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Circus Songs - An Annotated Anthology (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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Circus Songs - An Annotated Anthology (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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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.
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