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He first played in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, but moved to the field of popular music in the late 1910s.He was a percussionist for a time with Julius Lenzberg's Riverside Theatre Orchestra, and his earliest recordings were xylophone solos with Lenzberg's band on Edison Records in 1919 and 1920.
George Hamilton Green with xylophone, c. 1918. George Hamilton Green Jr. (May 23, 1893 – September 11, 1970) was a xylophonist , composer, and cartoonist born in Omaha, Nebraska . He was born into a musical family, both his grandfather and his father being composers, arrangers, and conductors for bands in Omaha.
Category for xylophone players. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. B. Balafonists (3 P) Pages in category "Xylophonists"
As a solo project, the album was recorded by Kakraba entirely by himself, playing live without any overdubs or accompanying guest musicians. [11] This differentiated the project from the traditional setting for gyil music, where two gyil players may play together with accompaniment from drums, bells and sometimes singing. [7]
Anastasia Delores Rohde Libbey (1 November 1919 – 4 July 1988) was a versatile American composer [1] who studied with Nadia Boulanger and wrote classical music as well as popular hit songs like "Mango".
The akadinda and the amadinda are xylophone-like instruments originating in Buganda, in modern-day Uganda. [18] The amadinda is made of twelve logs which are tuned in a pentatonic scale. It mainly is played by three players. Two players sit opposite of each other and play the same logs in an interlocking technique in a fast tempo.
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Stuart Saunders Smith in 2008. Stuart Saunders Smith (16 March 1948 - 3 June 2024) was an American composer and percussionist.After having studied composition and music theory at three music institutions, Smith was currently based in Vermont, United States, with his wife Sylvia.