The Empyrean Entertainers

              The Empyrean Entertainers

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SLAYTON LYCEUM BUREAU



Henry L Slayton President


Charles L Wagner Secretary


Wendell Slayton Treasurer




STEINWAY HALL CHICAGO





The Empyrean Entertainers



W
E follow our usual custom with this company and use versatile artists:  those capable of giving full evenings alone.  We present the Empyrean Entertainers as among the best available for the Lyceum platform.  The company consists of Jeannette Kling, well and most favorably known as both reader and monologist.  Marie Ludwig, harpist and pianiste, who has been a feature of the Lulu Tyler Gates Company for two seasons past, and William Wellington Norton, basso and violinist.  These three artists present a novel and most pleasing program.





JEANNETTE KLING, Reader and Monologist



Winona Assembly Review


—Miss Kling has a most pleasing personality, and a sweet, clear and well-trained voice, fully sustaining the reputation which had preceded her.




Cawker City (Kan.) Ledger


—Miss Jeannette Kling, the reader, is certainly all right.  She is an artist of thorough training and understanding.  Her selections were admirable, and rendition perfect.



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Lexington (Ky.) Herald


—Miss Kling has appeared on many platforms, and has proven by her continued popularity that she is in the front rank of lady impersonators of the country.




Cincinnati Enquirer


—The monologue of Miss Jeannette Kling brought her quite an ovation.




Barnesville (O.) Leader, Epworth Park Chautauqua


—Miss Kling has appeared frequently on this platform and has never failed to please.




Pontiac (Ill.) Daily Leader, Pontiac Chautauqua


—She combines with an attractive personal appearance a rich voice, which, together with an earnest appreciation of her subject, makes it a pleasure for one to listen to her.




The Saginaw (Mich.) Evening News


—Miss Kling is a young woman of most gracious stage presence, and a finished artist.  Her selections were good, and her work better.  It was good work, grandly done.




Hamilton (O.) Republican News


—Miss Jeannette Kling received quite an ovation.




Cincinnati Enquirer


—Miss Kling, the talented reader, gave several numbers, among which the dialect poems by Dunbar were enthusiastically applauded.




New York Musicial [sicMusical]Courier


—Miss Jeannette Kling read with great taste and judgment, and by her naturalness of diction and delivery made herself effective.




Albany (Ga.) Herald


—Miss Kling has an attractive presence and a deep mezzo voice, which has good powers of modulation.




The Deadwood (S. D.) Daily Pioneer-Times


—As a reader Miss Kling is an artist.  The audience was reluctant in permitting her to retire after her last number.




Springfield (O.) Press-Republic


—An idea of the quality of Miss Kling's work can be gained from the fact that she answered to seven encores.




The Saginaw (Mich.) Courier-Herald


—Miss Jeannette Kling's versatility is remarkable.



The Empyrean EntertainersMARIE LUDWIG, Harpist and Pianiste

Emil Liebling


—Miss Marie Ludwig has assisted me with marked artistic success at my concerts; she is a brilliant harp player.  I predict for her a splendid success wherever she appears.




Chicago Tribune


—Miss Marie Ludwig's numbers were faultlessly played.  Her instrumentation is singularly sweet, the softer passages charmingly rendered.  In execution graceful and elegant, in interpretation artistic in the extreme.




Clara Murray


—Miss Marie Ludwig is the most brilliant artist I have ever prepared for the concert stage.  She has created a most favorable impression at every appearance.




Norwalk (O.) Reflector


—Miss Ludwig, the harpist, gave excellent satisfaction.  The sweet and melodious tones, as she produced them on her beautiful instrument, struck a responsive chord in the hearts of her hearers and called forth the most hearty applause, to which she replied by playing 
The Last Rose of Summer,
 with variations.




Leavenworth (Kan.) Times


—Miss Ludwig showed herself worthy of the high position she has gained as a harpist.




Joplin (Mo.) Globe


—Miss Marie Ludwig is certainly mistress of her instrument, the harp.




Fond du Lac (Wis.) Commonwealth


—The harp soloist Miss Marie Ludwig was one of the most enjoyable numbers on the program.  She was recalled several times.




DeKalb (Ill.) Chronicle


—Miss Marie Ludwig, one of Clara Murray's finest pupils, was a surprise.  She is a brilliant player, her execution being graceful and elegant.




Ann Arbor (Mich.) Register


—Miss Marie Ludwig is a soloist of unquestionable talent.




