Merle taught himself to play the cornet when he was 10 years old.
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He wanted his music to have the zip that went with the sawdust, the beat of hoofs and the cheers of excited children. His repertoire pacing the ringside action included a medley of waltzes, tangoes, fox trots, gallops, marches and Latin numbers, along with Wagner, Tchaikovsky and Smetana, not to mention Sousa. Evans and his all-brass ensemble used to play about 200 different pieces of music in a three-hour performance. He wrote eight circus marches, including Symphonia and Fredella. He only missed performances due to a musicians union strike in 1942 and the death of his first wife. Evans held this job for fifty years, until his retirement in 1969. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUSĮvans was hired as the band director for the newly merged Ringling Bros. Evans held several other jobs, including as a band director for the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show featuring Buffalo Bill. Brundage Carnival Company as a cornet player. After holding several other jobs, Evans left home and joined the S.W. He used his cornet to call attention to the headlines. Evans had an early job selling newspapers on corners. Merle Evans was born in Columbus, Kansas in 1891. He was known as the "Toscanini of the Big Top." Evans was inducted into the American Bandmasters Association in 1947 and the International Circus Hall of Fame in 1975. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for fifty years. MERLE SLEASE EVANS was a cornet player and circus band conductor who conducted the Ringling Bros.