Word: cornet
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...stage revue, "Stardust Revue of 1937" introduces a number of starlets under the tutelage of Benny Davis. Among the many acts are several tap dancers, a pair of comedians, a baritone some roller skaters, and a cornet player...
...peace of the countryside portrayed, a peace that seems to biot out even the final tragedy. The finest shot in the picture is of a flock of hens, silhouetted against the sky. The best music is that played by a peasant orchestra at a festival, with a liquid cornet carrying the melody. It is such things that make "The Mystic Mountain" worth the trip to the Fine Arts...
...Bassett, Iowa, Farmer Jacob Zimmer, 63, and his son Donald, 23, married Sisters Grace & Dorothy Tripp. Crowed Bridegroom Jacob: "Donald's always liked farmin' like me and he likes music, too-plays the cornet and the tuba both...
College, he plans to teach music when he graduates next spring. On trips like last week's he carries two cases-one for track clothes, one for his cornet. Doctors are interested in his slow pulse-44 at rest, 60 after mild exercise...
...hobo that Handy began the musical career that has earned him mention in the Encyclopaedia Britannica for his fathering of the blues. He was the son of a Baptist preacher who considered it disgraceful to be a musician. Young Handy liked nothing so much as his battered cornet or a bit of close harmony with the boys on the street. When they heard of the World's Fair of 1893, four of them organized a quartet, hopped a freight to Chicago. There they remained jobless, finally had to work their way back South. But Handy's ambition persisted...