Leonora Jackson

              Trans-Continental Tour of the Distinguished Violiniste
Leonora Jackson
And the American Prima Donna Soprano
Sibyl Sammis
Assisted by Chas. E. Clarke
Baritone Alex Mac Fayden Pianist
Leonora Jackson 
Management Brockway Lecture Bureau, 6101 Penn Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
Leonora Jackson
THE management takes pleasure in  announcing for the season of 1905-1906 1 the trans-continental tour of the world-
 renowned violinist, Leonora Jackson,  the popular concert prima donna, Sibyl Sammis, and assisting artists. Miss Jackson returns to America after an absence of three years in Europe, where she has been adding new laurels to her already brilliant career. Her success has been truly phenom¬enal. Such is her power to inspire great audiences, such her genius and marvelous mastery of the violin, such the incomparable charm of her personality and sweet music that she has taken Europe and America by storm. Queen Victoria decorated Leonora Jack¬son with the Victoria Star. The Prussian Government awarded her the Mendelssohn State Prize at Berlin. She has appeared on programs with Paderewski and the greatest celebrities, and as soloist of the most renowned musical societies (Leipzic Gewandhaus, London Philharmonic, Paris Colonne Orchestra, etc.), where no American violinist had ever before been engaged. Her American tours, as well, have been veritable triumphs. At Los Angeles, Cal., for example, the grammar schools were dismissed and over 4,000 children welcomed the gifted artist to their city. She has been engaged by the leading musical organizations and clubs from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and America is justly proud of her, for she has achieved a place of honor "among'the world's most noted violin artists " and "a name that will live in musical history."
Phenomenal Career of Leonora Jackson
"A NAME THAT WILL LIVE  IN  MUSICAL HISTORY"
October 17, 1896—Berlin Debut with Philharmonic Orchestra, Joachim conducting.
November 11, 1896—Played before German Empress, and Court.
Winter, 1896-'97—Tour in Germany.
October 1, 1897—Awarded Mendelssohn State Prize by Prussian Government. The most coveted prize in Germany.
Autumn, 1897—Second German tour.
February 5, 1898—London Debut. Soloist Queen's Hall Symphony Orchestra.
Spring and Fall, 1898—First and second English tours, including Wales. Soloist Lamoureux and Crystal Palace Symphony Orchestras, London; Liverpool and Leeds Philharmonics; Halle Orchestra at Manchester, etc., etc. Concerts with Melba, Nordica, Patti, Pader¬ewski and leading musical societies.
December, 1898—Tour in Scotland with Scottish Or¬chestra.    (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, etc.)
December, 20, 1898—Soloist Royal Belgian Symphony Orchestra, Antwerp.
Spring, 1899—Third German tour. Soloist famous Leipsic Gewandhaus concerts, under Nikisch; Bremen, Cologne, Berlin, etc., etc.
March 8, 1899—Soloist London Philharmonic Society.
April 17, 1899—Played before King of Sweden at Paris.
April 23, 1899—Paris Debut. Soloist famous Colonne Symphony Orchestra at the Chatelet.
Tuly 17, 1899—Played before Queen Victoria at Wind¬sor, who decorated her with Victoria Star.
August 17, 1899—Played before H. R. H. Princess Beat¬rice and Royal party, at Isle of Wight.
October, 1899—Third English tour. (Including Scot¬land.)
November, 1899—Fourth German tour. Soloist famous Kaim Orchestra at Munich, under Weingartner; Leip¬sic, Frankfort and Strasburg Philharmonics, etc., etc.
December, 1899—Swiss tour. Geneva Philharmonic; Neuchatel, etc.
Spring, 1900—American tour, of sixty concerts, includ¬ing appearances with the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburg and St. Louis Sym¬phony Orchestras, and eight concerts en tour with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Gericke.
Season, 1900-'01—Trans-Continental tour of the United States—160 concerts. Maine to California, Canada to the Gulf.
Season 1901-'02—Second Trans-Continental tour—184 concerts. Canada and every State of the Union, ex¬cept the Dakotas.
September, 1902, to Autumn, 1905—In Europe. Visits Prague, and is coached by the great Bohemian master, Sevcik, the teacher of Kubelik.
