Karl L. King

When Karl King was conducting circus bands he would frequently edit his marches so the same composition could be used for contrasting acts (for example a lion act one time, and a trapeze act the next)...

March Ponderoso, composed in 1910, is representative of a King march at a higher level of difficulty. The introduction is an immediate test of the technique of the low brass players. The first strain...

During the period of his earliest success as a composer, Karl King became acquainted with several members of the band in Carrollton, Ohio, located some thirty miles southeast of Canton (present popula...

During the period of his earliest success as a composer, Karl King became acquainted with several members of the band in Carrollton, Ohio, located some thirty miles southeast of Canton (present popula...