Boy and the Birds, The Hager, Frederick W. arr: Clarke, Herbert L. The Boy and the Birds by: Frederick W. Hager arr: Herbert L. Clarke Original Copyright: 1919 By: Carl Fischer BandMusic PDF Library El Kahir Shrine Collection Music Preservation Team: Tom Pechnik, Senior Archivist; Mary Philips; Wayne Dydo; Bill Park, Director; Marcus Neiman, Program Notes North Royalton, Ohio www.bandmusicpdf.org
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Boy and the Birds, The
Hager, Frederick W. arr: Clarke, Herbert L.
The Boy and the Birds by: Frederick W. Hager arr: Herbert L. Clarke
Original Copyright: 1919
By: Carl Fischer
BandMusic PDF Library
El Kahir Shrine Collection
Music Preservation Team: Tom Pechnik, Senior Archivist; Mary Philips; Wayne Dydo; Bill Park, Director; Marcus Neiman, Program Notes
North Royalton, Ohio www.bandmusicpdf.org
Hag
er, F
red
W.
D
OB
: D
ecem
ber 3
1, 1
874
(New
Milf
ord,
P
enns
ylva
nia)
DO
D:
unkn
own
Fred
eric
k W
. Hag
er w
as b
orn
at N
ew M
ilfor
d, P
enns
ylva
nia,
on
Dec
embe
r 31,
187
4. H
is fa
ther
was
lead
er o
f the
tow
n ba
nd a
nd ta
ught
hi
m to
pla
y th
e vi
olin
at a
n ea
rly a
ge.
In 1
881,
the
fam
ily m
oved
to N
ew
York
City
, whe
re F
red
stud
ied
viol
in p
rivat
ely
and
even
tual
ly b
ecam
e on
e of
the
mos
t pro
min
ent v
iolin
ists
in N
ew Y
ork
City
. H
e w
on a
sc
hola
rshi
p to
the
Nat
iona
l Con
serv
ator
y of
Mus
ic a
nd la
ter p
laye
d w
ith W
alte
r Dam
rosc
h’s
Orc
hest
ra.
Afte
r rej
ectin
g an
offe
r for
mem
bers
hip
in V
icto
r Her
bert’
s O
rche
stra
in P
ittsb
urgh
, Hag
er e
mba
rked
up
on a
con
duct
ing
care
er a
nd b
ecam
e a
very
bus
y or
ches
tral c
ondu
ctor
in N
ew Y
ork
City
. In
189
6,
he b
egan
con
duct
ing
band
s as
wel
l, an
d hi
s be
st b
and
was
boo
ked
for a
ll th
e po
litic
al e
vent
s in
the
Bro
nx a
nd p
laye
d an
ext
ensi
ve s
umm
er c
once
rt sc
hedu
le.
Pho
nogr
aph
com
pani
es a
t tha
t tim
e w
ere
expe
rienc
ing
diffi
culty
in re
cord
ing
an a
uthe
ntic
vio
lin to
ne,
and
afte
r res
earc
hing
the
phon
ogra
ph re
cord
ing
devi
ce h
e ov
erca
me
the
hand
icap
and
was
re
cogn
ized
as
one
of th
e fe
w m
en c
apab
le o
f pro
duci
ng g
ood
viol
in re
cord
ings
. H
e w
as s
oloi
st w
ith
lead
ing
com
pani
es, i
nclu
ding
Col
umbi
a (tw
o ye
ars)
, Zon
opho
ne (s
ix y
ears
) and
Edi
son
(two
year
s),
and
then
dire
cted
bot
h ba
nd a
nd o
rche
stra
l rec
ordi
ngs
for v
ario
us c
ompa
nies
.
Hag
er d
evot
ed s
ix y
ears
to th
e pu
blis
hing
bus
ines
s bu
t alw
ays
had
the
desi
re to
retu
rn to
the
reco
rdin
g bu
sine
ss a
nd b
egan
man
agin
g va
rious
reco
rdin
g co
mpa
nies
in 1
910.
In
1920
, he
was
re
side
nt m
anag
er o
f the
reco
rdin
g de
partm
ent o
f the
Gen
eral
Pho
nogr
aph
Cor
pora
tion
of N
ew Y
ork
City
and
was
resp
onsi
ble
for a
ll th
e re
cord
ings
issu
ed b
y th
e co
mpa
ny.
