument Place 2019, ‘History of the Saxophone’ https://www.theinstrumentplace.com/history-of-the-saxophone
Mary Anning
The forgotten history behind the world’s most famous tongue twister – Vintage News (24 Jan 2018)
Mary Anning inspired ‘she sells sea shells’ — but she was actually a legendary fossil hunter – ABC Radio National (6 May 2019)
Mary Anning – Famous Scientists
Mary Anning (1799-1847) – University of Berkeley
Mary Anning – Lyme Regis Museum
The untold tale of the woman who dug up ancient sea monsters – The Guardian (17 Mar 2019)
Mary Anning, the fossil finder – Charles Dickens (1865)
Ammonite (2020) – IMDB
Other stuff:
The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…
History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)
History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)
Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)
You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)
Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)
Fade out – Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
All music used under fair use provisions.
