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Born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania to Simon and Catherine Shutt, the family moved to Kansas near Beloit in 1879. Albert Shutt, moved to the Oakland area of Topeka in 1891 where he began teaching music several years later from 1901 to November 1962. Albert started the "Shutt Banjo" band with instruments made by himself and were the first band to play over WIBW radio. As a well-known musician and composer, Shutt's composition "Allegiance" debuted by the Marshall's Band at the 1930 Memorial Day parade and was later played by the Army, Navy and Marine Bands in Washington, D. C. "Allegiance" went on to be the chorus for the WIBW radio for 14 years. Among his 28 published compositions, "Kansas, We're Proud of You" became a representation for the Kansas State House of Representatives and printed in the Kansas State Directory. Shutt married Myrtle Elinor Cooper on December 23, 1903, and they had a daughter and two sons. Albert died September 4, 1963 and is buried at Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum in Topeka, Kansas. The Shutt Collection includes photos, sheet music and audio recordings of live performances by Albert Shutt and others. The Kansas Museum of History holds a number of his musical instruments.
The Webb Brothers Music Collection
This collection includes audio recordings of the Webb Brothers playing Banjo, Mandolin, and Guitar (BMG) music featuring a tremolo picking style of playing the on mandolin, banjo and guitar using the first forefinger. Series of three open reels. Open reel, polyester. 3.75ips. Silentone, audio. Aprox. 1800ft.
Worrall was a musician, composer and artist from Liverpool, England, UK, who immigrated to the United States and lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Topeka, Kansas. In the early twentieth century, Worrall's popular solo guitar pieces played a key role in the development of the guitar styles of southern rural folk musicians and country and blues musical idioms. This collection includes sheet music, manuscript music, music instruction book, and miscellaneous clippings and programs from Henry Worrall's personal library. The collection includes published and unpublished copies of original compositions and arrangements for solo acoustic guitar.
