[78-L] Bohumir Kryl - Reason for my interest.

Sun Jul 10 13:27:36 PDT 2011

Ron,

	This is a long answer to your question on chronology, but it
explains my interest in Kryl.

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

-----Original Message-----
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Ron L'Herault
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 10:54 AM
To: '78-L Mail List'
Subject: Re: [78-L] Bohumir Kryl

Wow, the pedal tones on the first recording are amazing.  I think detect a
little loss of flexibility between the first and last recordings presented
though.   What is the chronology?

-----Original Message-----
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Mark Bardenwerper
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 12:41 AM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] Bohumir Kryl

On 7/8/2011 10:09, Tim McCormick wrote:
> Folks,
>
> 	Would anyone have a Edison 2 minute #8253 cylinder of Carnival of 
> Venice played by Bohumir Kryl for sale?  I am interested in purchasing 
> one for a presentation I will be giving on this artist.  Please 
> contact me off-list.  I'm also interested in the recording: Du Du.
>
> Thanks,
>
"Carnival" can be heard here, along with some of his other work.
Sounds like and interesting fellow.
http://www.choicerecordings.com/bohumir.htm
and here as well as "Du Du"
http://freemusicarchive.org/curator/CPDP/blog/Bohumir_Kryl_Cornet_Virtuoso_1
884

http://www.grammophon.ch/zsound_images/grammophone_sound/edison_london_sound
/kryl.mp3

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