Musical Instruments

In a Clock Store

"In a Clock Store (Im Uhrenladen)", also known as "In the Clock Store", is an 1893 novelty descriptive piece by American composer Charles J. Orth. It is written in the key of E♭ major as a descriptive fantasy in 34 time. It was originally published for piano and later issued in other arrangements, including full orchestra, military orchestra, piano accompaniment, and reduced ensembles for 10 or 14 instruments. It is generally categorized as light music. Described as humoresque, it was part of the standard repertoire of the Sousa Band conducted by bandleader John Philip Sousa and was prominently featured by Sousa in performances at the Chicago World's Fair and in his European tours. International reception was mixed, but the music remained popular with American audiences. It was the first ever work to appear on a disc record in the Columbia Records catalog in 1902, with Sousa playing it in a command performance for Edward VII the following year. It later became part of the theatre organ repertoire during the silent film era, and was often performed between films or during coming attractions. As talkies took over in the 1930s, it was first used in an early Walt Disney sound cartoon, The Clock Store. The song found new life in the theater organ revival of the 1950s.

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• ▸Claviorgan
• ▸Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs, Gyumri
• ▸Chinese heavy metal

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