The Circus Band

Song TitleThe Circus Band (Search)
Composer(s):Charles Ives
Author(s):Charles Ives
Keyword(s) & Features: Anticipation; Bands; Boys; Celebrations; Childhood; Circuses; Cities; Cleopatra; Composer is Poet; Death; Dreaming; Enjoyment; Excitement; Festivals; Flags; Gleaming; Glory; Gold; Hair; Happiness; Helmets; Horses; Joy; Knights; Ladies; Noticing; Parades; Passing; Pink; Prancing; Seeing; Streets; Summer; Towns; Watching; Waving; Women
First LineAll summer long, we boys (Search)
Average Duration2:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1894 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8750
Larger WorkFive Street Songs (Search)
Musical FormMedley form (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsModernism (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/1GN4ceHvbNo3oy6YZjdYUy
Catalog DesignationFive Street Songs, no. 5 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium voice
Range: C#4 - F#5 (Search)
Original KeyVarious (Search)
ContributorAL (Search)
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