Leonard B. Smith papers, 1859-2001

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Leonard B. Smith papers, 1859-2001

1859-2001

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu020004

<p> Leonard B. Smith (1915-2002) was an American cornetist, concert band conductor, and band music publisher. Smith is primarily known as the leader of the Detroit Concert Band (1946- circa 1990), and the approximately 3,200 titles in the concert band library comprise the largest portion of the collection. Also included is a portion of the Ford Sunday Evening Hour Orchestra music library, method books, chamber music, cornet and trumpet solos, clippings, correspondence, photographs, programs, and writings.<p>

approximately 201,110 items; 731 containers; 294 linear feet

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Library of Congress. Music Division

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Library of Congress. Music Division

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Smith, Leonard B. (Leonard Bingley), 1915-2002

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Leonard B. Smith (1915-2002) was an American cornetist, concert band conductor, and band music publisher. Born September 5, 1915, in Poughkeepsie, New York, he began studying the trumpet at age 8, received a musical scholarship to the New York Military Academy at 14, and joined the Edwin Franko Goldman Band at 19. During his six-year career in New York, Leonard B. Smith played the familiar trumpet call announcing the popular Lone Ranger radio program. In the 1930s he served his tenure as princip...