Alexis Recital Company

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Martha Alexander
Alexis Recital Company

Miss Isabel F. Verne Pramatir Soprano
Miss Edith Parker Reader
Miss Martha Alexander Violinist

All the world's a stage.
This wide and Universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene
Wherein we play in.
Give us audience.
—As You Like It.

Under Exclusive Management of
THE INTERSTATE LECTURE BUREAU CO.
CINCINNATI



MISS ALEXANDER

REPERTOIRE


Alard,
Il Trovatore, Opéra de Verdi


Alard,
Faust, Opéra de Gounod


Bazzini,
Elégie


Bohm,
Legende


Bohm,
Cavatina


Chopin,
Notturno


De Beriot,
Andante Varié


De Beriot,
Fantasie de Ballet


Franko,
Wiegenlied


Godard,
Adagio Pathetique


Godard,
Berceuse


Gabriel Marie,
Sérénade Badine


Leonard,
Souvenir de Haydn


Mlynarski,
Mazur


Musen,
Mazurka de Concert


Pierne,
Sérénade


Raff,
Cavatina


Shubert,
Sérénade


Vieuxtemps,
Tarantelle


Vieuxtemps,
Souvenir de Amerique



(Yankee Doodle)


Wieniawski,
Légende


Wieniawski,
Obertass





Press Comments

ST. JOSEPH (MO.) Gazette.
A great measure of praise should be accorded Miss Alexander, who shows an astonishing mastery of her difficult instrument.


NEWARK (N. J.) Sunday Call.
The violin recital given by Miss Martha Alexander and her pupils was eminently successful.  Miss Alexander has already won great favor in her travels with her violin, and is to be congratulated upon the success she has had during her short stay with her pupils.


SUMMIT (N. J.) Herald.
Miss Alexander's violin solos were very much appreciated.  She displays remarkable ability in legato and cantabile playing, and in breadth of tone.


DE FUNIAK SPRINGS (FLA.) Daily Breeze.
The company never fail to please. Measured by artistic merit, the violin solo by Miss Alexander was probably the bestnumber of the evening, and for an encore she responded with one of those old-fashioned quadrille tunes that carries old folks back to days of yore and sets the feet of the younger generation, unconsciously perhaps, to beating time.


MORRISTOWN (N. J.) Jerseyman.
Miss Martha Alexander gave great pleasure by rendering various selections on her violin as follows:  Faust, Alard, followed by two encores Weigenlied, Sam Franko, and Serenade Badine, Gabriel-Marie, with excellency of touch and clever interpretation.  The last number was Scenés de Ballét, de Beriot.  This was charming and called forth a burst of applause which the young player gracefully acknowledged, but which ended the program.


JEWELL CITY (KAN.) Republican.
The lecture committee is to be congratulated on at last having accomplished the astonishing feat of pleasing everybody.  Miss Alexander's violin held the large crowd breathless.


TAMPA (FLA.) Morning Tribune.
The most successful entertainment of the season—and one of the best numbers was the violin solo, the Thirteenth Concerto, de Beriot played by Miss Martha Alexander, who is a performer of exceptional ability.


JANESVILLE (WIS.) Gazette.
The Y. M. C. A. course opened last evening with a very pleasing program.  Miss Martha Alexander, the violinist, is unusually talented, and her violin solo, Thirteenth Concerto, de Beriot, was the most delightful number on the program.


BELVIDERE (ILL.) Daily North-Western.
The violin playing of Miss Alexander was a revelation of marvelous skill and tasteful execution.  The number was a difficult concerted effort and the stormily demanded response was a dainty creation of brevity and beauty.

COLUMBUS, OHIO.

Miss Martha Alexander appeared before our Association on New Year's evening, and delighted a large audience with her violin solos.  She was recognized as an artist in the several numbers rendered on the program and she was heartily appreciated by all who heard her.

W. D. PERKINS, Gen. Secretary Y. M. C. A.


CHATHAM (N. J.) Press.
Miss Alexander's ability as a violinist is too well known to be commented on, and we need only say that her two selections, both of which were vociferously encored, were more brilliantly and sympathetically rendered than any we have heard before.


MOUNT VERNON (N. Y.) Daily Argus.
Miss Alexander gave Ch. de Beriot's Andante Varié with wonderful finish, and receiving an encore, played Ovide Musin's Mazurka de Concert, with a charm which was all her own.





MISS PARKER
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle and low; an excellent thing in woman.
—King Lear.

But what care I for words?  Yet words do well
When he that speaks them pleases those that hear.
—As You Like It.



PRESS NOTICES

CONNEAUT (OHIO) Herald.
Miss Edith Parker, the reader who came from Buffalo, never appeared here before, but those who listened to her selections last evening cannot but wish to do so again.  She captivated the audience with her fine renditions and was compelled to respond to encores.  Miss Parker has before her a bright career in her art.

BUFFALO, N. Y.

