Pierre-Auguste Sarrus
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| name = Pierre-Auguste Sarrus
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| birth_date = March 14 or 15, 1813
| birth_place = Saint-Affrique, France
| death_date = {{death date|1876|5|3|mf=y}}
| death_place = Paris, France
| occupation = Musician, Inventor
| spouse = Mélanie Bellemère
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Pierre-Auguste Sarrus (March 14 or 15, 1813 – May 3, 1876) was a French musician and inventor.{{Cite web |title=Pierre-Auguste Sarrus, horoscope for birth date 14 March 1813, born in St.Affrique, with Astrodatabank biography - Astro-Databank |url=https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Sarrus,_Pierre-Auguste |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=www.astro.com|date=29 May 2021 }}{{Cite web |title=Pierre-Auguste Sarrus, horoscope for birth date 14 March 1813, born in St.Affrique, with Astrodatabank biography - Astro-Databank |url=https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Sarrus,_Pierre-Auguste |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=www.astro.com|date=29 May 2021 }}
History
- He joined the army at the age of 23.
- November 27, 1843: Sarrus is affected to the 74th Régiment d'Infanterie as corporal-chief of the music, it is the start of his military musician career.
- August 18, 1846: wedding with Mélanie Bellemère.
- 1852: Sarrus receives the Médaille militaire.
- 1854: Member of the Expédition d'Orient (Crimean War), he receives the Médaille de Crimée.
- April 2, 1855: he is affected to the 13th Régiment d'Infanterie.
- July 10, 1855: he is promoted officer.
- 1860-61: member of the Campaign of Syria.
- 1863: he receives the 5th class Turkish Médjidié's order and the Victoria Cross.
- December 26, 1864: he is made knight of the Légion d'honneur.
- July 10, 1867: Sarrus gets retired, he was then chief of music (ranking as a lieutenant) of the 13th Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne.
Nevertheless, Pierre-Auguste Sarrus is not famous for his military career, but for having invented a music instrument to replace the oboe and bassoon in military music in 1856. Pierre-Louis Gautrot built this instrument and patented it under the name sarrusophone.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311132357/http://idrs.colorado.edu/Publications/DR/DR10.3/DR10.3.Conrey.html The Sarrusophone, article from the Dr. George A. Conrey in The Double Reed, Vol. 10, No. 3]
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Category:People from Saint-Affrique
Category:19th-century French inventors
Category:19th-century French musicians
Category:French military personnel of the Crimean War