Season 1904-'05—Fourth English tour. Fifth German tour. Concerts Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg, Leipsic (Gewandhaus), Paris, London, etc.
Autumn, 1905—Returns to America for a third Trans-Continental tour.
Leonora Jackson—Press Extracts
Zeitung—
audience by
She
St. Paul, Minn. Schubert Club—A fascinating artist and unique interpreter.—St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Des Moines, Iowa. Musical Guild—She is an artist in the highest sense of the word.—Des Moines State Reg¬ister.
Portland Oregonian—Carried Portland by storm.
St. Paul Pioneer Press—A fascinating artist.
Alexander MacFadyen
THE selection for a pianist and accom-M C*\ Pan*st f°r Miss Jackson and Miss ft               J Sammis was not an easy task, and out
of hundreds of applications we selected Alexander MacFadyen from the music¬al city of Milwaukee. Mr. MacFadyen has been before the public both as a soloist and accompanist for several seasons, and is not only a brilliant player but a most satisfying accompanist. He took the teachers' course under Arthur Friedham at the Chicago Musical College, and last year completed the graduating course under Rudolph Ganz, winning the gold medal in both courses.
Milwaukee Sentinel—The artist was assisted by Alex¬ander MacFadyen, a young pianist who has made good studies under several noted teachers, and his work last night exhibited talent of a high order.
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin—Alexander Mac¬Fadyen was the accompanist for the occasion, and also played numbers from Brahms with his accustomed sympathetic interpretation.
Berlin     Vossische
She took the large
storm.
Cincinnati      Enquirer
charmed her audience.
Leipsic   Neusten   Nachrichten
—Overtowers  everything in the
way of ladies' violin playing ever
heard here.
San    Francisco    Examiner—A
violinist of extraordinary merit.
Paris   Le   Soleil—Her   success was that of a great artist. Munich   Nachrichten — Proved a master of her instrument.
Toronto     (Canada)     Globe-One   of   the   greatest   violinists ever heard in this city. Edinburgh   Scotsman — Made friends of her entire audience.
W.   F.    Apthorp,   in   Boston Transcript — The         searching
beauty of her tone, the purity of her sentiment, her earnest con¬centration and fine musical in¬stinct are of a very rare sort. Bremen Nachrichten—An art¬ist of gifts as phenomenal as her training.
New York Tribune—A model of unaffected grace. Soloist  Royal  Belgian  Orchestra,  Antwerp—She  is truly an artist of the first rank.—Antwerp Le Matin.
Charles E. Clarke
THE Canadian Baritone began his musical studies under the able direction of Miss Denzil, of the Toronto Con¬servatory, from whom he obtained a scholarship. Later he studied with Rechab Taudy, who is everywhere acknowledged as Canada's leading teacher of singing. Mr. Clarke created a veritable furore last season and is now abroad studying with the best teachers.
Belleville Intelligencer—Mr. C. E. Clarke's singing was perhaps the most enjoyable feature of the evening. His vocal numbers showed him to be a singer with a line method and a rich, pure, full voice. He will be warmly welcomed on his next appearance in Belleville. Aurora Banner—The treat of the evening was the sing¬ing of Mr. C. E. Clarke, baritone soloist, of Toronto. He possesses a voice rich, soft and clear as a silver bell.    He sang with great feeling.
Lindsay Watchman Warder—Mr. C. E. Clarke deep¬ened the favorable impression of last year and received an enthusiastic   welcome.
Napanne—The vocal solos of Mr. Charles Clarke pleased everyone. He has a well trained, full, rich voice, singing without the least effort.
W. S. Lacy, Secretary Y. M. C. A. Oskaloosa, Iowa—
We had a great treat here yesterday in the opportunity of hearing Charles E. Clarke. Our people here are very critical of music; so much so that a few years ago, in despair, the committee furnished a list of talent for the year that did not have one number of music in the whole course; so you see they are not easily pleased. Mr. Clarke completely won the hearts of all who heard him with his voice, the way he used it, and his manner of delivery. You need have no hesitancy in recommending him as strongly as you like.    He is a wonder.
Ottawa Citizen—The soloist, Mr. C. E. Clarke, who made such a favorable impression last season, was given a warm welcome. In the "Yeoman's Wedding" song Mr. Clarke's robust baritone voice was heard to best advan¬tage.
