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"Barnum and Bailey's Favorite" by Karl King (1892–1971) is a famous circus music piece. [11] Unlike Fučík, King grew up performing circus music joining Robinson's Famous Circus at the age of 19 as a baritone player. During that time circus music needed its own style because modern music did not fit with most of the acts that the circus ...
King's earliest known compositions date from 1909 with this, his most famous work, being composed in only his fifth year of composing. [1] King played Baritone horn in many circus bands including Barnum and Bailey's, for more than a decade. [1] As is common in his compositions, Karl King made the baritone part a major voice in the march. [2]
The tuba, which has connotations of humour and the circus, features heavily in the song's texture. [8] Other instruments are used in the piece as effects, including slide whistle and bass drum. [8] The song's melody is played on a mandolin and features a downward-moving chromatic line atop various seventh chords, which also move downwards.
1. “I Got You (I Feel Good)” by James Brown (1964) It’s worth celebrating the happy moments and James Brown was able to put that sentiment into musical form. The voice of “Godfather of ...
"Circus Left Town" is written in a pop and rock music vein. It features styles of adult contemporary, adult rock and contemporary pop rock music. [5] Although the whole song is based around an A-major-7-harmony and chords structure, Clapton uses a lot of minor chords to give the song the sad atmosphere and emotion the British composer went through when hearing about his son's death. [6]
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a new breed of women started to emerge from the depths of circus tents around the world: the strong-woman. These women quickly drew large crowds of circus lovers ...
Karl Lawrence King was born in the village of Paintersville, Ohio. [1] He was the only child of Sandusky S. and Anna Lindsey King. The King family moved to Canton, Ohio, when he was eleven, the age he used newspaper carrier income to purchase his first musical instrument – a cornet.
Born in Sarasota, Florida, Nock is a seventh-generation circus performer, a descendant of the family that founded Switzerland's famous Circus Nock in the 18th century. [3] He was a star attraction for the Big Apple Circus and for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus before pursuing an independent career as a performer.