Henry Fillmore - Circus Bee March

Henry Fillmore (3 December 1881 - 7 December 1956) was an American musician, composer, and publisher.

"The President's Own" United States Marine Band conducted by Colonel Timothy W. Foley.

A prolific composer, Fillmore wrote over 250 tunes and arranged orchestrations for hundreds more; he also published a great number of tunes under various pseudonyms. While best known for march music and screamers, he also wrote waltzes, foxtrots, hymns, novelty numbers, overtures and waltzes.

James Henry Fillmore Jr. was born in Cincinnati, Ohio as the eldest of 5 children. In his youth he mastered piano, guitar, violin, and flute -- as well as the slide trombone, which at first he played in secret, as his conservative religious father believed it an uncouth and sinful instrument. Fillmore was also a singer for his church choir as a boy. He began composing at 18, with his first published march "Higham", named after a line of brass instruments. Fillmore entered the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1901. After this he traveled around the United States as a circus bandmaster with his wife, an exotic dancer named Mabel May Jones. They got married in St Louis.
Music to Fillmore's popular "Trombone Family" series

In the 1920s he was back in Cincinnati, directing the Shriners Temple Band, which he turned into one of the best marching bands in the country.

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[TheaterODaRediculous]

I would LOVE to play this song as a competition march sometime... :) My favorite Fillmore march EVER.

[pianokid82996]

...I would die to see this live...

Especially this piece!! It's.. PERFECT!!!

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

@SpeedyNeutrino43 ok...make that "articulated"

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

I've had the pleasure of attending two concerts by The Marine Band and they're the cleanest, tightest band I've ever heard, bar none.  Even this piece at this tempo is clearly artuculated with no "muddy" places.

[Ale6301]

Simply amazing

[MussiclsMyLiFe]

Our school's eight grade band is playing this... I was in our Jazz band, and i saw a trumpet with this song and i was freaking amazed... wow lol.

[Altoclarinets]

What amazes me is how light their woodwinds are (especially the picc- it's really hard to find one that tasteful). It's obvious that it involves almost no effort on their part, whereas, if I were playing this, I might be able to hit all the notes in time, but it would sound strained and forced...

[parzifal40]

Marvelous.....such technical precision and virtuosity and at that speed....

[MusicMajor90]

They are amazing I'm a college music major we played this at the same speed it was very clean however I can't say I played all the parts.

[silveryad]

First rate!!