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| '''Bohumil Kryl''' (1875-1961) was a Czech-American financial executive and art collector who is most famous as a cornetist, bandleader, and pioneer recording artist for both his solo work and as a leader of popular and Bohemian ]. | |||
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| ==Biography== | |||
| Bohumil Kryl was born new Prague in 1875.<ref name=Greene78>{{cite book |title= A Passion for Polka – Old-Time Ethnic Music in America|last= Greene|first= Victor| year= 1992|publisher= University of California Press|location= Berkeley|isbn= 0-520-07584-6|page= 78|pages= 355}}</ref> His first instrument was the violin, which he studied at age 10.<ref name=Greene78 /> He spent time performing both the violin and the cornet for a circus band. <ref name=Greene78 /> He immigrated to the United States in 1889.<ref name=Greene78 /> He became an eminent cornet player with the bands of ] and Frederick Innes. Because of his solo ability, he was branded as “The ] of the cornet.”<ref name=Greene78 /> He became acquainted with Joseph Jiran, who owned a Czechoslovakian music store in Chicago. With Jiran’s encouragement, he formed Kryl’s Bohemian Band in 1910<ref name=Greene78 /> with the Cimera brothers.<ref>{{cite book |title= A Passion for Polka – Old-Time Ethnic Music in America|last= Greene|first= Victor| year= 1992|publisher= University of California Press|location= Berkeley|isbn= 0-520-07584-6|page= 52|pages= 355}}</ref> This group worked for Columbia, Victor, and Zonophone, recording works by such composers as ], ], and ].<ref name=Greene78 /> ] interrupted his musical career, as he was serving in the U.S. Military.<ref name=Greene78 /> | |||
| ==Musical Style== | |||
| Kryl was one of the few musicians who enjoyed successful dual careers as a mainstream musical artist and as an ethnic recording artist. He transitioned from a star soloist with the Sousa outfit to a leader of ethnic Czech music,<ref name=Greene79>{{cite book |title= A Passion for Polka – Old-Time Ethnic Music in America|last= Greene|first= Victor| year= 1992|publisher= University of California Press|location= Berkeley|isbn= 0-520-07584-6|page= 79|pages= 355}}</ref> and made the transition back to the broader national audience. | |||
| ==Legacy== | |||
| ==Compositions== | |||
| ==Partial discography== | |||
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