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A NIGHT IN JUNE
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THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SERENADE WRITTEN BY FAMOUS BANDMASTER KARL L. KING, THE SUCCESSOR TO JOHN PHILIP SOUSA. HE WROTE AROUND 400 MARCHES, BUT ALSO WROTE A FEW WALTZES, OVERTURES AND THIS SERENADE. HIS MOST FAMOUS COMPOSITION IS 'BARNUM AND BAILEY'S".
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Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi
Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.
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Genre
Classical • Ensembles
Charts
Peak #58
Peak in subgenre #3
Author
KARL L. KING
Rights
public domain
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April 04, 2010
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MP3 5.7 MB • 224 kbps • 3:34
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This is performed by the University of Michigan Symphonic Band in 1970, directed by William Revelli. Karl L. King knew how to strike up the band. King reached fame as a composer of band music. Many call him the successor to John Philip Sousa. His 400 or so marches, waltzes, overtures and serenades are still played around the world. King, an Ohio native, started playing the baritone horn in circus bands as a boy. He published his first composition at age 17, and by 1917 was director of the Barnum & Bailey Circus band. Wanting to settle down, he moved to Fort Dodge in 1920 to direct the municipal band. He also started his own music-publishing company. His wife, Ruth, ran an adjoining company that sold musical instruments. She had earlier played the calliope for the Barnum & Bailey Circus. "Barnum & Bailey's Favorite" is a popular march and King's best-known composition. He also wrote "A Night in June," "Enchanted Nights Waltz" (for a high trapeze act), "Broadway One-Step" (for clowns), "The Big Cage" and "The Golden Dragon Overture." His composition "In Old Portugal," a piece he wrote for famed aerialist Lillian Leitzal, was being played when she fell to her death on a Friday the 13th in 1931. He wrote "Hawkeye Glory" for the University of Iowa and marches for Drake University, Purdue University and the universities of Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan. He also wrote "Hawkeye Fair" for the Iowa State Fair. For 10 days every year, from 1921 to 1959, he led the band at the fair.
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