[Trombone-l] [TubaEuph] Circus Music for Concert Band

[James O'Briant]

Larry Zaidan wrote:

> Does anyone know where to find circus band arrangements 
> (Merle Evans' stuff comes to mind!), for concert band?

Many of the early Karl King marches were written for the circus,
as well as some of his pieces.  Several that come to mind are:

* Barnum and Bailey's Favorite
* Robinson's Grand Entrée
* Circus Days (Galop)
* The Big Cage (Galop) (written for the Clyde Beatty big cat act)
* Kentucky Sunrise (written for a horse act - "Kentucky Sunrise"
	was the name of the horse

These (and nearly everything else King wrote) are all still in
print through C.L. Barnhouse in Oskaloosa, IA -- they have
digitized their entire library, and nothing they have ever
published (since being founded in the late 1800's) is out of
print.

Their "Walking Frog" CD catalog will give you more ideas on
appropriate circus music. There's also more info on the Karl King
website at http://karlking.us/.

Jim O'Briant
Gilroy, CA