Hag
er c
ompo
sed
or a
rran
ged
over
500
wor
ks fo
r ban
d an
d or
ches
tra, t
he m
ost f
amou
s of
whi
ch w
ere
Laug
hing
Wat
er a
nd T
he B
oy a
nd th
e B
irds.
1
Cla
rke,
Her
bert
Lin
coln
DO
B:
Sep
tem
ber 1
2, 1
867
(Wob
urn,
M
assa
chus
etts
)
DO
D:
Janu
ary
20, 1
945
(Lon
g B
each
, Cal
iforn
ia)
Her
bert
Linc
oln
Cla
rke,
rega
rded
as
the
grea
test
cor
netis
t of a
ll tim
e, w
as
born
in W
obur
n, M
assa
chus
etts
, on
Sep
tem
ber 1
2, 1
867.
He
was
the
youn
gest
of f
our b
oys,
onl
y on
e of
who
m d
id n
ot fo
llow
a c
aree
r in
mus
ic.
The
Cla
rke
fam
ily m
oved
sev
eral
tim
es d
urin
g H
erbe
rt’s
yout
h, a
nd h
is
fath
er, a
n or
gani
st a
t var
ious
chu
rche
s, e
ncou
rage
d H
erbe
rt an
d hi
s
1 R
ehig
, Will
iam
H.,
Bie
rley,
Pau
l (ed
itor)
. The
enc
yclo
pedi
a of
ban
d m
usic
, Int
egrit
y P
ress
, W
este
rvill
e, O
H. (
2005
), C
D, u
sed
with
per
mis
sion
brot
hers
to s
tudy
mus
ical
inst
rum
ents
. D
espi
te th
is u
rgin
g, h
e di
d no
t wis
h th
em to
ent
er m
usic
as
a ca
reer
.
Whi
le li
ving
in T
oron
to, C
anad
a, H
erbe
rt at
tend
ed a
con
cert
of th
e A
mer
ican
Ban
d of
Pro
vide
nce
(Rho
de Is
land
), co
nduc
ted
by D
.W. R
eeve
s. C
lark
e la
ter w
rote
, “I w
as s
o m
oved
by
the
corn
et s
oloi
st
that
I kn
ew in
tim
e th
at I
too
mus
t pla
y co
rnet
.” H
is d
eter
min
atio
n re
sulte
d in
his
bei
ng a
ccep
ted,
at
the
age
of o
nly
14, a
s a
trum
pet p
laye
r in
the
Que
en’s
Ow
n R
ifle
Reg
imen
t Ban
d - e
ven
thou
gh th
e m
inim
um a
ge w
as 1
8.
One
of t
he g
reat
est i
nflu
ence
s in
Cla
rke’
s lif
e w
as th
e fa
mou
s co
rnet
sol
oist
Wal
ter R
oger
s, w
ho
even
tual
ly b
ecam
e a
clos
e fri
end
and
side
par
tner
in S
ousa
’s B
and.
Cla
rke
rece
ived
tips
from
Rog
ers
but n
ever
took
form
al le
sson
s fro
m h
im --
or a
nyon
e el
se.
At a
ge 2
4, h
e be
cam
e co
rnet
sol
oist
with
G
ilmor
e’s
Ban
d. A
fter t
he d
eath
of G
ilmor
e in
189
2, C
lark
e w
as s
oloi
st fo
r a s
hort
perio
d w
ith th
e ba
nd o
f Elli
s B
rook
s an
d th
en b
ecam
e so
lois
t with
Sou
sa’s
Ban
d in
the
sprin
g of
189
3.
It w
as a
noth
er fa
mou
s so
lois
t, A
rthur
Pry
or, w
ho e
ncou
rage
d C
lark
e to
com
pose
his
ow
n co
rnet
so
los.
