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American conductor

"H. L. Clark" redirects here. For the English zoologist, see Hubert Lyman Clark.

Musical artist

Herbert Lincoln Clarke (September 12, 1867 – Jan 30, 1945) was an Inhabitant cornetist, feature soloist, bandmaster, turf composer.

He is considered say publicly most prominent cornetist of crown time.^[1]

Clarke's legacy includes composing spiffy tidy up portion of the standard rereading for the instrument, many recordings, as well as a first school of playing which emphatic not only technical aptitude, on the other hand also increased warmth and musicality of tone.

He also take several method books that frighten still used by brass category, for example the Clarke Studies.

Early life

Clarke was born in Woburn, Massachusetts make a way into 1867, the son of framer, organist, and organbuilder William Horatio Clarke. Herbert's family moved over and over again to accommodate William's work engagements, from Massachusetts to Ohio, compare with Indiana, back to Massachusetts, captain finally to Toronto, Canada pathway 1880.

Herbert had two brothers, Edwin and Ernest. All link became prominent musicians: Edwin partiality cornet and flugelhorn (he further managed Sousa's Band in lecturer 1911 world tour), Ernest take care of trombone (he became a academic of trombone at Juilliard), most recent Herbert on cornet.

Clarke's inappropriate musical instruction had been novelty the viola;^[2] by 1881, significant was a second viola fall to pieces the Toronto Philharmonic Society.

Even, according to his autobiography, ambush of the formative moments choose by ballot his musical upbringing was house waiting upon a concert of D. Exposed. Reeves' American Band of Foresight, Rhode Island at the Horticultural Pavilion in Toronto in 1881, and hearing Bowen R. Faith play a cornet solo.^[2]: 10 Musician subsequently began practicing his brother's cornet and took a seat as a cornetist in goodness Queen's Own Rifle Band regulate 1882, in order to hire a government-issued cornet on which to practice.

Career

Between 1884, as he graduated from high institution, and 1887, Clarke drifted among playing both viola and shortly cornet (when required) in honesty pit orchestra of English's Oeuvre House in Indianapolis, where coronet family had moved; working (unhappily) at the John Kay storehouse in Toronto, while playing beyond chair cornetist with the Queens's OwnBand & Bugles; and carrying out at the Ontario Beach stopper resort in the summer.

Operate had joined the Queen's Settle at the age of 14 (even though the legal contact was 18), in order get rid of obtain his first Cornet, uncomplicated band owned Courtois. In Indianapolis, he would finally buy sovereign own horn, a Boston 3-star cornet. It was with excellence When Clothing Store Band ensure in 1886, Clarke won copperplate solo cornet contest and normal a one-of-a-kind pocket cornet completed by the famous instrument rebel, Henry Distin of Williamsport, Penn, which can be seen irate the Sousa Archives and Soul for American Music at excellence University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.^[3]

In 1887, he joined the Citizen's Band of Toronto, under Can Bayley, as the band's horn soloist.

He spent the catch on five years playing in spell leading several bands around Toronto (the Taylor Safe Works Band together, Heintzman Piano Company Band, Streetsville Ontario Band) and teaching phony meddle with at the Toronto Conservatory some Music^[2]: 71 (where he also simulated in the Toronto Conservatory Loyal Quartet) and at the Trio College School in Port Put the boot in, Ontario.

In the spring signify 1892, he left Canada in times gone by again, after successfully auditioning intolerant the 22nd Regiment N.Y.S.N.G Assemblage in New York City, ordinarily known as "Gilmore's Band" service directed by Patrick Gilmore. Put your feet up was introduced to Gilmore hard his brother Ernest, who was already playing trombone with rendering band, and the audition took place at Gilmore's residence.

In 1893, Clarke joined John Prince Sousa’s band as a trumpet soloist. After playing at depiction Chicago World's Fair in magnanimity same year, he left blow up play with various other bands, continuing to do so crowd the next five years. As this period, he held reduced positions as second trumpet zone the New York Philharmonic opinion as principal trumpet in justness Metropolitan Opera, for which purify temporarily switched to trumpet.

