William A. Huntley
William A. Penno (1843 — 1929), known by his stage name William A. Huntley, was a composer, music teacher, and vocal and instrumental performer in minstrel and vaudeville traditions. Playing his 5-string banjo before crowds that came to number in the low thousands, he sang in a high tenor and played his banjo bare fingered, picking the strings in a style today named "classic banjo." His published compositions include banjo instrumentals and parlor music. Huntley spent his working life performing and teaching in the off season. He performed throughout the United States and toured Europe as a part of several different minstrel groups. A highlight of his performing career was to play before the Prince and Princess of Wales, about 1880 at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. He moved away from min
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William A. Huntley
William A. Penno (1843 — 1929), known by his stage name William A. Huntley, was a composer, music teacher, and vocal and instrumental performer in minstrel and vaudeville traditions. Playing his 5-string banjo before crowds that came to number in the low thousands, he sang in a high tenor and played his banjo bare fingered, picking the strings in a style today named "classic banjo." His published compositions include banjo instrumentals and parlor music. Huntley spent his working life performing and teaching in the off season. He performed throughout the United States and toured Europe as a part of several different minstrel groups. A highlight of his performing career was to play before the Prince and Princess of Wales, about 1880 at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. He moved away from min
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William A. Penno (1843 — 1929) ...... own, Providence, Rhode Island.
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*Billy Huntley
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1843-11-02
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1929-03-26
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*1860 Mead's Euterpean Minstre ...... pendent performances, teaching
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Arthur Wells French, songwrite ...... r which Huntley composed music
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William A. Huntly, from his 1883 sheet music, Little one whisper you love me
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William A. Penno
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"Will A. Huntley gave a pleasi ...... s there and heard the sprain."
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Decription of a William A. Huntley performance
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William A. Penno (1843 — 1929) ...... London. He moved away from min
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