Arthur Wellesley Hughes
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Arthur Wellesley Hughes was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada about 1870. He separated from his family at a young age, spending many years in the United States as an itinerant circus musician. He was a performer on piano, calliope, and alto horn. His circus associations on record include Mighty Haag, Downie & Wheeler Circus (1912); Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus (1922), Sells-Floto Circus (1923), Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows (1924-26). He was with Robbins Bros. Circus (1928-29) whence his Robbins Bros. Triumphal March arose, and Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West Show, and Walter L. Main Circus (1930-31). Hughes worked as composer and arranger for the Waterloo Music Company, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada from 1932-1935. At other times, Hughes worked as arranger in the Whaley, Royce and Cundy-Bettoney publishing houses. According to his own account, Hughes wrote band music in the USA for much of his life, under various pen names, including Arthur Wellesley and H W Arthur.
In his 70's, Hughes returned to Kansas, which he considered his home. It is reported that he died in an indigent ward in a New York City hospital in 1950.
[edit] Compositions
Composed under the name A W Hughes ( names in parentheses are publishers w/ copyright dates )
- Aces High Galop ( unpublished manuscript )
- Ambassador March ( Mace Gay 1897)
- Aquitania March (Cundy Bettoney 1915)
- Belle of Coontown Dance ( Mace Gay 1895 )
- Canada, Land of Liberty Medley
- Canadian Patriots Medley ( Waterloo 1930)
- Carry On March ( Cundy Bettoney 1940 )
- Chain Lightning Galop (unpublished manuscript )
- Champlain March (Cundy Bettoney 1923)
- Charter of Liberty March ( Cundy Bettoney 1921 )
- Circus Echoes Galop ( C L Barnhouse 1928 )
- Comrades All March (Cundy Bettoney 1921)
- Corinthian March (Mace Gay 1895)
- Darkey's Connundrum - song & dance (Mace Gay 1895 )
- The Dawn of Peace March (Cundy-Bettoney 1920)
- Del Rio March ( Cundy Bettoney 1925)
- Dufferin March ( Whaley, Royce 1910)
- Echoes from the Harem ( Cundy-Bettoney 1917 )
- Eventide ( Walter Jacobs 1923 )
- Fond du Lac March ( Cundy-Bettoney 1913 )
- Fort Garry March (Whaley, Royce 1911 )
- Fraternity March (unpublished manuscript )
- Greater Boston March ( unpublished manuscript )
- Hail Edward VII
- Hospitality March (Waterloo 1930)
- In the Lead March (Waterloo 1930)
- In Old Quebec March (Whaley, Royce 1908)
- Italia Giovinezza March Medley (Cundy-Bettoney 1928)
- Little Bugler ( Karl King 1930)
- Mediterranean March (H C Miller 1925)
- Novelette ( Cundy-Bettoney 1917 )
- Novelty Overture ( Karl King 1930)
- Our Commonwealth March (Cundy-Bettoney 1940)
- Our Pilot March ( Cundy-Bettoney 1940)
- The Proclamation March ( Cundy-Bettoney 1918)
- Red Deer March(Whaley,Royce 1911)
- Reign of Peace March (Whaley, Royce 1894)
- The Rosedale Three Step
- Rose Festival Waltz ( Waterloo 1931 )
- St Augustine March ( Mace Gay 1895 )
- St Julien March ( Cundy-Bettoney 1918)
- Salute to the Adjutant March ( Ditson 1927)
- Salute to Buffalo March (Whaley, Royce 1901)
- Salute to Mars March ( Mace Gay 1895 )
- Spark Plug Galop ( unpublished manuscript )
- Tipperary Tommy March ( Whaley, Royce 1916)
- The Tournament March ( Whaley Royce 1894 )
- Unique Overture ( Karl King 1929 )
- United Empire March ( Whaley, Royce 1897 )
- Utility March (Karl King 1929)
- Veteran Brigade March ( Cundy-Bettoney 1940)
- Ye Old Tyme March ( unpublished manuscript )
Composed under name of O.A. Gilson
- Robbins Bros. Triumphal March ( C L Barnhouse 1928 )
- Vindicator Concert March ( unpublished ms )
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Rehrig, William H., Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music, Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991, pp. I 359; Sup 390.
- Smith, Norman, March Music Notes, pp 210-211, Lake Charles, LA: Program Notes Press, 1986.
