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  2. Circus music - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of circuses and circus owners - Wikipedia

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    There have been many famous modern circuses since the first modern circus was staged by Philip Astley in London on January 9, 1768. Many are best known by the name of their principal owner. The following is a list of both circuses and their country of origin.

  4. Category:Circus music - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 24 December 2020, at 07:58 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  5. Screamer (march) - Wikipedia

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    Screamers were mostly composed in a 60-year period (1895–1955). Circuses were in need of music that would stir the audience into a frenzy, as four-footed animals galloped across the ring. Because march music was a prominent part of American music at that time, and because it carried such a quick tempo, it was this that ringmasters demanded.

  6. Barnum and Bailey's Favorite - Wikipedia

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    King's earliest known compositions date from 1909 with this, his most famous work, being composed in only his fifth year of composing. [2] King played Baritone horn in many circus bands including Barnum and Bailey's, for more than a decade. [2] As is common in his compositions, Karl King made the baritone part a major voice in the march. [3]

  7. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Wikipedia

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    The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros., the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or simply Ringling, is an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth. It and its predecessor have run shows from 1871, with a hiatus from 2017 to 2023.

  8. Karl King - Wikipedia

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    In 1912, he performed in the Sells-Floto Circus under W.P. English (a famous march composer), and in 1913 in the Barnum and Bailey band under Ned Brill. At the request of Brill he wrote (and dedicated to Brill) "Barnum & Bailey's Favorite", his most famous march and possibly the most recognizable American music written specifically for the circus.

  9. Category:Circus performers - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... For bandleaders and musicians, see Category:Circus music. Subcategories.