Tim, Interesting project! Here are some on line Kryl resources:
1. Kryl is well represented on the LOC National Jukebox. Try this search. http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/search/results?q=Bohumir%20Kryl 2. Additional information on Victor discs can be found on the UCSB site: http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/11872/Kryls_Bohemian_Band_Musical_group 3. The UCSB cylinder site has several Kryl performances also: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=%40attr+1%3D1016+&query=Kryl Mark Sent from my iPad On Jul 10, 2011, at 4:32 PM, "Tim McCormick" <d...@themccormicks.com> wrote: > Reason for my interest in Kryl: > I live in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Crawfordsville is the home of General > Lew Wallace (author of Ben Hur, and a thousand other Renaissance Man > accomplishments) I am one of the trustees for the General Lew Wallace Study > and Museum (they couldn't find anyone qualified) www.Ben-Hur.com In 1897, > Lew Wallace build his very own Sanctum Santorum, called the Lew Wallace > Study - a HUGE one room building for his library, painting, music, and > writing. The building is adorned everywhere with sculpture carved in > limestone by none other than Bohumir Kryl. Even though I attended IU School > of music and have played in community bands all my life, up until a week > ago, I don't know if I ever gave Kryl a second thought. Now that I have > started researching him, I have become fascinated by this man's work. > > What is to become of this research? > Not only will I write an article for In The groove, but my main objective is > to create a two person dog and pony show for a live audience to be filmed on > DVD. I'll do the music side of the man, and a museum curator will do the > sculpture part. Being an antique phonograph enthusiast, I'd much prefer to > perform recordings of his work from the actual cylinders, Diamond Discs and > 78's. I am searching for a discography of his work, but I am not sure one > has been created yet. Fortunately, Kryl was a popular recording artist, so > his works are not impossible to find. I am just starting from ground zero > with a delivery date for a presentation in 60 days. > > What I have discovered musically - thus far: > Kryl was a showman. He trained as a circus acrobat. Kryl was a physical > artist working in stone sculpture. As a musician, he attempted the > impossible, combining artistic technique with over the top showmanship. He > was not a musical perfectionist, for every recording I have heard of his, > there are unintentional mistakes. Many of his recordings are attempts at > the impossible, so a "fa-nork" here or there is more than acceptable. I > know of no living brass player with his ability to double and triple tongue > while jumping octaves, for instance. > > What sets Kryl apart from other Cornetists: > 1 - He had a 4 octave range - the ability to play pedal notes on a cornet. > 2 - He could play a low note on the cornet while humming a higher note and > the accompanying harmonic would be louder than the two original sound > sources. > 3 - He was a world class double and triple tonguing (articulation ) showman > with the ability to pick an higher octave note out of a fast moving > chromatic scale. He could perform a pizzicato higher octave melodic line > while maintaining a lower octave moving passage as in his third variation in > Carnival of Venice. > > What I have discovered thus far for a cylinder discography: > Non-Edison: > Utility polka - #32033 Columbia Phonograph Co. (1903) > Du, du - #1305 U.S. Everlasting Record - year of release (1909) > > Edison Gold Moulded: > Carnival of Venice - 8253 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1902) > King Carneval polka - 8663 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1903) > Answer - 8254 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1902) > Arbucklenian Polka - 8327 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1902) > Cary waltz - 8609 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1903) > Columbia - 8307 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1903) > Inflamatus from Stabat Mater - 8308 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1904-1908) > King Carneval polka - 8663 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1903) > Kryl's favorite - 8745 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1904) > National fantasia - 8482 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1903) > Oh promise me - 9005 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1905) > Russian fantasia - 8208 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1902) > Sing, smile, slumber - 8418 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1904-1908) > Sweet sixteen waltz - 8811 Edison Gold Moulded Record (1904) > > Edison Amberol Wax: > At the mill - #822 Edison 4-minute Amberol (1911) > Orly Polskie - 9812 Edison 4-minute Amberol > Pochod z. Prodané nevěsty - 9809 Edison 4-minute Amberol > Pode mlejnem - 9807 Edison 4-minute Amberol > Povidky s. Vidensky lesu - 9813 Edison 4-minute Amberol > Praise ye - 790 Edison 4-minute Amberol > Zeleny hajove - 9808 Edison 4-minute Amberol > > Edison Blue Amberol: > The ambassador polka - 3833 Edison Blue Amberol (1919) > Ben Bolt - 3547 Edison Blue Amberol (1918) > Lvi silon - 9860 Edison Blue Amberol (1912-1913) > Na prej - 9861 Edison Blue Amberol (1913) > At the mill - 1995 Edison Blue Amberol (1913) - Reissue of Edison 4-minute > Amberol 822 > Orly Polskie - 9862 Edison Blue Amberol (1913) - Reissue of Edison 4-minute > Amberol 9812 > Pochod z. Prodané nevěsty - 9859 Edison Blue Amberol (1913) - Reissue of > Edison 4-minute Amberol 9809 > Pode mlejnem - 9857 Edison Blue Amberol (1912-1913) - Reissue of Edison > 4-minute Amberol 9807 > Povidky s. Vidensky lesu - 9863 Edison Blue Amberol (1913) - Reissue of > Edison 4-minute Amberol 9813. > Praise ye - 2054 Edison Blue Amberol (1913) - Reissue of Edison 4-minute > Amberol 790. > Zeleny hajove - 9858 Edison Blue Amberol (1914) - Reissue of Edison 4-minute > Amberol 9808. > > Luckily he was a popular recording artist, so his recordings are not rare > today. Unfortunately, I am starting from ground zero. I would like to > obtain as many of his recordings as possible for the presentation. I intend > to have all of the recordings digitized first for posterity, but my > presentation will perform the cylinders, diamond discs and 78's on period > machines for a live audience. I would like to purchase good quality > examples of his work for this performance. > > Thanks, > > Tim > > Tim McCormick, President > Michigan Antique Phonograph Society > presid...@maps-itg.org > www.MAPS-ITG.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org