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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| Name = Bohumir Kryl
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| Background = solo_singer
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| Born = {{birth date|1875|05|02|mf=y}}<br /> Horice, Bohemia
| Died = {{Death date and age|1961|08|07|1875|05|02|mf}}<br /> ]
| Origin =
| Instrument = cornet
| Voice_type =
| Genre = ]
| Occupation = soloist, bandleader, sculptor, financial executive
| Years_active = 1890s – 1950s
| Label = Columbia, Edison, Pathe, Victor
| Associated_acts = ]
| URL =
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| Notable_instruments = cornet, violin
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'''Bohumir 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 ].

==Biography==
Bohumir Kryl was born new ] 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 ] band. <ref name=Greene78 /> He immigrated to the United States in 1889,<ref name=Greene78 /> paying the fare in part by performing with the ship’s orchestra.<ref name=choice>{{cite web |url= http://www.choicerecordings.com/bohumir.htm |title= Bohumir Kryl (1875 to 1961) |publisher= Choice Recordings |accessdate=2011-07-14}}</ref> He settled in ] and joined the When Clothing Company Band.<ref name=choice /> He was hired by ]. He spent two years with Thomas Preston Brooke’s Chicago Marine Band. He joined the Duss Band, which was based at ], at $800 per-month and became it’s assistant conductor in 1903.<ref name=choice /> His last band employer was Frederick Innes. 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 /> He dismantled his band in 1931.<ref name=choice /> He died in ] in 1961.

==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. Because of his solo ability, he was branded as “The ] of the cornet.”<ref name=Greene78 /> He was a master of producing ]s and the technique of ] effects.<ref name=choice />

==Legacy==

==Compositions==

==Partial discography==

===As Soloist===

{| class=wikitable
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! ] !! Catalog # !! Title !! Format !! Year !! Notes
|-
| Edison || 8254 || Answer || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1902 || <ref name=ECR>{{cite book |title= Edison cylinder records, 1889-1912: with an illustrated history of the phonograph |last= Koenigsberg |first= Allen| year= 1987|publisher= APM Press |pages= 172}}</ref>
|-
| Edison || 3833 || The Ambassador polka || 4-minute celluloid cylinder || 1919 ||
|-
| Edison || 8327 || Arbucklenian Polka || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1902 || <ref name=ECR />
|-
| Edison || 822 || At the Mill || 4-minute wax cylinder || 1911 || Re-issued on Blue Amberol 1995
|-
| Edison || 3547 || Ben Bolt || 4-minute celluloid cylinder || 1918 ||
|-
| Edison || 8253 || Carnival of Venice || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1902 || <ref name=ECR />
|-
| Edison || 8609 || Cary waltz || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1903 || <ref name=ECR />
|-
| Edison || 8307 || Columbia || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1903 ||
|-
| U.S. Everlasting || 1305 || Du, Du || 2-minute celluloid cylinder || 1909 ||
|-
| Edison || 8308 || Inflamatus from Stabat Mater || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1903 || <ref name=ECR />
|-
| Edison || 8663 || King Carneval polka || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1903 || <ref name=ECR />
|-
| Edison || 8745 || Kryl's favorite || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1904 || <ref name=ECR />
|-
| Edison || 9860 || Lvi silon || 4-minute celluloid cylinder || 1913 || Bohemian series
|-
| Edison || 9861 || Na prej || 4-minute celluloid cylinder || 1913 || Bohemian series
|-
| Edison || 8482 || National fantasia || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1903 || <ref name=ECR />
|-
| Edison || 9005 || O Promise Me || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1905 || <ref name=ECR />
|-
| Edison || 9812 || Orly Polskie || 4-minute wax cylinder || - || Bohemian series, Re-issued on Blue Amberol 9862
|-
| Edison || 9807 || Pode mlejnem || 4-minute wax cylinder || - || Bohemian series, Re-issued on Blue Amberol 9857
|-
| Edison || 9813 || Povidky s. Vidensky lesu || 4-minute wax cylinder || - || Bohemian series, Re-issued on Blue Amberol 9863
|-
| Edison || 790 || Praise Ye || 4-minute wax cylinder || - || Re-issued on Blue Amberol 2054
|-
| Edison || 8208 || Russian fantasia || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1902 || <ref name=ECR />
|-
| Edison || 8418 || Sing, Smile, Slumber || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1903 || <ref name=ECR />
|-
| Edison || 8811 || Sweet Sixteen waltz || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1904 || <ref name=ECR />
|-
| Columbia || 32033 || Utility polka || 2-minute wax cylinder || 1903 || <ref name=ECR />
|-
| Edison || 9808 || Zeleny hajove || 4-minute wax cylinder || - || Bohemian series, Re-issued on Blue Amberol 9858
|}




===As Leader===


==References==
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