How I became a cornetist

Table of Contents

Herbert Lincoln Clarke

1. FIRST SERIES

2. SECOND SERIES

THE CLARKE FAMILY

CHILDHOOD DREAMS

THE IMPORTANCE OF THOROUGHNESS

THE BAND FEVER

3. THIRD SERIES

ERNEST TAKES UP THE TUBA

THE CALL TO CANADA

THE MUSIC GERM AT WORK

4. FOURTH SERIES

AMATEUR ADVANCEMENT

SOME IMPORTANT LESSONS

THE CORNET CONQUERS

5. FIFTH SERIES

BRANCHING OUT A BIT

A HARD-EARNED THREE DOLLARS

THE OBSESSING CORNET

6. SIXTH SERIES

"KNOCKING OFF" AN OPPORTUNITY

THE MOMENTOUS TRY-OUT

A GREAT BANDMASTER

MY BEGINNING AS A BANDSMAN

7. SEVENTH SERIES

BAND DUTY IN FULL REGIMENTALS AND BELOW ZERO

I AGE RAPIDLY

PRIDE SUSTAINS

8. EIGHTH SERIES

A BIT OF BOYISH POPULARITY

AN EMBOUCHURE EXPERIENCE

MERCANTILE VERSUS THE MUSICAL

9. NINTH SERIES

RESUMPTION OF THE STORY

RETURN TO HEALTH

A PAID PROFESSIONAL PERFORMER

10. TENTH SERIES

I RE-ENTER SCHOOL

A NEW TECHNIC REVEALED

I TRY TO FATHOM THE SECRET

11. ELEVENTH SERIES

CHANGING THE BASIC FOUNDATION

A TORCHLIGHT TEST

FROM TORCHLIGHTS TO FOOTLIGHTS

12. TWELFTH SERIES

PATIENCE, PERSEVERANCE AND PERSISTENCE

I GET TIPS FROM ROGERS

ARRANGING AS AN AID TO STUDY

BRASS QUARTET BECOMES CHURCH CHOIR

MAKING MONEY THROUGH MUSIC

13. THIRTEENTH SERIES

I PURCHASE A NEW HORN

LED BY THE GREAT LIGHTS

I DEVELOP BOTH STYLES

14. FOURTEENTH SERIES

I SUCCUMB TO MY FATHER'S LOGIC

I TAKE STOCK

AN UNEXPECTED HONOR

15. FIFTEENTH SERIES

WE DO NOT GO TO WAR

"TRYING IT ON THE DOG"

THE QUESTION OF LIVING

16. SIXTEENTH SERIES

A SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE MUSIC TIDE

I BEGIN SERIOUSLY TO STUDY THE VIOLA

SUMMER BRINGS EXTRA WORK

A NEW IDEA IS BORN

17. SEVENTEENTH SERIES

STRUGGLES TOWARD PERFECTION

MY CAUSTIC CRITIC AGAIN

I PLAY UNDER A FAMOUS MAN

18. EIGHTEENTH SERIES

THE CONTEST AT EVANSVILLE

OVERWHELMED BY APPLAUSE

ONLY SCHOOL BAND CONTESTS NOW

19. NINETEENTH SERIES

A STRIKE IS CALLED

MR. BRUSH TO THE RESCUE

BUSINESS POSITIONS SCARCE

A WORSE BARK THAN BITE

MY CAREER AS SOLOIST BEGINS

20. TWENTIETH SERIES

IGNORING FACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

A GOOD PRACTICE STUNT

ODD TIME FILLED WITH ARRANGING

21. TWENTY-FIRST SERIES

I KEEP ADDING TO MY WORK

I STUDY HARMONY

POSSIBILITIES IN MUSIC ENDLESS

22. TWENTY-SECOND SERIES

MORE WORK THAN TIME

MANY ROADS TO ROME

23. TWENTY-THIRD SERIES

I ORGANIZE A TRIO

I EXPERIENCE QUALMS

24. TWENTY-FOURTH SERIES

MR. GILMORE SAYS, "GO ON"

THE FINAL TEST

I LEAVE, TREADING ON AIR

A. A synopsis of my career