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Aurora March Hughes, Harry R.

Aurora Marchby: Harry R. Hughes

Original Copyright: 1915

By: Fillmore Bros. Co.

BandMusic PDF Library

Cooley-Selland Collection

Music Committee Members

Tom Pechnik, Senior Archivist; Mary Phillips; Wayne Dydo; Bill Park, Director

North Royalton, Ohio

www.bandmusicpdf.org

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Hughes,

Ha

rryR.

DOB:

1891(Kentucky)

DOD:

1937(Pittsburgh

,Pennsylvania)

HarryHugheswasborninthestateofKentuckyonNovember17,

1891.Althoughitisnotknownhoworwhereheobtainedhismusic

education,hebec

ameanexcellentperformerontrombonea

ndalso

playedthexyloph

one,marimba,andca

lliope.

Attheageof22,Harrylefthometobec

omeatrouper-musicianwith

theBuffaloBillWildWestShow.Then

extyear,1914,hepla

yed

parksC

ircus,andhemoved

totheHagenbeck-WallaceCircusin1915.

During

mucha

rrangingandcompos

ingforthecircusbandsinwhichheplayed.

hesma

rriedshortlyafterWorldWarIandsettledinAtlanta,Georgia.Hesoon

nthatcity'smusiccircles.H

ejoinedLocal148-46

2oftheAmericanFe

deration

ganto

playtromboneinAtlantatheaters.Intheearly1920s,heperform

edinpit

movies.

on,Hug

hesjoinedtheWorks

ProgressAdministrationOrchestrainAtlantabut

urgeto

returntothecircus.In1934,hejoinedthe

DownieBrothersCirc

usband.

erleEva

nsrecruitedhimtoplayfirsttrombonewith

theRinglingBrothers

shows

ereheremainedfortherestofhislife.OnJune5,1939,whileonthenighttrain

rPittsb

urgh,hediedofahea

rtattack.HisremainswerereturnedtoGe

orgia,and

ational

CemeteryatMarietta

.1

spublis

hedin1915bytheFillmoreBros.Co.Auro

rawaswrittenforvirtuoso

sconsidereddifficult.Thehighlyregardedmarch

wasrecordedinRobertHoes

chpro

ject,aswereall5ofh

isknownpublishedw

orks.2

Heritageencyclopediaofba

ndmusic.(1991),We

sterville,

OH.

March

musicnotes(1986),ProgramNotePress(

LakeCharles,Louisiana),

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