Bonds of Unity

Karl L. King

Karl King (arr. James Swearingen)

General Info

Year: 1955 / 1994
Duration: 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts - $50.00   |   Score - $4.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute/Piccolo
Oboe
Bassoon
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 Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Baritone Bass Clef
Euphonium
Tuba

• Timpani

String Bass
Percussion I-II-III-IV, including:

• Bass Drum
• Cymbals (crash)
• Glockenspiel
• Snare Drum

Errata

In Parts:

• m.21: Return repeat sign missing in several of the parts at the end of measure.

Program Notes

Although King wrote 300 works during a half-century of composing, he rarely ran out of notes. He did, however, run out of titles and presumably asked Barnhouse publishers to name this march and fifteen others which he wrote in 1955. The marches were placed in an album called Liberty March Folio (with a picture of the Statue of Liberty on the cover) and each was given a patriotic, world peace title in accordance with world events in Geneva, Korea, and the United States at the time.

- Program Note from March Music Notes

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• North Central Missouri Bandmasters Association (Chillicothe) Clinic Band (Andrew Glover, conductor) - 22 November 2021
• Mogadore (Ohio) High School Band (Stephanie Bonitz, conductor) – 28 April 2019
• Carrollton (Ohio) High School Concert Band (David Dickerhoof, conductor) – 11 March 2018
• Shaker Heights (Ohio) High School Concert Winds (Joseph Kulikowski, conductor) - 2013

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Coast Guards (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1942/2009)