Saginaw (Mich.) Herald


—Miss Ludwig succeeded in eliciting all the latent charm of tone and expression which lies in her instrument, the harp.




Paterson (N. J.) Call


—One of the pleasant features of the entertainment was a harp solo by Marie Ludwig.




Johnstown (Pa.) Journal


—Miss Marie Ludwig's handling of the Godefroid Fantasie on the harp was a marvel of brilliant execution.




West Chester (Pa.) News


—The harpist, Miss Marie Ludwig, was an artist in her line.  Her work was charming and graceful.




Burlington (Iowa) Gazette


—Miss Marie Ludwig, the harpist, showed a deep appreciation and understanding of her instrument.  Her playing was excellent.


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Asheville (N. C.) News


—Miss Marie Ludwig's numbers on the harp had both merit and novelty to render them enjoyable.  Her instrument was one of beautiful tone.




Akron (O.) Journal


—Miss Marie Ludwig handles her instrument with such skill and grace and plays so well that the enthusiastic audience would have enjoyed hearing her several more times on the program.




Steubenville (O.) Star


—The best number of the evening was a harp solo, 
Am Spring Brunnien,
 by Marie Ludwig.  She is mistress of that instrument and handles it with delicacy and expression that fully merited her hearty encore.




The Empyrean Entertainers
WILLIAM WELLINGTON NORTON, Basso and Violinist



Minneapolis Tribune


—Mr. W. W. Norton as violin soloist was compelled to respond to an encore.




Duluth News-Tribune


—Mr. Norton has a fine bass voice, with some sweet and clear high notes.




Duluth Evening Herald


—Mr. Norton sang in a deep bass 
The Turnkey's Song
 from 
Rob Roy
 by DeKoven.  The number was sung in fine voice and an artistic manner.  As an encore 
Ah, 'Tis a Dream,
 by Hawley, was given.




Eveleth (Minn.) Herald


—The song sung by Mr. Norton was especially well received.




Cedar Rapids (Ia.) Republican


—Mr. Norton, who was fortunately secured on short notice for an appearance here, made a distinct impression by the vocalization in his splendid, deep bass of Osgood's 
My Little Woman.
  In the selections from the 
Messiah
 his voice was heard to great advantage.  Many in the audience were in doubt as to which of his musical accomplishments, vocal or instrumental, was superior.  Mr. Norton's violin numbers were more than pleasing.  They were distinctly artistic.  The introduction to Cedar Rapids audiences in this way of such artists, assisted by local talent, would be a step in the direction of musical advancement in the city.




Cedar Rapids, Ia.


—Mr. Norton possesses a full, rich bass voice and his singing received numerous encores.  His choice of songs showed a varied and versatile repertoire, but he was especially liked in the recitative and aria from the 
Messiah.
  His violin numbers also were very fine.




Ames, Ia.


—Mr. Norton has a fine voice and his enunciation was almost perfect.  Every word could be heard clearly and distinctly.  It is hoped it may be our good fortune to hear him again.




Sioux Falls (S. D.) Argus-Leader


—Mr. Norton again demonstrated that he is a violinist of great ability.




William W. Norton as Director


—It gives us pleasure to announce that William Wellington Norton is the youngest man who has ever held the baton over the Chicago Thomas Orchestra.  He has proven himself master of the situation.




Sioux Falls (S. D.) Press


—The audience was enthusiastic over the choruses and kept Mr. Norton busy acknowledging the applause after each chorus.  In the 
Hallelujah
 chorus Mr. Norton fairly outdid himself and succeeded in inspiring the singers with his own enthusiasm until they brought out the chorus in a way to inspire the whole audience.  Mr. Stock said:  
I am much pleased with Mr. Norton's 'Messiah' chorus.  There are many fine voices, and they have been well trained, and have a good conductor.


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Sioux Falls (S. D.) Argus-Leader


—That the presentation of the 
Messiah
 was superb was freely declared by the audience which heard it and the members of the orchestra, the latter being particularly qualified to judge.  Director Stock and other prominent members of the company declared that on their entire tour they had not found the superior of the chorus which Mr. Norton had trained.  Mr. Norton also won high honors by the skill with which he conducted the great orchestra, not only during the singing, but during the rendition of the introductory overture and the pastoral symphony.  He is probably the youngest conductor in the United States who has held the baton over so large a combination of artists.  At the end of the performance Director Stock warmly congratulated him and declared that he had before him a wonderful musical future.




Hibbing Mesaba Ore


—The solos by Mr. Norton were a rich treat.




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