Word: cornets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gold man uttered thanks, stated that in ten years of concerts he had never failed to be present, mentioned the names of Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Gug genheim, Mr. & Mrs. Murry Guggenheim, whose gifts support Goldman concerts, presented to Bandsman Del Staigers ("the world's greatest cornetist") a golden cornet...
...following instruments will be accepted for the Mandolin Club: mandolin, mandola, mando-cello, guitar, violin, viola, cello, and bass viol. For the Banjo Club the tenor banjo, straight banjo, piano, traps, saxophone, cornet, flute and the piccolo are eligible...
...Book gave him a manuscript to illustrate. He went to Manhattan, entered the Art Students' League. His fame grew. His prices went up. He drew advertisements, married, rented a studio on West 57th St. with two skylights. For relaxation he played the victrola and practiced on the cornet. In 1923 he gave a series of lectures at the League on magazine illustrating. He has drawn pictures for The Desert Healer by E. M. Hull, Find the Woman by Arthur Somers Roche, The Torrent by Blasco...
While a ten-year-old boy played on a cornet, they elected a patron saint-Benjamin Franklin-even though the printers and the Saturday Evening Post already have his memory enshrined. Franklin played on the violin and guitar, composed a few conventional songs, and invented a long-obsolete musical instrument, the "armonica."* The musical chambermen found these facts decisive...
...instruments which are eligible in the trials are, for the Banjo Club, the ten or banjo, straight banjo, piano, traps, saxophone, cornet, flute and piccolo, and for the Mandolin Clubs the mandolin, mandola, mando-cello, guitar, violin, cello and base viol...