Fulton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Risinger, Buel Barron November 20, 1924
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The Atlanta Constitution, November 21, 1924
The Atlanta Constitution
Friday, November 21, 1924
Page Nine

Risinger Funeral Slated Saturday

Funeral services for Buel Barron Risinger, conductor of the Howard Theater 
orchestra and an outstanding figure in musical circles of Atlanta and the 
south, who died at the Georgia Baptist hospital Thursday after several months 
illness, will be held Saturday morning at 10:30 o’clock from the chapel of 
H.M. Patterson & Son.

The body will be sent to Cincinnati for interment, the time to be announced 
when complete arrangements have been made.

Mr. Risinger’s health had been bad for the past several months, and only a few 
weeks ago he was near death.  He rallied, however, and new hope for his 
recovery was held by his family and a large circle of friends.  On Wednesday 
Mr. Risinger declared he felt much better than in some time past and expressed 
intense optimism over his condition.  A turn for the worse came Wednesday 
night, however, and death followed early Thursday morning.

Genius Appears Early

Mr. Risinger was born in Winona, Minn. On January 22, 1880 and was reared and 
educated in the Minnesota town.  His musical talent expressed itself at an 
early age, and under the expert tutelage of his grandmother, who was an 
accomplished musician, the youth advanced quickly and thoroughly.  His ability 
soon attracted attention and he began his professional musical career which 
carried him to Columbus, Cincinnati, Nashville, Savannah and various other 
cities throughout the United States.

Mr. Risinger was organist in Atlanta 12 years ago at the theater which is now 
the Tudor.  At the time he played there it was the premier show house in the 
city.  He came back into Atlanta’s limelight about two years ago when he 
accepted the position of conductor of the Metropolitan Theater orchestra.  
After about a year of successful musical work there he went with the Howard 
Theater where he did some of his most brilliant work.

Won High Recognition

The musician’s ability to harmonize his music with the theme of the story on 
the screen earned for him a distinct and enviable position among motion 
picture orchestra conductors in the south.  His work at the Metropolitan and 
at the Howard theaters had received the plaudits of thousands of music lovers 
throughout the southern states.

Officials of both motion picture houses were lavish Thursday in their praise 
of the man who had headed their respective musical organizations.  They spoke 
of him not only as a great musician, but as a really great man.

Mr. Risinger is survived by his widow, three children, Dorothea, Marjorie and 
Buel, Jr.; his father and a brother, both in St. Paul, and his grandmother, of 
California.(There is a picture of Mr. Risinger with this article) 

The Atlanta Constitution
Saturday, November 22, 1924
Page Sixteen

Risinger Funeral

A special music program in keeping with the spirit of the occasion and in 
tribute to one of the foremost musicians of the south will be rendered by 
members of the Howard Theater orchestra at the funeral this morning of their 
beloved leader, Buel Barron Risinger, who died Thursday at a local hospital 
after several months of illness.

At the funeral, which will held from the chapel of H.M. Patterson & Son at 
10:30 o’clock, a favorite selection, by Tchaikowsky, will be played.  Other 
numbers of the program will be a violin solo by Wallace Jackson, concert 
master of the orchestra and a vocal solo by Floyd Jennings, close personal 
friend of Mr. Risinger.

Following the funeral service, the body will be shipped to Cincinnati for 
Interment.

Mr. Risinger was born in Winona, Minn., January 22, 1880 and began his musical 
career at an early age under the expert tutelage of his grandmother.  He soon 
began a professional career, which carried him to the principal cities of the 
country.  Mr. Risinger’s work in Atlanta was highly praised by officials of 
both the Metropolitan and Howard theaters, where he had served as orchestra 
conductor.

Mr. Risinger is survived by his widow; three children, Dorothea, Buel, Jr. and 
Marjorie; his father and a brother, in St. Paul, and his grandmother in 
California.



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Transcriber's note: I'm not related to or researching the Risinger family.

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