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Listen: The Blues ProgramEdward Wyer's Creole Cornet Band.
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Rights
Collection
Series 1577, Folklife & Folklore Projects - Ida Goodson Record Project, P-83-192 thru P-83-200; Box 19, FF101
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Projects, Instate
Racially mixed people
Creoles
Men--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Music
Brass bands--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Bands (Music)--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Musical groups--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Instrumentalists
Male musicians
Entertainers--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Portraits, Group--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Musicians--Florida--Escambia County--Pensacola
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
The man seated second row center (the only man with epaulettes) and the white beard is Edward Wyer.
Biographical Note
Edward Wyer served as a drummer boy in the Union Army's Corps D'Afrique. He was mustered in at Pensacola as part of Ullman's Brigade. In addition to being the leader of the Wyer Creole/Coronet Band he was also a classical music teacher. Later, "Professor" Wyer's orchestra became the permanent orchestra for the Pensacola Opera House.
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