All Wind Works

• 140th Infantry (1928)
• 147th Field Artillery
• Abdallah
• Aces of the Air (arr. Swearingen) (1942/2011)
• Alamo (1943)
• Alamo (arr. Swearingen) (1943/1990)
• Alcazar
• Algeria
• Alhambra Grotto
• Allied Honor (1955)
• Allied Honor (arr. Swearingen) (1955/1989)
• Alpine Sunset (1916)
• Altar of Genius, The
• American Beauty Waltz (1910)
• The American Way (arr. Swearingen) (1955/2014)
• Apollo (King)
• Arabian Night
• Argonne
• Arkansas School Bands (1931)
• Atta-Boy
• The Attorney General (1921)
• Auld Lang Syne (1944)
• Autumn Romance, An
• Aviation Tournament
• The Avenger (arr. Milford) (1910/2010)
• Barnum and Bailey's Favorite (arr. Bainum) (1913/1972)
• Barnum and Bailey's Favorite (arr Milford) (arr. Milford) (1913/2012)
• Barnum and Bailey's Favorite (ed. Schissel) (1913/2009)
• Barnum and Bailey's Favorite (1913)
• Barnum and Bailey's Fractured Favorite (arr. Leslie) (1913/2018)
• Baronet, The
• Belle Isle
• The Big Cage (arr. Glover) (1934/2004)
• Big Cage, The (1934)
• Big Four (arr. Swearingen) (1955/2002)
• Black and Gold
• Bolivar
• Bombardier
• Bon Voyage
• Bonds of Unity
• Brigadier-General, The
• Broadway One Step (1919)
• Broadway One Step (arr. Paynter) (1919/1992)
• Bunker Hill (arr. Swearingen) (1943/2018)
• Burma Patrol (arr. Swearingen) (2009)
• Call to Victory (arr. Swearingen) (1942/2001)
• Canton Aero Club
• The Caravan Club (1925)
• Cardiff Giant, The
• Carrollton (1909)
• Carrollton (ed. Rogers) (1909/2004)
• Celestial Choir
• Centaur, The
• Center Ring, The (arr. Glover) (1926/2009)
• Chateau Thierry
• Circus Days (arr. Clark) (1944/1997)
• Circus Days (arr. Schissel) (1944/1997)
• Cle Elum Eagles
• Co-Eds On Parade
• Coast Guards (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1942/2009)
• Coast Guards (arr. Swearingen) (1942/1991)
• Columbian
• Conqueror, The
• Cruiser Omaha
• Custer's Cavalry
• Cyrus the Great (1921)
• Cyrus the Great (arr. Glover) (1921/2017)
• Cyrus the Great (tr. Patterson) (1921/)
• Dance of the Imps
• Defending Circle, The
• Desdemona
• Desert Patrol, The
• Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, The
• Diplomacy
• Discriminator, The
• Don Caezar
• Drake Relays (1936)
• Dreamy Dawn
• Eclipse Galop (1917)
• Eclipse Galop (arr. Glover) (1917/2018)
• Emblem of Freedom (arr. Glover) (1910/2003)
• Emblem of Freedom (arr. Schissel) (1910/2020)
• Emporia
• Enchanted Nights (1919)
• Eternal Youth (1911)
• Evening Shadows
• Eventide
• Excelsior
• Fame and Fortune
• Fete Triumphal
• Fidelity (arr. Glover) (1912/2011)
• Flying Cadets (arr. Swearingen) (1942/2016)
• The Flying Squadron (arr. Milford) (1921/2007)
• Fond Hearts
• Forest City Commandery (1915)
• Franklin Post
• Free World (arr. Swearingen) (1955/2005)
• Freedom City (arr. Swearingen) (1963/2017)
• Friendship
• Gallant Marines (arr. Swearingen) (1942/2000)
• Gallant Zouaves
• Garland Entrée (1912)
• The Gateway City (arr. Glover) (1910/2010)
• General Grant
• General Lee (1943)
• Georgia Girl
• German Melodies
• Glorious America
• Golden Days
• Goldman Band, The
• Greater Canton
• Gypsy Queen
• Hawkeye Fair
• Hawkeye Glory (1938)
• Henderson Field
• Herald of Progress (1936)
• High Private, The
• Home Town Boy, The
• Homestretch
• Hosts of Freedom (ed. Paynter) (1920)
• Hosts of Freedom (arr. Glover) (1920/2013)
• Howdy Pap
• Huntress, The (arr. Milford) (2014)
• Imperial March (arr. Milford) (1911/2009)
• Imperial March (arr. Swearingen) (1911/2012)
• In a Moonlit Garden (1924)
• In Old Pekin
• In Old Portugal (1917)
• International Favorites
• International Peace (1911)
• Invictus (1921)
• Invictus (arr. Glover) (1921/2017)
• Invincible
• Iowa Band Law, The (1923)
• Iowa Centennial
• Iron Count, The
• Joy Riders, The
• June Twilight
• Kansas Bandman, The
• Kentucky Derby, The (1926)
• Kentucky Sunrise (arr. Foster) (1919/1995)
• King Henry (1941/1968)
• Knight Erran
• Lexington
• Lieutenant-Commander
• Lone Crusader, The (1927)
• Love's Way
• Loyal Americans. See: March Loyal Americans
• Loyalty
• LSU Tiger Triumph
• Magic Garden
• Majestic Galop (1919)
• Manila Bay
• March Loyal Americans (1910)
• March of Freedom
• March Ponderoso (arr. Rhea) (1910/2007)
• Masquerader, The
• McKinley's Own March (ed. Green; arr. Jones and Levesque) (1923/2019)
• The Melody Shop (1910)
• The Melody Shop (arr. Glover) (1910/1999)
• Mercury
• Michigan on Parade
• Mighty Minnesota
• Military Life
• Miss Liberty (1955)
• Miss Liberty (arr. Swearingen) (1955/2006)
• Missouri Bandman, The
• Monahan Post
• Monte Carlo
• Monterey
• Mooning
• Moonlight Melody, A
• Moonlight on the Nile
• Morning Glory
• Morning Tears
• Mountain Trails
• Mournful Maggie (1923)
• My Lady
• The Mystic Call (arr. Rhea) (1913/2009)
• Mystic Night
• National Glory (1931)
• Nazir Grotto
• Neddermeyer Triumphal
• New Frontiers
• New Madison Square Garden, The
• Niagara Maid
• Night Flight
• Night in June, A (1912/1960)
• Nightfall
• Octopus and the Mermaid, The
• Ohio Division
• Ohio Special, The
• Old Vienna
• Omar Khayyam
• On A Summer's Eve
• On The Warpath
• Our Heritage (arr. Swearingen) (1955/1997)
• Over the Stars
• Pageantry
• Pan American (arr. Clark) (1942/2009)
• Passing of the Red Man (1916)
• Peace Jubilee
• Peacemaker (1955)
• Peacemaker (arr. Swearingen) (1955/2004)
• Persian Moonlight
• Phillipian Festival
• Plucking Roses
• Prestissimo (1931)
• Prestissimo (arr. Swearingen) (1931/2010)
• Pride of Arizona, The (1914)
• The Pride of Arizona (arr. Milford) (1914/2017)
• Pride of the Illini (1928)
• Prince Charming (Selection From)
• Princess of India (1912)
• Purple Pageant March, The (arr. Paynter)
• Pursuit Squadron (1942)
• Ragged Rozey
• Remembrance
• Rifle Rangers, The
• Robinson's Grand Entree March (arr. Schissel) (1911/1996)
• Roll of Honor
• Roses and Orchids
• Rough Riders (1943)
• Rough Riders (arr. Swearingen) (1943/1996)
• Royal Emblem
• Royal Hippodrome
• Royal Hussars
• Royal Palm
• Royal Scotch Highlanders (arr. Milford) (1919/2018)
• Royalist, The
• Saint Mihiel
• Salute to Camp Harrison (1909)
• Salute to the Sultan (1912) (arr. Milford)
• Samson
• Santiago
• Sarasota (1918)
• Sells-Floto Triumphal
• Silver Fountain, The
• Sir Galahad (arr. Milford) (1917/2016)
• Sir Henry
• Siren, The
• Sky Ranger
• Solitude
• Sons of Veterans
• South Dakota State College (1932)
• Southern Roses
• Spanish Romance
• Spirit of Springtime (1912)
• Step On It!
• Sunny Spain
• "Sunshine" Galop (1913)
• The Three Musketeers (1924)
• Thumbs-Up USA
• Torch of Liberty
• Triumph
• The Trombone King (1945)
• The Trombone King (ed. Paynter) (1945/1983)
• Troubador
• Trouping Days
• True Blue
• Tuscarawas
• Twilight
• Ung-Kung-Foy-Ya
• United Nations (arr. Swearingon) (1942/1992)
• The University of Chicago (1936)
• University of Idaho
• The University of North Dakota (1935)
• Valiant Youth
• Valley Forge
• Vanguard of Democracy
• Venetian Beauties
• Victor, The
• Viking March, The (1911/1962)
• Vindication (1923)
• Vision of Cleopatra
• Voice of America (1955)
• Voice of America (arr. Swearingen) (1955/2019)
• The Voyager
• The Walking Frog (1919)
• The Walking Frog (arr. Foster) (1919/1993)
• Walsenburg
• Wanderer
• Wanderlust
• War March of the Tartars (1938)
• Water Lilies
• We Stand United
• Westlawn Dirge
• The Whippet Race
• Wild Rose
• Wings for Peace
• Wings of Army
• Wisconsin's Pride
• Wood-Nymphs
• Woody Van's
• Wyoming Days
• Yellowstone Trail
• Youth and Progress

Resources

• King, K.; Swearingen, J. (1994). Bonds of Unity [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
• Smith, Norman E. (1986). March Music Notes. Lake Charles, La.: Program Note Press, pp. 239.