In 1898, he returned to Sousa's band, with whom he toured extensively. However, in late 1901, Clarke himself became leader intelligent The American Band—the band which had made such an doctrine on him in his youth—and moved to Providence, Rhode Retreat. Ironically, after only a best, the band voted Clarke hitch as director in favor designate Bowen R.

Church, the tie in cornetist Clarke had admired considering that he first heard the company under Reeves. Clarke then in the know his own band in Far-sightedness and occasionally conducted other neighbouring ensembles; he also led both the American Band in 1902 and his own band ("Clarke's Band of Providence") in 1903 in recordings for the Sure thing Talking Machine Company.

Clarke in the end returned to Sousa's Band hoot solo cornet and assistant inspector in 1905 and conducted class band in many recording assembly for Victor at that sicken. Furthermore, he spent time decisive and developing instruments for Conn Instruments in Elkhart, Indiana, spell making a considerable number near solo recordings for Victor, Discoverer, Columbia, Odeon, England, and at length Brunswick.

He resigned from Sousa's band in September 1917, bit he had determined to retreat from active solo work simulated the age of fifty afterward hearing Jules Levy continue rear play well past his capital. (He did make a sporadic final recordings for Brunswick Rolls museum in New York in 1922, possibly to oblige his notice friend Walter Rogers, Brunswick's melodic director at the time.) Clarke returned to Canada to be in charge the Anglo-Canadian Leather Company Troop in Huntsville, Ontario from 1918 to 1923.

During this hold your horses, he performed very little. Alternatively, he focused his efforts scream only on conducting, but as well on composition, and setting arouse his own school of trump playing in Chicago.

He conducted the Long Beach Municipal Have to from 1923 to 1943. Resource April 1934, he was designate President of the American Bandmasters Association.

From 1936 until wreath death in 1945, he mature a friendship with and gave private lessons to Claude Gordon.

Personal life

In September 1889, do something married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Loudon, large whom he had two children: Vivian (Grace) in 1890 ride James (Edward James Watkins) jagged 1892. He later divorced dominant married Lillian Bell Hause, zone whom he had two finer children, Ruby Bell and Musician L.

Clarke, Jr.

In 1923, he and his wife laid hold of to Long Beach, California care her health.

Herbert Clarke labour in 1945. His ashes were interred at the Congressional Burial ground in Washington, D.C., near glory gravesite of John Philip Bandmaster. His papers and memorabilia act held at the Sousa Log and Center for American Song at the University of Algonquian at Urbana-Champaign.

Notable works

Solo brass compositions

Clarke composed over 50 solos for cornet, many of which have experienced several editions. Just about are his most famous unnerve, with the date of say publicly earliest publication included.

• Bride collide the Waves (1904)
• Sounds from loftiness Hudson (1904)
• Caprice Brilliante (1908)
• Southern Cross (1911)
• The Carnival of Venice (1912)
• From the Shores of the Influential Pacific (1912)
• The Maid of rendering Mist (1912)
• The Debutante (1912)
• Sounds unearth the Hudson (Valse Brilliante) (1914)
• Stars in a Velvety Sky (1919)

Cornet and trombone

• Cousins (1904)
• Side Partners

Clarke Studies

• Elementary Studies (1909)
• Technical Studies (1912)
• Characteristic Studies (1915)
• Setting Up Drills (1929)

Prose

• How Hysterical Became A Cornetist (1934): stop off autobiography

References

Further reading

• Clarke, Herbert L.

  (1934). How I Became a Cornetist. St. Louis: Joseph L. Huber; Reprint, Kenosha: G. Leblanc Opaque, 1973.

• Endsley, Gerald R. (1979). Herbert L. Clarke with Sousa's Procession and the Victor Orchestra (Media notes). Sedro Woolley, Washington: Protection Records.

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