Frederick Alton Jewell (
Worthington
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,
Indiana
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May 28, 1875 - Worthington, Indiana, February 11, 1936), was a prolific musical
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
who wrote over 100 marches and
screamers, including:
Fred Jewell
* "Battle Royal" (1909)
* "Floto's Triumph" (1906)
* "Quality Plus" (1913)
*"The Outlook" (1913)
* "E Pluribus Unum" (1917)
* "Supreme Triumph" (1920)
* "The Screamer" (1921)
* "The Old Circus Band" (1923)
At the age of 16, Jewell ran away from home and joined the
Gentry Bros. Dog & Pony Show as a
euphonium
The euphonium is a medium-sized, 3 or 4-valve, often compensating, conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word ''euphōnos'', meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" ( ''eu'' means "well" ...
player. He also played the calliope.
After making excellent impressions with successful circus officials, Jewell rose through the ranks. He eventually landed himself as the leader of the
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus band (like
Karl King
Karl L. King (February 21, 1891 – February 19, 1971) was a United States march music bandmaster and composer. He is best known as the composer of "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite".
The most expensive painting in Iowa, the "Karl L. King Portrait ...
, another successful American composer of his time). He also played in or directed the
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus and the
Sells-Floto Circus
The Sells Floto Circus was a combination of the Floto Dog & Pony Show and the Sells Brothers Circus that toured with sideshow acts in the United States during the early 1900s.
History
Frederick Gilmer Bonfils and Harry Heye Tammen owned the firs ...
.
Jewell retired from circuses in 1918. He traveled to Iowa and took leadership of the
Iowa Brigade Band. From there he began his own publishing company and moved back to his hometown, Worthington, and served as high school band director, as well as a steady composer of band music. He directed other local bands in Florida and Indiana also.
Frederick Jewell died in 1936 at the age of 61 in Worthington.
External links
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iography and list of works at C. L. Barnhouse Co. https://www.barnhouse.com/composer/fred-jewell/
References
# Studwell, William E., Conrad, Charles P., Schueneman, Bruce R. Circus Songs: An Annotated Anthology, Haworth Press, New York, 1999.
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American bandleaders
American male composers
American composers
Circus music
1875 births
1936 deaths