Details
- Ensembles:
- Concert Band
- Genres:
- 20th Century March Traditional
- Publishers:
- Robert Anello
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Set of Parts Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Late Intermediate
- Musical forms:
- March
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 22
SKU: A0.1027430
Composed by Robert L. Anello. Arranged by Robert Anello. 20th Century,Traditional. Score and parts. 22 pages. Robert Anello #4765283. Published by Robert Anello (A0.1027430).A couple of years ago, I was thinking about how Elvis Presley in 1956 turned the Civil War-era ballad "Aura Lee" into a hit love song. Over time, I identified a half-dozen ballads and folk tunes that Presley and his writers reworked into hit tunes. I mused on Elvis’ popular title as the "King of Rock and Roll," and thought of another "king," as Karl L. King is often called the "King of the Circus March." I decided to write a march paying tribute to both Elvis Presley and Karl L. King: "March: The Kings."
I composed the march loosely styled on King’s famous circus marches but overlay the march with five original, public domain ballads and folk tunes later arranged into popular love songs performed by Elvis.
• "Plaisir d’Amour" (Jean-Paul Martini, 1784)
• "O Sole Mio" (Edorado de Capua, 1899)
• "Muss i denn" (Friedrich Silcher, 1827)
• "Torna a Surriento" (Ernesto DeCurtis, 1902)
• "Aura Lee" (George Poulton, 1861)
I hope you enjoy this pleasant little novelty piece. Your audience will have fun guessing the names of the hit tunes Elvis Presley adapted from these ballads and folk tunes.
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