Smith, Leonard B. (Leonard Bingley), 1915-2002
<p>Leonard B. Smith (1915-2002), a cornet player and conductor of the Detroit Concert Band, recorded professionally as a cornet player for 45 years, performing with the Goldman Band, the Detroit Symphony Band, and many others. Upon the start of World War II, Smith enlisted in the United States Navy, and served as a member of the U.S. Navy Band for the duration of his service. The Leonard B. Smith Collection contains one article of correspondence, as well as programs of concerts given by the Blossom Festival Concert Band and the Detroit Concert Band from 1981 through 1989.</p>
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<p>The purpose of this study was to research the influence that Leonard Smith had in the band movement...past, present and future. How the tradition is being perpetuated by his Detroit Concert Band was examined. While there was mention of the other great men who contributed much to the band field, the desire of this author was to concentrate on Smith. Given the fact that an aging Leonard Smith is one of the few “living legends” and a last link to the past in the band field, the time may be soon that he will not be able to be used as a source of first-hand information about the band’s rich heritage.</p>
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<p>Leonard Bingley Smith (Poughkeepsie, New York, September 5, 1915 - Scottsdale, Arizona, July 26, 2002 ) was an American composer, conductor, music educator, trumpet player, and cornetist. Smith started taking trumpet lessons at the age of 8. At the age of 14, he was admitted as a student at the New York Military Academy. Subsequently he studied at the Ernest Williams School of New York University in New York and from 1933 at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). In addition to Ernest Williams, his teachers were Mayhew L. Lake, Erik WG Leidzen, Pierre Henrotte, and Rosario Scalero.</p>
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Place: Poughkeepsie
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