WAR MARCH OF THE TARTARS

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ONE OF MY FAVORITE MARCHES, WRITTEN BY KARL KING IN 1938. HE WAS A CIRCUS RINGMASTER AND EVENTUALLY DIRECTOR OF THE BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS BAND IN 1917. HE WROTE OVER 300 WORKS INCLUDING 188 MARCHES. PERFORMED BY THE 1971 ILLINOIS UNIV. CONCERT BAND.

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Symphonic Band Performances

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.

Song Info

Genre

Classical • Ensembles

Charts

Peak #137

Peak in subgenre #9

Rights

public domain

Uploaded

September 30, 2009

Track Files

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MP3 2.8 MB • 192 kbps • 2:02

Story behind the song

Karl Lawrence King, a native of Paintersville, Ohio, grew up as a self-taught musician with very little schooling of any kind. At eighteen, he began a career playing in and directing circus bands, including those of Barnum and Bailey, Robinson Famous Shows, the Sells-Floto Circus, and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. King settled down in Fort Dodge, Iowa in 1920 and for the next fifty-one years conducted the city's municipal band.
King the composer published more than 300 works: galops, waltzes, overtures, serenades, rags, and 188 marches and screamers. His name appeared on the sheet music as Karl King, K. L. King, or sometimes Carl Lawrence. 
It is interesting to note that Karl King out-wrote John Philip Sousa by over 50 marches, and yet he still was not as famous or well known. The reasons for this could be due to the lesser status King held. Sousa became leader of the United States Marine Corps Band and traveled around the world to his death, unlike King. The actual musicality of the marches may also have limited Karl's success, but many musicians can argue this, noting King's most popular marches. The ways in which these marches were presented to the public could have also contributed to the status of these composers. Regardless, both are still seen as vital contributors to world of band music. 
"Barnum and Bailey's Favorite" remains his best known circus march.

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