The Klaxon (Score & parts)
Beschrijving
Composed in 1929, this march (subtitled March of the Automobiles) was written for the Cincinnati Automobile Show, which began at the Music Hall in January 1930. Fillmore invented a new instrument for the occasion called a Klaxophone. It consisted of twelve automobile horns, mounted on a table and powered by an automobile battery. This march has been edited by Frederick Fennell, founder and director of the Eastman Wind Ensemble. Fennell has made a life's work of restoring old marches, printed in hard-to-read miniature folio versions, to full concert publication size. He has always attempted to stay true to the instrumentation and phrasing characteristic of the original composition.
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