COLUMBIA GRAND CYLINDER RECORD - GILMORE'S BAND

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DANCING IN THE PARK - GILMORE'S BAND. This is what is written in ink on the lid of the box. But inside, written in pencil on a piece of paper is Dancing in the Park - Sousa's Band. I have not played the record so I am not sure who it is. This Columbia Concert cylinder is from a large museum collection of Edison and Columbia cylinders being auctioned on eBay. In overall VG condition. No mold. Comes in an original Columbia box & lid. Bookmark my site for the next several months. Reasonable opening, no further reserve. Will combine shipping. Happy to answer any Q's. Gilmore was born in Ballygar , County Galway on Christmas Day in 1829. He started his music career at age fifteen, and spent time in Canada with an English band. [1 ] Already a fine cornet player, he settled in Boston , Massachusetts in 1848, becoming leader of the Suffolk, Boston Brigade, and Salem bands in swift succession. He also worked in the Boston music store of John P. Ordway and performed with Ordway's Aeolians , a group of blackface minstrels. [2 ] With the Salem Band, Gilmore performed at the 1857 inauguration of President James Buchanan . In 1858 he founded "Gilmore's Band", and at the outset of war the band enlisted with the 24th Massachusetts Volunteers , accompanying General Burnside to South Carolina . After the temporary discharge of bands from the field, read more

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