Bohumir Kryl | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Bohumil Krill |
Born | Hořice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | May 3, 1875
Died | August 7, 1961 Wilmington, New York, U.S. (buried Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago) | (aged 86)
Genres | Concert band |
Occupations | Soloist, bandleader, sculptor, financial executive |
Instruments | Cornet |
Years active | 1890s–1950s |
Labels | Columbia, Edison, Pathe, Victor |
Formerly of | John Philip Sousa |
Bohumir Kryl (May 3, 1875 – August 7, 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 bands. He was one of the major creative figures in the era of American music known as the "Golden Age of the Bands".[1]