Clown on a Tightrope

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Music for Performance

Clown on a Tightrope

1953

Movements

March for Concert Band 2:12

Program Notes

The Clown on a Tightrope March for orchestra, and concert band, is drawn from the Elia Kazan motion picture, Man on A Tightrope (20th Century Fox, 1953), based on Neil Paterson;s story International Incident. This Cold War drama chronicles the escape by a traveling circus from behind the Iron Curtain. The stars are Frederic March, Terry Moore, Gloria Graham, Cameron Mitchell, Adolphe Menjou and Richard Boone.

Instr.

3(III=picc).2.3(III opt).3(III opt) – 4.4(IV opt).4(IV opt).1 – timp.perc(3): SD,BD,cyms,sus cym,glsp,tgl,tambo – cel(opt) – str

Additional Details

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