Herbert L. Clarke
Herbert Lincoln Clarke (born September 12, 1867 in Woburn , Massachusetts , † January 30, 1945 in Long Beach , California ) was an American cornetist and composer.
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Clarke came to Toronto in 1880, where his father had received the organist position at Jarvis St. Baptist Church . He had learned to play the cornet by himself, also played the violin and viola and, at the age of 13, became a violinist in the orchestra of the Toronto Philharmonic Society . In 1882 he became a cornet player in the Queen's Own Rifles Band . From 1884 to 1887 he switched between the orchestra of the English's Opera House in Minneapolis, where his family had since moved, and the Queen's Own. In 1887 he became a member of the Citizen's Band of Ontario . In the next few years he played in various bands near Toronto and also taught at the Toronto Conservatory of Music and Trinity College in Port Hope.
In 1892 Clarke became principal cornet player in the 22nd Regiment Band under Patrick Gilmore and (after his death) from 1893 to 1897 under Victor Herbert . In 1893 he joined John Philip Sousa's band as a solo cornet player , of which he was a member until 1917. In 1918 he returned to Canada, where he led the Anglo-American Leather Company Band until 1923 . He then moved to Long Beach, where he led the Municipal Band until shortly before his death . In 1934 he was elected President of the American Bandmasters Association .
Clarke was the most famous cornet player of his day. On countless trips with the various bands to which he belonged, he gave more than 6000 solo concerts and made more than 200 recordings with Berliner , Victor , Columbia , Brunswick and others. He composed around fifty solo works for the cornet (including Bride of the Waves , Sounds from the Hudson , Caprice Brilliante , Southern Cross , Stars in a Velvety Sky ), more than 50 marches and ten overtures for orchestra. He also published the three-volume Studies for the Cornet: Elementary, Technical, and Characteristic (Huntsville 1909-15) and Setting-Up Drills (Calisthenic Exercises) and the autobiography How I Became a Cornetist (1934).
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- Library and Archives Canada - The Virtual Gramophone - Herbert L. Clarke
- The Canadian Encyclopedia - Herbert L. Clarke
- Allmusic - Herbert L. Clarke
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| SURNAME | Clarke, Herbert L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clarke, Herbert Lincoln (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cornetist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woburn , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1945 |
| Place of death | Long Beach , California |