Lindsay Post—Mr. Charles E. Clarke's vocal solos were good. He possesses a rich, round baritone voice and has a clear, smooth enunciation.
Ottawa Journal—Mr. Charles E. Clarke, vocalist of the evening, is the possessor of a very sweet, clear, resonant baritone voice, and was loudly applauded after each number. Mr. Clarke's name only appeared twice on the program, but double that number would not have been too much.
Waterloo (Iowa) Courier—Never before in the history of the Waterloo Chautauqua Assembly has the Associa¬tion presented to its patrons a soprano soloist to equal Miss Sibyl Sammis.
Evening Telegram—There was a new star in the firma¬ment of "Venice" last night. It was Miss Sibyl Sammis, a dramatic soprano, who made her debut as soloist at the Duss concert at the Madison Square Garden. Miss Sammis gave "Dich Theure Halle," from "Tannhaeuser," which she rendered very acceptably. Her rendition of the heavy Wagner music was excellent, and she was applauded until she returned with an encore. Her other number was Mascheroni's "For All Eternity."
Montgomery  (Ala.)  Advertiser—Miss Sammis* voice is unquestionably the best ever heard here. Portland   (Me.)   Daily  Press—Miss   Sammis  has   an admirable voice, clear and musical, and of great com¬pass.
Aurora Banner—Friday evening last a sacred concert was held in the Methodist Church here which proved to be a decided success. The treat of the evening was the singing of Mr. Charles E. Clarke, of Toronto. He possesses a rich, soft voice, as clear and sweet as a silver bell. He sang all his selections with great feeling. If at any time he should return to Aurora he will be greeted with many new hearers.
Ottawa Journal—Mr. Charles E. Clarke, a baritone with a voice of good quality, sang two songs, for each of which he was recalled by a most enthusiastic au¬dience.
Stouffville Sentinel—One of the musical treats of the evening was rendered by Mr. Charles E. Clarke, the gifted young baritone. He possesses a voice soft and sweet, and certainly deserves praise for the way in which he sang on Friday evening. His mild, yet forci-ble, manner fascinated the audience, which greeted him with loud applause.
Boston (Mass.) Journal—Miss Sammis has a pure, clear and brilliant voice, and of great range. Syracuse (N. Y.) Courier—Miss Sammis possesses a voice of unusual range, which is as melodious in its quality as it is flexible and obedient to her will. Boston (Mass.) Globe—Miss Sibyl Sammis' rendition of Mascheroni's "For All Eternity" was an artistic tri¬umph for this great artist, and a rare treat for the audience.
Montreal (Que.) Star—Miss Sibyl Sammis* solo was accorded a triple recall.
Bangor (Me.) Commercial—Miss Sibyl Sammis was a surprise in that the first roar of enthusiasm over Schu-mann-Heink was scarcely subdued when they gave Miss Sammis an ovation which might have delighted the heart of any singer. She has molded her voice into something like a perfect condition, and uses it with great intel¬ligence.
Sibyl Sammis
'MISS SIBYL SAMMIS is one of those rare artists whom one hears none too often. She is the possessor of a highly cultivated voice of wide range and power, her execution is fluent, facile and smooth, and her articulation perfect. Miss Sammis is not only endowed with great musical gifts, but with a personal magnetism, a happy disposition, and a charming face and figure. As Sam Jones says: " She is a combin¬ation of cyclone and nightingale."
New York Journal—Back from abroad, where her voice received a thorough training, Miss Sibyl Sam¬mis, beautiful and talented, awaited her chance. She got it at Madison Square Garden, and, without a mo¬ment's time for rehearsal, sang so successfully the Wagnerian program that at one bound she became a so¬ciety operatic favorite. Never did a fair prima donna receive a more en-thusiastic approval. Beginning with an aria from Gounod's "Queen of Sheba," Miss Sammis finished tri¬umphantly with "My Old Kentucky Home." Caught on the telephone at her hotel at 7:15 o'clock in the eve¬ning, Miss Sammis .ot only helped Mr. Duss out of a serious predica¬ment by taking the place of Miss Shanna dimming, who had suddenly become hoarse, but the band leader was introduced to the new artist, who so delighted him that she has been engaged to sing in the place of Suzanne Adams the week beginning July 12.
