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==Early life==

Marcel Mule was born in a village in [[Aube, Orne|Aube]], France, to a father who learned the saxophone while doing his military service and became director of the brass band of [[Beaumont-le-Roger]]. In a time when Paris lacked saxophone teachers, having contact with brass bands was the only way to learn to play the saxophone. His father introduced him to the saxophone at the age of eight, in addition to violin and piano. He also taught him to play with a "straight" tone (no [[vibrato]]), which was the custom of the day.

Though Marcel exhibited the talent necessary to pursue a musical career, at a time when a musician's life was not easy, Mule's father recommended that he choose a teaching career instead. Thus, he enrolled in the École Normale at [[Évreux]] and received his diploma after three years. He taught for only six months in a school in town before he was called up for military service.