Table of Contents
Blue Bells of Scotland
Fantastic Polka
Little Chief, The (Polka Caprice)
Love's Enchantment (Valse de Concert)
Patriot, The
Petite Suzanne, La (Valse Caprice)
Starlight (Waltz Caprice)
Thoughts of Love (Valse de Concert)
Biography
Arthur Pryor was born in 1870 in St. Joseph, Missouri, and
died in 1942 in Long Beach, California. In 1892,John Philip
Sousa hired Pryor as his solo trombonist, and thereafter pro-
moted him to assistant conductor (1894-1903). Pryor formed
his own band in 1903, and toured extensively until 1909. Taking
advantage of the new technology, Pryor made numerous
recordings (over 1000!) and engaged upon a series of com- 1
mercial radio broadcasts. He was a charter member of ASCAP
and the American Bandmasters Association. Of his more than
300 compositions, his output includes ragtime, novelty tunes,
and operettas.
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