New York Daily News—Miss Sibyl Sammis, who has already obtained a high degree of popularity among music-lovers in this city, is Director Duss' principal soloist at "Venice in New York," in Madison Square Garden this week. The program an¬nounced for Tuesday and Wednes¬day evenings is of a nature that will allow Miss Sammis to be heard in several musical selections in which she has won especial distinction.' New York Evening Telegram— Miss Sibyl Sammis was the soloist. She has a soprano voice of good quality, and she showed her audience that she knew how to use it. She chose the intermezzo of "Cavalleria Rusticana" for her introductory number, and sang it in finished style. In the flower song from "Faust" she showed an intelligent appreciation of its  sentiment.
New York Musical Courier—This handsome singer possesses a voice of power and expressiveness, allied with the most distinct enunciation.
New York Herald—For his "Venice in New York," at the Madison Square Garden last night, Mr. Duss was very near to being left without a vocal soloist. What made the situation the more serious was that it was Wagner night, and a special program had been arranged, in which the works of that composer had a prominent place. Miss Shanna dim¬ming, this week's soloist, attended a rehearsal yesterday, and, although very hoarse, expected to sing until about six o'clock, when the condition of her voice became so bad that she reluctantly sent word to Mr. Duss that she could not sing. The bandmaster was at his wits' end until nearly seven o'clock, when he learned that Miss Sibyl Sammis was in the city. He found her at the Hotel Lincoln, and without rehearsal she took Miss Cumming's place on the program and sang with marked success the selec¬tions  already chosen for her.
Fall River (Mass.) Globe—Miss Sibyl Sammis, the gifted Chicago singer who accompanies the band as soloist, won a veritable ovation. Worcester   (Mass.)   Spy—Miss  Sammis' execution is  fluent,  facile  and smooth.   Her voice is of wide range and great power, and her stage pres¬ence is most charming.
New Orleans (La.) Picayune—Miss Sibyl Sammis, the prima donna of the band, was rapturously applauded and responded to three encores. North Adams (Mass.)—Miss Sammis next appeared, her rendering of Gounod's cavatina from the opera of "The Queen of Sheba" being a decided gem. Her voice is one of remarkable range, the enunciation clear and perfect, and she made a most favorable impression. Her work has never been surpassed in this city.
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Leonora Jackson—Press Extracts
AN artist's rank is measured largely by the class of engagements he commands. Ask the questions, cf What great Symphony Orchestras have engaged him as soloist ?" "With what eminent artists has he been heard in public ? " These are the tests of rank. Leonora Jackson easily bears these tests. She is an artist her country may well be proud of, for there has never been a lady violinist of any nationality who, at so early an age, has been the soloist of so many great musical societies, played before so many crowned heads and won such a reputation in so many different countries. The following brief extracts are selected from hundreds of similar press notices received by Miss Jackson in Europe in 1896, '97, '98, '99 and later. They relate to the most famous musical societies, societies by whom no American violin soloist had ever before been engaged.
IN EUROPE                                                                             IN AMERICA
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Berlin Debut, Philharmonic Orchestra—Her playing was so animated, her phrasing and tone work so superb, that she took the large audience by storm.—Dr. Krebs, in Berlin Vossische Zeitung.
Soloist Queen's Hall Symphony, London—Miss Jackson has positive genius. Seldom have I seen an English audience—a large and representative one—so moved by a youthful artist on a first appearance. Her tone is exceedingly pure and beautiful in quality, her intonation absolutely faultless, her technique brilliant and correct, and her style reflects all the dignity and distinction of the school in which she has been trained.— Herman Klein, in London Sunday Times. Concert with Paderewski, London—The finest pianist in the world cannot extinguish by superior effulgence the light of artists such as Miss Leonora Jackson.— London Daily Telegraph.
Soloist Scottish Orchestra, Edinburgh—Miss Jack¬son made friends of her entire audience. She is sure of a hearty welcome whenever she returns.—Edinburgh Scotsman.
