Charles Edward Clarke and Company

              The Canadian Baritone
Charles Edward Clarke and Company
Including Edith Adams 
Violoncellist
Management Brockway Lecture Bureau
6101 Penn Avenue
CHARLES       EDWARD      CLARKE      COMPANY
 MR. CHARLES EDWARD CLARKE received his earlier musical education at the Toronto Con- servatory of Music, where he studied with the best teachers of that institution for six years, during  which time he also took up the arts course at the University of Toronto. Graduating in 1903 with the degree of B. A., Mr. Clarke toured the United States for two seasons, and so having added prac¬tice to theory, he went abroad and studied in London with William Shakespeare and in Paris with M. Bouhy, the great French teacher. His success at home and abroad resulted in an engagement to tour the United States with Leonora Jackson, the noted violinist, during the seasons of 1905 and 1906-7. Mr. Clarke has been very successful in his recital work by giving the "Spanish Duel" and other musical monologues, and one of these musical monologues will form a feature of the program every evening. In fact, this company will present a most original and the best musical program to be given on the platform the coming season. No baritone of recent years has made a greater success than Mr. Clarke, and on this, the fourth year, we star him at the head of a brilliant conceit company. His voice is of the purest quality, and he has a "way with him" that always puts him on good terms with his hearers.    The company is one of unusual excellence.
MISS EDITH ADAMS, another star of great prominence, is included in the company. She is rec- ognized as the leading American lady 'cellist, and her artistic work on this difficult and noble instru-ment has always won the praise and friendship of both press and public in nearly every part of the country. While in Berlin she was a pupil of Robert Hausmann, of the Royal High School, and later was the protege of the great virtuoso, Heinrich Kiefer, of Munich.    So interested was Herr Kiefer in Miss
Adams' talent that he invited her to make her home in his family, which made it possible for her to have almost daily coaching. Dur-ing this time she won for herself the honor of being the best pupil of the greatest 'cellist of the day.
MRS. MAIME HOLMES  THOMPSON, the brilliant  soprano, is another strong member of this company. She has appeared from coast to coast. Her appearances have al¬ways met with the greatest success. She has a beautiful soprano voice of most pleasing quality, and in both solo and duet work will be a decided feature on the program.
 MR. WM. ERHART SNY-
 DER is a pianist whose in-trinsic worth to the profes.  sion he has chosen is of the highest order. Mr. Snyder has been for a number of years an earnest and painstaking student of the art of piano playing. He studied and taught four years with Hahn in the Detroit Conservatory of Music, four years with Sherwood in the Sherwood Music School, Chicago, and finished his studies with a course of two years under the tuition of the greatest instructor of the modern school of pianistic art, Theodore Leschetizky, of Vi-enna, at the same time taking a course in musical theory under Prof. Robert Fuchs, in the Vienna Imperial Conservatory.
EDITH    ADAMS
VIOLONCELLIST
CHARLES       EDWARD      CLARKE      COMPANY
Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gazette—Pos¬sessing a superb voice, Mr. Clarke completely captivated the audience from the lirst. In quality his voice is rich, full and round, of excellent timbre and volume, and he handles it in a masterful manner. Spirit and fervor mark his singing, and his articulation is splendid. Not a finer baritone has been heard here in recent years.
Wallace (la.) Press—Mr. Clarke sang in a manner that fairly capti¬vated his audience and threw such expression into his singing as only emanates from an artist of the highest ability.
St.   Louis   (Mo.)   Republic—There
are few severer tests than this work (Rubinstein Concerto) call¬ing for sheer execution. Consider¬ing, nevertheless, its excessive and almost superlatively difficult na¬ture, and the variety of its tech¬nical demands, Miss Adams' ren¬dition demonstrated superior pow¬ers. This is too faint praise, in¬deed, for her playing of the delicate adagio part. In the second number composed of three Popper selec-tions, "Romance," "Pappillon," and "Tarantelle," her playing, especial¬ly in one of them, her development of the melodious richness and har¬mony in the chords delighted, and the  audience's   encore  was hearty.
Parkersburg   (W.   Va.)   Sentinel—
Charles Edward Clarke has a rich soft voice, and sings with such feel¬ing and expression that he at once becomes a favorite with those who hear him.
Sandusky (Ohio) Register—Mr. Clarke has a baritone that imme¬diately captured the audience. His tones were of the purest quality, and he was recalled with genuine enthusiasm.
Chicago Presto—William Erhart Snyder, the talented pianist who has recently returned to Chicago after a sojourn of two and a half years in Vienna with Leschetizky— gave a recital in Auditorium Hall. That Mr. Snyder has improved his time to great advantage was clear¬ly demonstrated in his interpreta¬tion of widely varying numbers from Beethoven to Liszt.
Des Moines (la.) Journal—Mr.
Clarke possesses a voice which will some day make him known throughout the count"y as a g-and opera singer.
Schenectady  (N. Y.) Gazette—Mr.
