Mark, Thank You! I sincerely appreciate your help.
Thanks, Tim -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of Markelynch Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 11:10 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Cc: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Reason for my interest in Bohumir Kryl 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 _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org