Soloist Aix-la-Chapelle Symphony—Harmonics such as she entices from her violin, so perfect, so varied and beautiful in light and shade, we have never before heard. —Aix-la-Chapelle Tageblatt.
Soloist Queen's Hall Symphony, London—(Second appearance at those concerts.) Miss Jackson's un¬qualified triumph was acknowledged by the audience with plaudits that brought her back to the platform again and again. Here is a violinist whose rare talent and still rarer artistic temperament shed lustre upon her native land.—Herman Klein, in the London Sunday Times.
Soloist Bremen Philharmonic—She proved to be an artist of gifts as phenomenal as her training. A virile bow arm, likewise a tone production which, as regards infallible intonation, tenderness and fullness, finds few its equal, furthermore marvelous accuracy in the most complicated passages, these were some of the qualities which aroused unbounded admiration. Miss Jackson had a brilliant triumph and it is to be hoped the gifted artist will visit our city soon again.—Bremen Nach-richten.
Soloist Leipsic Gewandhaus—(Under the eminent Conductor Nikisch. The oldest and most famous Sym¬phony Concerts in Europe.) Miss Leonora Jackson won by storm a place of honor among contemporary vio¬lin artists, and although in years scarcely more than a child, yet she overtowers everything in the way of ladies' violin playing ever heard here.—Prof. Martin Krause in Leipsic Neusten Nachrichten.
Soloist London Philharmonic—(The second oldest Orchestral Society in Europe. Founded in 1811.) Miss Jackson, fresh from her triumph in Germany, gave an admirable interpretation of the Mendelssohn Concerto. She merits a place in the very first rank of violinists of the day. Her success was great and well deserved.— Arthur Hervey, in London Morning Post.
At Boston with Boston Symphony—What a wonder¬ful bow arm she has. The searching beauty of her tone, the purity of her sentiment, her earnest concentration and fine musical instinct are of a very rare sort. She plays with authority.—W. F. Apthorp, in Boston Even¬ing Transcript.
At New York with Boston Symphony—Leonora Jackson, who appeared here with the Boston Symphony Orchestra last night in Carnegie Hall, was called nine times after playing Mendelssohn's Concerto. She won the audience as" soon as she came on the stage. She has a peculiarly attractive manner, and this, added to her splendid equipment as a musician, established her in great favor.—New York Press.
At Baltimore with Boston Symphony—In the entire gamut of lady violinists, including Maud Powell, Lady Halle, Tua and Urso, there is hardly one in whom can be found the combination of virtuoso qualities displayed by Miss Jackson.—Baltimore Morning Herald. At Pittsburg with Pittsburg Symphony—Her fame as a violinist of international reputation was fully sus¬tained by her performance last night. Her gracefulness, strength, vigor, technique, fire, place her among the best of the great violinists who have appeared here.—Pitts¬burg Commercial Gazette.
Portland, Maine—Great technique goes without saying in violinists of international repute. But the superb mas¬tery shown in this young artist's playing, such nobility and breadth of style, such perfect poise of brain and nerve are nothing short of marvelous. It is genius made manifest in a body exquisitely adapted to its expression. —Portland Daily Eastern Argus.
Burlington,    Vermont—Leonora    Jackson,   America's leading violiniste,  demonstrated her just claim to that title last evening at the Opera House, her concert under the auspices of the Ethan Allen Club attracting a large . audience.—Burlington Free Press.
At Providence with Boston Symphony—Scored a pronounced success. She has received the largest amount of advance advertising accorded any artist in recent years. This would have been most dangerous were her talents mediocre. It is a pleasure to record the fact that in every way she fulfilled expectations. The audiences fairly overwhelmed her with applause.— Providence  Journal.
Detroit, Michigan. Hofman Concert—She has the true virtuoso mastery of the violin. In a thousand ways she manifested extreme delicacy of touch.—Detroit Tribune. Indianapolis Symphony Association—Her wonderful performance is the violin event of the season.—Indian¬apolis Journal.
At Chicago with Theodore Thomas—Leonora Jackson was given the most enthusiastic reception any soloist of her sex has had at these concerts since Teresa Carreno appeared three years past. Her tone is broader than that of any other woman violinist. It might not be far away from fact to term Miss Jackson the Carreno of the violin.—Chicago Evening Post.
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