Sounds of the Circus Vol. 1

1. Bennet's Triumphal (Ribble)

2. Thunder and Blazes (Fucik)

3. Royal Decree (English)

4. Cyrus the Great (King)

5. Sells-Floto Triumphal (King)

6. Ponderoso (King)

7. Royal Bridesmaids (Casto)

8. Ringling Bros. Grand Entry (Sweet)

9. Barnum & Bailey's Favorite (King)

10. Burr's Triumphal (Alexander)

11. Pageantry (King)

12. New Madison Square Garden (King)

13. Trouping Days (King)

14. Invictus (King)

15. Bolivar (King)

16. Olympia Hippodrome (Alexander)

Editorial Reviews

From the Label
CIRCUS FANFARE, a publication of Windjammers Unlimited, Inc. SOUNDS OF THE CIRCUS, Circus marches, South Shore Concert Band Windjammer Richard Whitmarsh and his band have come up with a winning recordingthat is sure to receive wide acclaim from all lovers of true circus music, played at Big Top tempos without any hokum or extraneous selections of the type found in a number of attempts to record "circus music".

Product Description
Music from the golden age of the American circus played by 25 enthusiastic musicians

Sounds of the Circus Vol. 1

Sounds of the Circus Vol. 1,Russell Alexander,John Wheaton Casto,Walter P. English,Julius Fucik,Karl L. King,Melvin H. Ribble,Al Sweet,Richard Whitmarsh,Sounds Of The Circus,Band,Band Music,Circus Music,Concert/Brass/Marching Band Music,Easy Listening,Miscellaneous,Miscellaneous Music,Orchestral,Romantic Orchestral Music

Average customer rating:

A Fine Collection of Authentic Circus Music

Sounds of the Circus Vol. 1

Manufacturer: Sounds of the Circus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001XJK
Release Date: 1991-12-01

Tracks:

Bennet's Triumphal (Ribble)
Thunder and Blazes (Fucik)
Royal Decree (English)
Cyrus the Great (King)
Sells-Floto Triumphal (King)
Ponderoso (King)
Royal Bridesmaids (Casto)
Ringling Bros. Grand Entry (Sweet)
Barnum & Bailey's Favorite (King)
Burr's Triumphal (Alexander)
Pageantry (King)
New Madison Square Garden (King)
Trouping Days (King)
Invictus (King)
Bolivar (King)
Olympia Hippodrome (Alexander)

Album Description

Music from the golden age of the American circus played by 25 enthusiastic musicians

Customer Reviews:

A Fine Collection of Authentic Circus Music.......2001-06-25

The South Shore Concert Band does a nice job on this album of sounding more like a circus than a concert band, and of playing this very difficult material at extremely rapid tempos in some cases, but also taking some numbers at a slower beat, to provide contrast. Unfortuately, there are almost no liner notes, and the nice pictures from the Circus World Museum at Baraboo, WI are the same on all of the first several albums in this series, except for the one on each cover.

Appropriately enough, over half of the selections on this CD are by Karl King, including his most famous composition, Barnum and Bailey's Favorite (which has possibly been recorded even more than Stars and Stripes Forever), four other "King standards", Sells-Floto Triumphal, Ponderoso, New Madison Square Garden, and Invictus, and some lesser-known marches. Appropriate, since King wrote more marches than any other American composer, around 175, including several galops (marches played at one beat to the measure; in other words, extemely fast, to be played typically for fast-paced circus acts), and a few marches written under the nom de plume Carl Lawrence. About 75 of these marches are still published, and 50 are included in this 18 volume series of circus music. He also wrote many waltzes, overtures, and desciptive pieces.

Karl King (1891-1971), grew up in various cities in Ohio, and lived most of his life in the midwest. He studied music from an early age, playing the baritone and having his first compositions published by the age of seventeen. He began playing with circus bands at nineteen for the next four years, after which he became the bandmaster of the Sells-Floto and Buffalo Bill Combined Shows (1914-16), and Barnum and Bailey Circus (1917-18). Unlike other band leaders, most notably John Philip Sousa, who chose to pursue high-profile careers, King then settled in the "backwater" of Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he lived the remaining fifty three years of his life, leading the Fort Dodge Municipal Band and running a successful music publishing business. He was truly one of the finest writers of circus music, and marches in general, that this country has ever produced.

I recommend this album for anyone who enjoys music from the Big Top.

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