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Tom Clark (né Tom William Clark; 25 September 1854 London – 1943 United States) was an England-born-turned-American virtuoso cornetist, composer, arranger, and orchestra conductor. He was the first director of the Columbia Phonograph Company, from 1896 to 1903.

Career

Clark, who was born in London, immigrated to the United States in 1886. Shortly thereafter, he began play cornet with Gilmore's 22nd Regiment Band of the New York National Guard. In 1894, he began performing as cornet soloist with the Frederick Neil Innes (1854–1926) band. He also played with the Sousa, Levy, and Cappa bands. Clark directed the Columbia Orchestra (q.v.) for a time in the late 1890s. He recorded cornet solos for Edison and the New Jersey and New York Phonograph companies ca. 1891-1893, and for Berliner Gramophone in 1898–1899. An accomplished composer, he spent his later years as an arranger for the G. Schirmer.

Clark began a career as a composer, arranger, and cornet instrumentalist in the United States during the "golden age of wind bands."

Clark, a close friend of composer Victor Herbert, published 30 original wind band compositions between 1894 and 1904, comprised mostly of marches, gallops, polkas, waltzes, and medleys of popular songs. In addition to arranging Europe/Castle music for Stern, he was employed for more then 20 years as a staff arranger for G. Schirmer. Tom Clarks’ wind band arrangements are considered among the best of that period. 148

Selected works

Compositions

• "Belle of New York" (1900)
• "Birthday"
• "Jolly Travelers, The" (1900)
• "Strategist"
• "Olympia"
• "Mexican Butterfly Dance," schottische (1900)

B.F. Banes & Co., Philadelphia

• "Priscilla March" (1885)
• "Constellation March" (1897)

J.W. Pepper

• "Our Volunteers," march (1901)
• "Liberty Prevails," march (1901)

Chappell & Co.

• "Amaryllis," waltz for military band (1916)

Arrangements

Grasmuk & Schott, New York

• "Sweet Little Dorothy," medley waltz for band

Tom Clark (arranger)

• "Her Name is Jane," medley waltz for band (1895)

Tom Clark (arranger)

• "Trilby Waltz," medley waltz for band (1895)

Tom Clark (arranger)

Jos. W. Stern & Co., New York

• "Castle House Rag (1914)"

James Reese (music)

Tom Clark (arranger)

• "The Fisher’s Widow"

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "Castles in Europe" (1914)

James Reese (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

Sheet music at IMSLP

OCLC 497666148

M. Witmark & Sons

• Down in that Valley Fair (1908)

Ernest R. Ball (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

1. Solo trombone and piano
3. Solo cornet and piano

• "Irish Eyes of Love," waltz (1914)

From The Heart of Paddy Whack

Ernest R. Ball (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

OCLC 19896225

• "Little Bit of Heaven, A" (1914)

From The Heart of Paddy Whack

Ernest R. Ball (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

OCLC 19896225

• "Sylvia" (1916)

Oley Speaks (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

OCLC 456578162

G. Schirmer

• "Festival March" in B♭ major (1917)

Gaston Borch (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

OCLC 68043056

• Ballet Music from Aida (1919)

Giuseppe Verdi (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

OCLC 69353811

• "Frolics and Fancies," dance intermezzo (1923)

Clifford Adams (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

OCLC 24054941

• Mozart Suite

1. "Serenade" from Eine kleine Nachtmusik
2. Theme from the Piano Sonata in A
3. Minuet from the opera Don Juan
4. Allegro from the Symphony No. 12

Tom Clark (arrangement)

OCLC 271894368

• "In The Tavern" (1917)

Adolf Jensen (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

OCLC 456576322

• "March of the Dwarfs" (1917)

Edvard Grieg (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

Chas. K. Harris

• Selection from Little Nemo (1909)

Victor Herbert (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

OCLC 645289517

• Selection from Algeria, in E♭ major

Victor Herbert (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

OCLC 70587654

• Selections from Dream City and

The Magic Knight (1907)

Victor Herbert (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

1. "Fireman's Patrol"
2. "Nancy I Fancy You"
3. "A Farmer's Life"
4. "Elsa's Song"
5. "Opening Chorus"
6. "I Love You"
7. "Love By Telephone"
8. "Ta, Ta, My Dainty Little Darling"
9. "An Operatic Maiden"

OCLC 1002134237

Chappell & Co.

• "Keep The Home Fires Burning" (1914)

Ivor Novello (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "Roses of Picardy" (1916)

Haydn Wood (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

(publisher not known)

• Katinka

Rudolf Friml (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "Suite of Four Selected Pieces"

Rudolf Friml (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "March and Procession of Bacchus"

Léo Delibes (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "God Bless America"

Reginald De Koven (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "Colinette," Slavonic Dance No. 10

Paul Beaumont (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "Hail, America!," grand march

George Drumm (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "Irish Rhapsody"

Victor Herbert (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "If Flowers Could Speak;" Melodie and Menuett all'antico

Mana Zucca (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "El Albaicin"

Joaquín Valverde Durán (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "Gems of Tschaikowsky"

Tchaikowsky (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "The Bartered Bride"

Bedrich Smetana (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "Maytime"

Sigmund Romberg (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "Rhapsodie Norvegienne"

Edouard Lalo (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "Stubborn Cinderella"

Joseph E. Howard (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "The Only Girl"

Victor Herbert (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

• "Sweethearts"

Victor Herbert (music)

Tom Clark (arrangement)

Selected cylinders

Edison cylinders