Leonard Bingley Smith (September 5, 1915 – July 23, 2002) was an American
cornet soloist, conductor, and composer.
Early life
Smith was born in
Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie ( ), officially the City of Poughkeepsie, separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie around it) is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsi ...
. He began to study cornet at the age of eight. After three years of study, he was sent to
Ernest Williams, with whom he studied for 10 years.
Career
Smith was the principal cornet soloist with the
Goldman Band
The Goldman Band was an American concert band founded in 1918 by Edwin Franko Goldman from his previous New York Military Band. Both bands were based in New York City.
It was Goldman's contention that the New York symphony and orchestra musici ...
from 1936 to 1941. He was also the principal
trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...
with The
Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1937 to 1942. He was the founder and conductor of the Detroit Concert Band from 1946 to 1991.
Discography
* Artist Awards Series - Leonard Smith Plays The Cornet (1960)
AS-701
Published works
Cornet/Trumpet Solos
* "Spanish Caprice" (1936) Charles Colin
* "Ecstasy" (1938) Carl Fischer Inc.
* "Venture" (1962) First Division Publishing
* "Tall Men" (1968) Belwin Mills Publishing Corp.
* "Road Runner" (1973) Belwin Mills Publishing Corp.
* Valse "Au Printemps" (1973) Belwin Mills Publishing Corp.
* "Chamade" (1973) Belwin Mills Publishing Corp.
* "Nelda" (1973) Belwin Mills Publishing Corp.
* "The Three Troubadors" (Trumpet Trio) (1978) Belwin Mills Publishing Corp.
* "Apollo" (1980) Belwin Mills Publishing Corp.
References
External links
Leonard B. Smith - Library Of CongressDiscography of Historical American RecordingsLeonard B. Smith/Facebook
1915 births
2002 deaths
American cornetists
American bandleaders
20th-century classical musicians
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