Oklahoma Musicians

Lincoln County

Musical history, people, ensembles, photographs, and source material from the Oklahoma Musicians Library.

The musical history of Lincoln County.

Lincoln County has a substantial music-history research base, but this first pass located more evidence for institutions and source availability than for named pre-2000 band rosters. The county's strongest early lead is Chandler High School: its current institutional history states that the marching and concert bands were founded alongside the high school in 1914, with early parade performances. Because this statement appears on a current promotional site, it is treated as Medium confidence, pending corroboration in contemporary newspapers or yearbooks.

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11 linked records. Connections follow county names and communities documented in the sources; they do not establish a birthplace, exact historical boundary, or continuous residence.

Photographs and visual sources.

The New Era reports a contract for Davenport’s fifteen-piece Cornet band to furnish music throughout a reunion, playing morning and afternoon and closing each day with a concert.
Davenport Cornet BandThe New Era reports a contract for Davenport’s fifteen-piece Cornet band to furnish music throughout a reunion, playing morning and afternoon and closing each day with a concert.Community and Municipal Bands · Original source
The reviewed narrative identifies the Chandler Band as a performer at county fairs and political rallies.; An instrument-sale notice supplies the Cornet Band form and possible organizational-change evidence.
Chandler BandThe reviewed narrative identifies the Chandler Band as a performer at county fairs and political rallies.; An instrument-sale notice supplies the Cornet Band form and possible organizational-change evidence.Community and Municipal Bands · Original source
Ensemble

Chandler Band

Territorial or early statehood era; exact span not established