Circus Songs: An Annotated Anthology

Circus Songs: An Annotated Anthology provides musicians and librarians with the musical scores of 85 circus songs along with historical annotations. Informative and entertaining, this collection explores the history of American circus music and provides some background on circus musicians that will delight and enchant even the most avid music buff. Circus Songs will help you appreciate the role of circus music in American culture and will preserve these songs for future generations to enjoy.Through Circus Songs, you will discover well-known circus favorites as well as obscure tunes, including: “Battle of the Winds,” written by Edward Duble, which was published in 1917 while the author was performing for the John Robinson Circus “Belford’s” Carnival, composed by Russell Alexander, a march played outside the sideshow tents to advertise the marvelous spectacles that could be seen by paying an additional admission “Bravura,” one of the most recognizable and most frequently played circus marches, frequently used for wild animal acts or attractions with a foreign flavor, due to its exotic sound “Buffalo Bill’s Equestrian March,” composed by William Paris, written in honor of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show “Con Celerita,” a Spanish term meaning “with a little velocity,” a fast tempo gallop composed by J. J. Richards “Kentucky Sunrise,” a two-step that is often used as part of the circus finale, was created by Karl L. King “Olympia Hippodrome,” written by Russell Alexander during his employment with Barnum & Bailey, was usually played during daring feats of horsemanshipCircus Songs is chock full of entertaining essays to inform and intrigue you about an era that shaped our culture and entertained us at circuses all over America. This unique book will surprise and satisfy even the most zealous music historian with facts and information on the songs that reflected America’s spirit and captured a nation’s attention.

Table of Contents:
Contents Preface A Brief History of American Circus Music Historical Notes on Circus Marches Historical Notes on the Songs in this Collection Barnum & Bailey’s Favorite Barnum and Bailey’s Royal Pageant Bastinado Battle of the Winds Belford’s Carnival The Billboard March Bombasto Bravura Broadway One-Step Buffalo Bill’s Equestrian March Caesar’s Triumphal March The Cantonians The Circus Bee The Circus King Clair’s Triumph Colossus of Columbia Con Celerita The Crimson Flush March The Crimson Petal The Crimson Plume Cyrus the Great The Denver Post Eclipse Galop Entry of the Gladiators Evans Fashion Plate Fan Tan Father of Victory Floto’s Grand Pageant Floto’s Triumph The Flying Trapeze From Tropic to Tropic Gallant Zouaves Galop-Go! Garland Entree March Gentry Entry Gentry’s Triumphal Go, Galop Gollmar Brothers Triumphal High and Mighty International Vaudeville Jewell’s Triumphal Jungle Queen Kentucky Sunrise Lassus Trombone March to Mecca Memphis the Majestic Neel’s Fashion Plate Oh! You Circus Day The Old Circus Band Olevine Olympia Hippodrome Over the Waves Pahjamah Passing of the Red Man Prince of Decorah Quality-Plus Rameses Razzazza Mazzazza Repasz Band Ringling Brothers Grand Entree Robinson’s Grand Entree Rolling Thunder Royal Decree Salute to Alexander The Screamer Sells-Floto Triumphal Shoot the Chutes Shoutin’ Liza Trombone The Southerner Stop It! The Storming of El Caney Tent City They’re Off Thunder and Blazes Thunder and Lightning Trombone Blues Under White Tents Valse Bleue The Walking Frog Wedding of the Winds Waltz The Whistler and His Dog Wizard of the West Woody Van’s March Wyoming Days Yankee Robinson Song Texts, Arranged Alphabetically by Title Appendix A: Historical Data on Some Other Musical Works Associated with the Circus Appendix B: Illustrations of Circus Musicians and Bands, and Other Circus Graphics Bibliography Discography Index of Personal and Group Names Index Reference Notes Included

About the Author :
William E Studwell (Author) , Charles P Conrad (Author) , Bruce R Schueneman (Author)