I have heard Miss Parker with much pleasure.  She is natural and throws her heart into her work.  I anticipate for her a successful future.

Always sincerely,
C. H. FOWLER,
Bishop of M. E. Church.


BUFFALO (N. Y.) Commercial.
At the Past Masters' Banquet at the Iroquois last night Miss Parker's readings were exceedingly well done, revealing a conscientious study and careful training, which indicates a bright future for the clever young artist.


ELK POINT (S. D.) Post.
Seldom have we seen one who could so thoroughly obliterate herself in the character she was presenting.  From the time the entertainment opened, to its close, Miss Parker was not present, but in her place we heard the old man, the small boy, the darkey mammy, the timid Shaker maiden, the clown and the poet.  The entire program was a compound of delightful humor and terse philosophy.


AUSTIN (MINN.) Daily Register.
Miss Edith Parker, of Buffalo, N. Y., more than delighted her audience.  She has a clear, rich voice, and her gestures and expressions are in perfect harmony with her selections.  Should she have a return engagement in this city, it would need a large house to hold the appreciative audience who would greet her.


MASON CITY (IA.) Globe-Gazette.
Miss Parker, with the roses of health in her cheeks, good velvet in her voice, and with charming personality, was presented.  She is a most entertaining and versatile reciter and has the requisites of a finished artist.  The Grandfather of Roy Rolf Gilson was interpreted with a fine touch of feeling.  Her rendition of Tennyson's Brook was a marvel of enunciation and imitation of the gurgling of the brook.  This is Miss Parker's second appearance and all are anxious to hear her again.


GOWANDA (N. Y.) Herald.
Miss Parker has the rare power of interpreting life as it really is.  She seems to be able to live over again the experiences of various characters presented.  She is natural, therefore refreshing and captivating.  Those who were not present missed a great treat.


Edith Parker



BUFFALO (N. Y.) Express.
Miss Edith Parker, in a recital of Paola and Francesca, scored a great success; each character in this difficult play was presented with dramatic fidelity.  She held the earnest attention of her audience, which by hearty applause showed how much her artistic work was appreciated.  Miss Parker certainly has a bright future.


NASHAW (IA.) Reporter.
As a monologue and character sketch artist Miss Parker ranks high.  Her numbers were rendered in an excellent manner, showing that she is a master of her chosen art.  Miss Parker happily possesses a pleasing appearance and manner, which lends charm to her work.


ARCADE (N. Y.) Herald.
The attraction was Miss Edith Parker, a most accomplished reader, of Buffalo.  She held her audience from beginning to end, vacillating between laughter and tears.  She has a large and varied selection of readings at command and each is treated with a master hand.  We hope to have the pleasure of hearing Miss Parker in Arcade again in the near future.




MISS VERNE

Isabel F. Verne


Her worth is warrant for her welcome hither.
—Two Gentlemen of Verona.

She taketh most delight in music.
—Taming of the Shrew.

MISS VERNE'S repertoire, though varying from operatic arias to ballads and plantation songs, is chosen largely from the works of the famous song writers of the world; not essentially those songs for their artistic or technical values, but those in which melody and beauty in harmony are dominant.


PRESS NOTICES

NEW YORK —The Dramatic Mirror.
Isabel F. Verne sang When the Heart is Young, by Dudley Buck, and My Rose, by Lacey, in a voice of wide range, sympathetic quality, and with a good dramatic effect.


ALBERT LEA (MINN.) Evening Tribune.
The star number on the program, however, was Miss Verne's almost divinely beautiful rendition of Alla Stella Confidente.  With her attractive personality and superb voice, she charms her audience.


SALEM (MASS.) Evening News.
Miss Isabel Verne, the soloist, is the possessor of an exceptionally fine voice, and she knew how to use it to the best effect.  She sang several selections sweetly, and was called upon for many encores.


LYNN (MASS.) Daily Evening Item.
Miss Verne was greeted with enthusiasm by her many friends.  Her superb voice, sweet and perfectly controlled, was shown to excellent advantage in the pathetic and tender little group, Land o' the Seal, and Sleep, Little Baby of Mine, etc., as well as the Giunse Alfin il Momento, and Ave Maria.


BOSTON (MASS.) Columbia Theatre Concert.
Miss Verne won instant favor with her charming voice.



Selected from Miss Parker's Repertoire


Scenes

Shakespeare



From As You Like It.



The Play

Stephen Phillips



Of Paola and Francesca.



One Scene

Snakespeare



From King John.



A Story

Joseph Jefferson



The Lonely Shepherd.



Character Sketch





Green Grow the Rushes, O!



Scene

Sheridan Knowles



From The Hunchback.



The Story that the Brook Tells

Tennyson



From the Princess.



A Woman's Eyes

J. W. Barrie



From The Little Minister.



Humorous Sketches

From Many Authors


Poems
From Riley, Fields, Foss, Dunbar, Longfellow and Tennyson