John Nicholas Klohr was a composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 of band music. Klohr was born in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

. A graduate of the Cincinnati public schools, Klohr set upon a career in music, especially vaudeville

Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...

. He was a vaudeville trombonist

Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

 by trade, but also performed as a member of Cincinnati's musical life. He played in the Syrian Temple Shrine Band, led by fellow composer Henry Fillmore

Henry Fillmore

Henry Fillmore was an American musician, composer, publisher, and bandleader, best-known for his many marches and screamers.-Biography:James Henry Fillmore Jr. was born in Cincinnati, Ohio as the eldest of five children...

. From 1921 to 1926, Klohr was a trombonist in Henry Fillmore's concert band. He was a member of the Syrian Temple for over 50 years, as well as a member of the Knights of Pythias

Knights of Pythias

The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, on 19 February 1864.The Knights of Pythias was the first fraternal organization to receive a charter under an act of the United States Congress. It was founded by Justus H. Rathbone, who had been...

 and the Fraternal Order of Eagles

Fraternal Order of Eagles

Fraternal Order of Eagles International is a fraternal organization that was founded on February 6, 1898, in Seattle, Washington by a group of six theater owners including John Cort , brothers John W. and Tim J. Considine, Harry Leavitt , Mose Goldsmith and Arthur Williams...

. Klohr was also an early member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them...

 and worked as editor of the band and orchestra department of the John Church Company

John Church Company

The John Church Company was a 19th-century American publishing company that specialized in sheet music. They had offices in Cincinnati, Ohio; New York, New York; and Chicago, Illinois. The company published the works of John Philip Sousa, Dan Emmett, and other composers.The company was bought out...

, a music publisher in Cincinnati. Klohr died of a heart attack in 1956, and was buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Cincinnati.

Compositions

Names in parentheses are publishers and copyright dates

• Arch of Steel March (Fillmore 1935)
• The Billboard March
  The Billboard March
  "The Billboard March" is a circus march written in 1901 by John N. Klohr, and dedicated to the Billboard music-industry magazine. Its tune is widely known among Americans, and it has been repeatedly used in mass media, even though its title is little known....
  
   (Church 1901) (His most famous march)
• Blanchester March (Fillmore 1938)
• Blazing the Trail March ( Fillmore 1938 )
• Breezing Along March (Fillmore 1938)
• Cincinnati Post March (Church 1902)
• Classroom & Campus March (Fillmore 1938)
• Corsonian Polka (Cornet Solo) (Church)
• Dusky Princess Characteristic (Century Music 1900)
• Echoes from the South Medley (Church 1916)
• Federation March (Church 1910)
• Fellowship March (Church 1916)
• Flagship March (Fillmore 1938)
• Headliner March (Fillmore 1938)
• Heads Up March (Church 1925)
• High Tide March (Fillmore 1938)
• Jasmo One Step (Church 1917)
• Ma Mobile Babe Cakewalk (Church 1899)
• Marching Feet March (Fillmore 1938)
• Mass Formation March (Fillmore 1938)
• Medley of Gospel Hymns (Church 1919)
• Men of Valor March (Church 1920)
• National Melodies No 3 (Church 1905)
• Old Kentucky Home Medley (Church 1904)
• Onward Christian Soldiers Medley (Presser)
• Our Patriots March (Church 1905)
• Peace & Progress March (Fillmore 1938)
• Pennant Bearer March (Fillmore 1938)
• Pocatello March (Fillmore 1938)
• The President's Choice (Church 1904)
• Queen of the Surf March (Church 1904)
• Shoulder to Shoulder March (Church 1919)
• Side by Side March (Fillmore 1938)
• The Slogan March (Church 1912)
• Soaring Eagle March (Church 1929)
• The Specialist March (Church)
• The Spotlight March (Church 1927)
• Strongheart March (Fillmore 1938)
• Swastika (Good Luck) March (Church 1907)
• Torch of Liberty March (Fillmore 1941)
• Tullulah Waltzes (Church 1918)
• Vera Cruz March (Fillmore 1938)
• Vigilance March (Church 1938)
• Vox Pop March (Fillmore 1938)
• A Warrior Bold March (Church 1914)
• What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Church 1903)
• Y M I March (Church 1895)
• Youth on Parade (Fillmore 1938)

See also

• Screamers (marches)
• American March Music
  American march music
  American march music is march music written and/or performed in the United States.-History:The true "march music era" existed from 1850 to 1940s as it slowly became shadowed by the coming of jazz. Earlier marches, such as the ones from George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Mozart, and Ludwig van...