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A rare recording by a one-time vaudeville great, now all but forgotten – from 1905, Clarice Vance sings Mariar.
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The story of Clarice Vance is a fascinating one. I first learned about Clarice Vance from Seattle record collector, Sterling Morris, who for some time has been researching the life of Miss Vance. Sterling inquired whether I had encountered either of the two wax cylinder recordings she was known to have made for Edison: I hadn't. As we corresponded, I learned more about her tragic life – this once bright and sparkling vaudeville actress and singer mysteriously dropped out of sight, lived her last years in a mental facility, died a lonesome death, and was barely remembered with a single-paragraph obituary. Thus, it was hard not to be thrilled when during a visit here at the Tinfoil.com studio, veteran record collector Art Guenther pulled the following wax cylinder out of his box.
As you listen to this recording of Mariar, you can learn more about Clarice Vance in the mini-biography, Clarice Vance – "The Southern Singer", contributed by Sterling Morris.
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Click on these images or here to read a mini-biography on Clarice Vance.
Sheet music cover page for Mariar, ca. 1905.
Photographs from the collection of Sterling Morris
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