HAFABRA Louis Martinus

Choir ad lib. Surely the best wind band adaptation of the music from the historical movie : 1492 - Christopher Columbus. This arrangement by Pascal Devroye has an optional choir part. Within a few bar...

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Louis Martinus has selected 10 slow, romantic and quiet excerpts from large wind band and fanfare band pieces composed by Hardy MERTENS. All these 'moods' are playable separately and are excellent for...

This was the first published piece by Dominique Wyckhuys. Although the composer has never put a foot in Brazil, he nevertheless is attracted to its lively and rhythmical music. After an opening which...

2 marches. The little swan This light march is the fruit of a collaboration between two composers : Jaak GOVAERE and Pascal DEVROYE. It is a lovely and energetic march which was composed for the fanfa...

Alex NORTH didn't received an Oscar for this lovely song but his wistful Unchained Melody, broke out from the forgettable prison epic 'Unchained' , to top the charts. This success written in 1965 and...

In the sixties, an English singer captivated the French and Belgium people with her seductive style of singing. Petula Clark enjoyed a lot of success with her English and French versions of many songs...

This vastly amusing piece was composed for the 100th anniversary of the 'Harmonie Royale de Moresnet (B)' (then conducted by Louis MARTINUS). The composition is in five separate parts : SAMBA - WALTZ...

This small festive overture features the brass section prominantly. The work is very suitable to begin a concert and was written for the 100th anniversary of the 'Royale Harmonie de Moresnet (B)' wher...

As a trombone player, the composer could not resist writing a piece for the trombone section. Swinging slides offers the trombone players a 3 or 4 parts (4th is optional) very swingy and jazzy piece....

The composer has written this piece especially for youth and it includes a review and some instructions by the publisher. Based on a strong rock background, this composition allows a young drummer to...

Commissioned by the wind band of Gaurain (B), this piece has been conceived to open a concert in a non-conventional way. The orchestra starts after a drum set solo (ad lib) but without conductor and i...

This is also a youth piece which the composer wrote during holidays at the seaside. The song, which is very quiet and limpid, is performed by a trumpet solo but all the orchestra participate in this p...

This march was composed by Alain Crepin on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of a Belgian Army group (7eme Brigade Mecanisee de Marche en Famenne) at the request of the two Commanding Officers of t...

There is not a lot to tell about this piece because everything is said in the title. The strong and vigorous rock character of the music is highly recommended to conclude a concert on a high note. The...

This original composition for wind band by Roland Smeets was composed for the 25th Play-In which is organised every year in Belgium and conducted by the well known Belgian clarinet player Walter Boeyk...