Elsie Baker: contralto

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Elsie Baker AMERICA'S OWN CONTRALTO
MANAGEMENT ERNEST BRIGGS, INC.
L. L. LITTLE, Mgr.
1400 Broadway, New York



Elsie Baker
ELSIE BAKER, distinguished American contralto, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and received her entire musical education in the United States.

As a child, Miss Baker showed exceptional talent at the piano and, until the age of sixteen, seemed destined to become a concert pianist, but the remarkable quality of her voice caught the attention of several noted singing masters who urged her to turn to the vocal art.  Her progress was rapid and she was quickly recognized as the most noted singer of her native city.

Appearances with symphonies, operatic performances, oratorio, recitals, and finally the discovery by the Victor Talking Machine Company of a voice which lent itself admirably to the peculiar and exacting requirements of fine record making, have been the stepping stones leading to Miss Baker's wide acquaintance with the American public.

Miss Baker sings with equal facility in English, French, German, and Italian, is an accomplished poet, and so combines her abilities and interpretations that she is a constant inspiration to aspiring students who sometimes find it hard to learn that a successful career is founded upon the development of more than a single talent.



WITH CRITICS EAST AND WEST

Into each song she brought bits of humor, pathos and dramatic catches as the nature of the song demanded.  Possessing a remarkable contralto voice, rich in tone and depth, Miss Baker seemed at her best in the heavier pieces where the deep resonance of her voice took on added color and warmth.—
Sioux Falls, S. D., Press.



A pure contralto voice is a rarity, but Miss Baker's is sweet, clear and resonant, and has much beauty throughout a wide range, her deep notes being as musical as the lighter mezzo-soprano tones.—
Norristown, Pa., Daily Herald.


Miss Baker displayed a gorgeous wealth of tone, warm coloring and an ever tasteful manner of expression.—
Wheeling, W. Va., Intelligencer.


From the outset of her program to the final number, Miss Baker was accorded repeated encores and she clearly established an enthusiastic following from an audience that demonstrated beyond doubt that Americans are still devoted to music at its best.—
Fort Wayne, Ind., Gazette.


Charming in manner and superb in voice, the singer put a warmth of feeling, a sincere interpretation and clear musicianship in her every number.—
Charlotte, N. C., News and Courier.


She possesses a contralto voice of rich and beautiful quality, even, and with a velvety smoothness throughout its entire compass, which she uses with case, skill, and intelligence that at once mark her as a true artist.—
Augusta, Ga., Chronicle.


Singing in superb voice and radiating a gracious and charming personality, Elsie Baker, eminent contralto, won a large place in the hearts and estimation of Savannah music lovers in her concert last night.  ... Savannah will not soon forget her.—
Savannah, Ga., Press.


Most people liked Miss Elsie Baker equally as much as they liked Miss Elsie Baker's singing.  That is saying much for the place Miss Elsie Baker won in the hearts of the people of Winston-Salem.—
Editorial in Winston-Salem, N. C., Journal.


Miss Baker revealed a pure contralto voice of ravishing quality, which she uses to splendid advantage.  She has a pleasing charm which holds her audience quite as fascinated as does her voice.  The richness of her tones was brought out in pleasing manner in the solo selections she gave, and she was called back for encore after encore, which she gave willingly.—
St. Joseph, Mo., Gazette.


Miss Elsie Baker, to our mind, gave the most consistently artistic performance of the evening, her rich contralto blending gloriously with the others in the ensemble numbers and showing to particular advantage in two of her solo selections, The Princess, by Grieg, and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, sung as an encore.—
Dudley Burrows, in Los Angeles, Cal., Illustrated Daily News.


Miss Baker's luscious quality always is made to count.—
Florence Pierce Reed, in Los Angeles, Cal., Express.




Victor Records by Elsie Baker
You will enjoy hearing these Elsie Baker records.  The nearest dealer in Victor products will gladly play them for you.

(For complete list see Victor Record Catalog)




Number


Alabama Moon (with Kline)
45203


Angel's Serenade
35466


Annie Laurie
16388


Apple Blossoms
45331


At Eventime
45392


Baby Dreams
45264


Baby Jim
45167


Ben Bolt
35162


Ben Bolt
16388


Blue Bird
45156


Calvary
17240


Canoe Song (with Littlefield)
45172


Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (with Kline)
45306


Dearie
17189


Dear Little Boy of Mine
45161


Drowsy Baby (with Kline)
45200


Elijah—Oh Rest in the Lord
35699


Ermine—Lullaby
17345


Fallen Leaf
45392


Faust—Flower Song
35086


Gypsy's Warning
45329


Hiawatha's Childhood—Ewa-yea!
35617


Holy City—Eye Hath Not Seen
35455


Home, Sweet Home
18045


Home, Sweet Home
35398


Homing
45249


Honey Chile
45342


Hundred Years from Now, A
45372


Hush-a-Bye, Baby Mine
45241


I Love You Truly
17121


I'm a-Longin' Fo' You
18044


In an Old-Fashioned Town
45147


Indiana Lullaby (with Kline)
45309


In the Afterglow
45200


In the Gloaming
17806


It Was the Time of Lilac
45247


Jesus, My All (with Kline)
45314


Jesus, My Saviour (with Kline)
45177


John Anderson, My Jo
17366


Leave It With Him
45322


Leaves' Party
18074


Let the Lower Lights Be Burning (with Kline)
45177


Little Tin Soldier (with Kline)
45251


Long, Long Ago
17343


Loreley
17181


Love's Old Sweet Song
17366


Lullaby (Brahms)
17181


Mammy Dear
45241


Marcheta (with Kline)
45309


Messiah—He Shall Feed His Flock
45144


Messiah—He Shall Feed His Flock
35699


Mill By the Sea
45264


My Old Kentucky Home
18045


No Night There
45322


O Dry Those Tears
45349


Oh, Promise Me
17806


Old Folks at Home
35398


Old Floks at Home
16389


One Fleeting Hour
17968


One Sweetly Solemn Thought
17564


Our Yesterdays
45168


Perfect Day
17387


Pickaninny's Lullaby
17039


Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us (with Kline)
45306


Silent Night
17164


Silver Threads Among the Gold
17474


Sing Me to Sleep
16196


Sing Me to Sleep
35136


Sleep, Little Baby of Mine
17212


Slumber Sea
17212


Song of the Soul
45349


Southern Lullaby
45174


Sweet and Low
45174


Sweet is True Love
18146


Song Without Words, A
45372


Thanksgiving Song
18074


That Naughty Waltz (with Kline)
45203


That Sweet Story of Old
18287


There's a Corner Up in Heaven (with Kline)
45251


Two Roses
18044


Venetian Boat Song (with Littlefield)
45172


Voices of the Woods
17121


We Would See Jesus (with Kline)
45314


Where the Lazy Mississippi Flows (with Kline)
45252


Wonderland of Dreams (with Kline)
45325




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REG.U.S.PAT.OFF.
M. OF F. MARCA INDUSTRIAL REGISTRADA

Printed June, 1924 VICTOR TALKING MACHINE COMPANY, CAMDEN, N. J., U. S. A. Form 7178 ta