Clarke possesses a voice of excel¬lent and rare quality.
Maime  Holmes Thompson
SIO P R A NO
Munich (Germany) Allegemeine Zeitung—Miss Adams knows how to place her instrument properly, and with such grace that the sever¬est opponents to women 'cellists are disarmed in their opposition. Besides, she combines grace with a most highly estimable technique. She draws from her instrument rich, flowery tones, yet avoids that sad tremulousness that most 'cel¬lists like to give out as feeling. Her execution throughout is nat¬ural, and that of a virtuoso in the best sense. The public was evi¬dently of the same opinion and dis¬tinguished the artist with unusual¬ly  warm   applause.
Chicago Record-Herald—Mr. Sny¬der is one of the rising young ar¬tists of this city and his playing is artistic.
Spokane (Wash.) O u t b u r st—
Charles Edward Clarke has a bari¬tone voice of unusual compass and sweetness. He sings with that per¬fect enunciation that is so conspic¬uous by its absence in most people. McPherson (Kan.) Republican— Mrs. Thompson was greeted with applause on her appearance, only to receive still more at the close of the beautiful waltz song, in which she showed the purity, strength and compass of her voice, so easily reaching high C. Her en¬core song, "Wouldn't You," touched a chord of sympathy in every hearer's heart. Helena (Mont.) Independent—Mr. Clarke scored a decided success with his rare sweet voice. He sang with spirit and distinct enunciation and was repeatedly recalled.
Charles Edward Clarke Company
Bloomington    (111.)    Pantagraph—
The audience was agreeably sur¬prised in the singing of Mrs. Maime Holmes Thompson, who appeared for the first time in recital in this city. She possesses a fine voice, which shows thorough training. It has been a long time since as good singing has been heard here at a recital.
Detroit (Mich.) News-Tribune— Mr. Snyder has given concerts in Detroit and the larger cities in Michigan with marked success. His recital emphasized the fact that his playing fairly challenges compari¬son with any pianist heard here this season.
Chicago Daily News—Miss Edith Adams, the violoncellist, plays with a sympathetic coloring that is sim¬ply wonderful.
Bethlehem (Pa.) Times—Mr. Clarke thrilled the audience with his rich baritone voice. He had his voice in easy control, which, to-gether with his expression, called forth great enthusiasm from the audience, and he was obliged to re¬spond to repeated encores.
Munich (Germany) Bayerischer Kurier—Miss Adams, the 'cellist, nobly won her success. She suc¬ceeds in drawing from her instru¬ment tones that really go to the heart. Her playing is deeply emo¬tional, yet entirely free from sen¬timentality or affectation. Partic¬ularly sympathetic is her impulsive, spontaneous  manner  of playing.
Walla Walla (Wash.) Union—Mr. Clarke became a favorite immedi¬ately and was recalled several times.
Jacksonville    (111.)     Courier—The
audience applauded enthusiastically after Mrs. Thompson had finished singing the famous cavatina, "Bel raggio lusinghier," from Rossini's opera, "Semiramide." The aria is one of the most florid and difficult that sopranos are ever called upon to sing, yet she handled it with the ease of a thorough artist. Bismarck (N. D.) Settler—Mr. Clarke made the real hit of the evening. His voice, of good range and flexibility, was used to splen¬did advantage in both the amusing and serious songs.
Kansas City (Mo.) Star—The ren¬dering of the Italian selection, "Bel raggio lusinghier," from Ros¬sini's opera, "Semiramide," by Mrs. Maime Holmes Thompson was a surprise to the audience. She sings with an ease and beauty of tone which shows the natural voice and artistic temperament.
Meriden (Conn.) Morning Record —Mr. Clarke possesses a remark¬ably fine baritone voice, which has received a thorough training. His singing was free from mannerisms and gave entire satisfaction.
Peoria    (111.)    Herald-Transcript—
Mrs. Maime Holmes Thompson was the vocalist. She has a rare lyric soprano voice of much power and sweetness and always smiling¬ly responded to the repeated re¬calls.
Kenosha   (Wis.>   Evening  News—
Many people of this city enjoyed a rare treat last night in the way of a recital by Wm. Erhart Snyder of Chicago. The concept was one of the most a-tistic musical events ever given here.
Decatur (111.) Review—Mr. Clarke, the baritone, was even better than last year. No small part of Mr. Clarke's success is due to his pleas¬ing personality and to his knowl¬edge of what will be most pleasing to the particular audience to which he is singing.
Chicago Daily Journal—Miss Edith Adams in two numbers by Lind¬ner, "Serenade" and "Taranelle." showed a well developed left hand, a sure and free bow, a very musical tone and excellent taste, while her share of the two cham¬ber music works was adequately done.
Chicago Chronicle -—Thursday eve¬ning William E. Snvder gave a re¬cital in Steinway Hall. Mr. Snv¬der is a promising youns: artist. He has a fine technique. He received a double encore.
William  Erhart Snyder
PIANIST
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