Fol
low
ing
the
Sou
sa B
and’
s en
gage
men
t at t
he C
hica
go E
xpos
ition
in 1
893,
Cla
rke
play
ed
with
var
ious
gro
ups,
incl
udin
g th
e re
orga
nize
d bu
t sho
rt-liv
ed G
ilmor
e B
and
whe
n it
was
dire
cted
by
Vic
tor H
erbe
rt. H
e re
turn
ed to
Sou
sa’s
Ban
d in
190
0 an
d re
mai
ned
with
it u
ntil
1917
. H
e ha
d of
ten
told
Sou
sa th
at h
e w
ould
retir
e at
age
50,
sin
ce h
e be
lieve
d th
at c
orne
t sol
oist
s be
gan
to p
erfo
rm le
ss
effe
ctiv
ely
at th
at a
ge.
Sou
sa c
onte
nded
that
he
was
pla
ying
bet
ter t
han
ever
, to
whi
ch C
lark
e re
plie
d, “T
hen
I’ll q
uit w
hile
I’m
ahe
ad.”
Afte
r ret
iring
from
Sou
sa’s
Ban
d, C
lark
e m
oved
to C
anad
a an
d se
rved
as
cond
ucto
r of t
he A
nglo
-C
anad
ian
Con
cert
Ban
d of
Hun
tsvi
lle, O
ntar
io, f
rom
191
8-19
23.
He
then
dire
cted
the
Long
Bea
ch
(Cal
iforn
ia) M
unic
ipal
Ban
d fro
m 1
923-
1943
. H
e di
ed in
Lon
g B
each
on
Janu
ary
31, 1
945,
and
his
as
hes
wer
e in
terr
ed in
Con
gres
sion
al C
emet
ery
in W
ashi
ngto
n, D
.C.,
just
a fe
w fe
et fr
om th
e gr
ave
of
John
Phi
lip S
ousa
.
It is
est
imat
ed th
at C
lark
e pl
ayed
ove
r 15,
000
solo
s du
ring
his
long
and
act
ive
care
er.
He
trave
led
over
90,
000
mile
s w
ith th
e ba
nds
of G
ilmor
e, S
ousa
, Inn
es, H
erbe
rt, a
nd o
ther
s. H
e m
ade
34 to
urs
of
the
Uni
ted
Sta
tes
and
Can
ada,
four
Eur
opea
n to
urs,
and
one
tour
aro
und
the
wor
ld.
Thro
ugho
ut h
is li
fe, C
lark
e w
as a
ctiv
e w
ith M
ason
ic o
rgan
izat
ions
suc
h as
the
fam
ous
St.
Cec
ile
Lodg
e in
New
Yor
k C
ity.
A d
edic
ated
com
pose
r, au
thor
, con
duct
or, c
orne
tist,
and
teac
her,
Cla
rke
belie
ved
that
cor
net p
layi
ng
shou
ld b
e pl
easu
re ra
ther
than
a c
hore
. A
n ex
ampl
e of
his
ski
ll w
ith th
e co
rnet
is th
e fa
ct th
at h
e co
uld
play
a c
hrom
atic
sca
le o
f thr
ee fu
ll oc
tave
s fo
ur ti
mes
thro
ugh
in o
ne b
reat
h. A
mon
g hi
s m
any
writ
ings
is a
12-
chap
ter c
hron
icle
of t
he S
ousa
Ban
d’s
wor
ld to
ur o
f 191
0-19
11 (M
usic
al M
esse
nger
, Ju
ly, 1
918,
thro
ugh
May
, 191
9).2
Boy
and
the
Bird
s, T
he (c
hara
cter
istic
) was
pub
lishe
d in
191
9 by
Car
l Fis
cher
.
P
rogr
am n
ote
rese
arch
ed b
y M
arcu
s L.
Nei
man
M
edin
a, O
hio
A
dditi
onal
info
rmat
ion
on e
ither
the
com
pose
r or c
ompo
sitio
n w
ould
be
wel
com
ed.
Ple
ase
send
in
form
atio
n to
m
arcu
snei
man
@zo
omin
tern
et.n
et
2 R
ehig
, Will
iam
H.,
Bier
ley,
Pau
l (ed
itor)
. The
enc
yclo
pedi
a of
ban
d m
usic
, Int
egrit
y Pr
ess,
W
este
rvill
e, O
H.
(200
5), CD
, us
ed w
ith p
erm
issi
on.
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