Circus Bee, The (ed Schissel)

Henry Fillmore

Henry Fillmore (ed. Loras John Schissel)

General Info

Year: 1908 / 2007
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ludwig Masters
Cost: Score and Parts - $75.00   |   Score Only - $14.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Crash Cymbals
• Field Drum
• Snare Drum

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

A “screamer” is an extremely fast circus march intended to stir up the audience during the show. Circus marches are faster than normal military marches, often 130 to 150 beats per minute instead of 120. Screamers are very demanding to perform, especially for the low brass, because of their extremely fast and complex rhythms.

- Program Note by the San Jose Wind Symphony concert program, 9 March 2014

This march was a celebration of sorts for the fact that Fillmore and his father (who managed their publishing business) finally agreed that the young composer could publish his music “at home” even though it did not meet the elder Fillmore’s standard of being religious music. The title came from an imaginary circus newspaper; if John Klohr could name his famous march after a show business paper called The Billboard, why not name his new march after a circus paper, real or not? Perhaps, if Henry Fillmore were still living, he would compose The Circus Fanfare March after the bulletin published by the Windjammers Unlimited, Inc. This group of circus music buffs alternates recording sessions at their conventions with discussions concerning music performed at circuses, past, present, and future. Most seem to agree that the Circus Bee March reflects Fillmore’s lifelong interest in circuses and his varied experiences while touring with five different big top shows.

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
• Audio CD: John Hershey High School Symphonic Band (Scott Casagrande, conductor) - 2007

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Youngstown (Ohio) State University Wind Ensemble (Michael Butler, conductor) – 29 January 2023 (Severance Music Center, Cleveland)
• Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Tom Caneva, conductor) - 28 October 2022
• Peninsula Symphonic Band (Palo Alto, Calif.) (Ted Henderson, conductor) – 19 May 2019
• Penn State University (University Park) Symphonic Band (Dennis Glocke, conductor) – 25 April 2019
• University of Iowa (Iowa City) Symphony Band (Mark Heidel, conductor) - 21 February 2019
• Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Wind Symphony (Don L. Peterson, conductor) – 1 November 2018
• San Jose Wind Symphony (Edward C. Harris, conductor) - 9 March 2014
• John Hershey High School (Arlington Heights, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Scott Casagrande, conductor) – 20 December 2007 (2007 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Courage (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1919/2003/2012)
• His Honor March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1934/2014)

All Wind Works

• 136th U.S.A. Field Artillery (arr. Foster) (2012)
• Alamo March (as Will Huff) (1916)
• Alamo March (arr. Miller) (1916/2016)
• America Exultant (arr. Glover) (1917/2004)
• Americans We (1929)
• Americans We (ed. Fennell) (1929/1979)
• Americans We (ed. Foster) (1929/2011)
• Black Mask, The (written as Al Hayes) (ed. Foster) (1914/2015)
• Bones Trombone (arr. Oliver) (1922)
• Bull Trombone (1924/1959)
• Chimes of Iron Mountain, The (1955)
• The Circus Bee (1908)
• The Circus Bee (1908/2003) (ed. Foster)
• The Circus Bee (arr. Custer) (1908/1994)
• The Circus Bee (ed. Schissel) (1908/2007)
• The Circus Bee (arr. Stevens) (1908/2013)
• Courage March (2013) (arr. Contorno)
• Courage (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1919/2003/2012)
• Cradle of Liberty (as Al Hayes) (arr Laferty) (2015)
• The Crosley March (arr. Foster) (2001)
• The Crosley March (arr. Schissel) (2023)
• The Footlifter March (arr. Foster) (1935/2003)
• Footlifter March, The (ed. Blatti) (1935)
• Genius (arr. Clark) (1937/2005)
• Gifted Leadership (ed. Foster) (1927/1959)
• Go: Galop (as Will Huff) (1916)
• Go: Galop (arr. Contorno) (1916/2009)
• Golden Friendships (ed. Foster) (1926/2005)
• Headway March (arr. Contorno) (1920/2014)
• His Excellency (ed. Schissel) (1909/2006)
• His Honor March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1934/2014)
• His Honor (ed. Fennell) (1934/1978)
• His Honor March (arr. Foster) (1934/2000)
• Hot Trombone (1921)
• In Uniform (1905)
• King Karl King (1957)
• King Karl King (ed. Foster) (1957/2007)
• Klaxon, The (1930)
• The Klaxon (arr. Balent) (1930/1995)
• The Klaxon (ed. Fennell) (1930/1984)
• The Klaxon (arr. Foster) (1930/2014)
• Lassus Trombone (1915)
• Lassus Trombone (arr. Clark) (1915/1998)
• Lassus Trombone (ed. Foster) (1915/2011)
• Lassus Trombone (arr. Schissel) (1915/2000)
• Light Cavalry Overture (as arranger; ed. Foster) (1866/2000)
• Lightning Fingers (arr. Foster)
• Lucky Trombone (1926)
• Man of the Hour, The (1924)
• (We're) Men of Florida (ed. Foster) (1949/2005)
• Men of Ohio (1921)
• Men of Ohio (ed. Foster) (1921/2009)
• Men of Ohio (arr. Schissel) (1921/1999)
• Miami (arr. Foster) (1938/2006)
• Military Escort (as Harold Bennett) (arr. Balent) (1923/1990)
• Military Escort (as Harold Bennett) (arr. Clark) (1923/2014)
• Military Escort (as Harold Bennett) (ed. Fennell) (1923/1980)
• Military Escort (as Harold Bennett) (arr. Swearingen) (1923/1998)
• Military Escort in 5 Ways (1930)
• Miss Trombone (arr. Contorno) (1908/2012)
• Miss Trombone (1908)
• Mt. Healthy (arr. Shaffer) (1916/2007)
• Noble Men (arr. Foster) (1922/2001)
• The Orange Bowl (ed. Foster) (1939/2004)
• Our Own Red, White and Blue (arr. Foster) (1917/2015)
• Playfellow (1927)
• Poet, Peasant and Light Cavalryman, The ((1915/1959)
• Precision (as Harold Bennett) (arr. Clark) (1926/2011)
• Project (as Harold Bennett) (arr. Clark) (2002)
• The President's March (ed. Foster) (1956/2008)
• A Review March to the U.S. of A. Armed Forces (ed. Foster) (1942/2013)
• Rolling Thunder (arr. Howell) (1916/2020)
• Rolling Thunder March (1916)
• Rolling Thunder (ed. Fennell) (1916/1983)
• Rolling Thunder March (arr. Foster) (1916/2014)
• Rolling Thunder March (arr. Foster Jr.) (1916/2015)
• Rolling Thunder March (arr. Glover) (1916)
• Sally Trombone (1917)
• Shoutin' Liza Trombone (arr. De Meij) (1920/1991)
• Shoutin' Liza Trombone (arr. Foster) (1920/2002)
• Slim Trombone (arr. Contorno) (2013)
• Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/1934/1959/1973)
• Success (as Harold Bennett; arr. Clark) (1912/2001)
• Teddy Trombone (1911)
• Teddy Trombone (arr. de Meij) (1911)
• Teddy Trombone (arr. Foster) (1911/2013)
• A Trombone Family Reunion (arr. Glover) (2019)
• Troopers' Tribunal (1905)
• Troopers' Tribunal (arr. Foster) (1905/2009)
• The U.S. of A. Armed Forces (ed. Foster). See: A Review March to the U.S. of A. Armed Forces
• Waves March (1943)
• When the Saints Meet Lassus Trombone (arr. Brandon)
• The Whistling Farmer Boy (1925)

Resources

• Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 204.