This box set includes all five volumes of Brave Belgians, an extensive study by Dr. Jeroen Billiet on Ghent’s rich horn-playing tradition during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The project comprises four volumes of sheet music for horn solo (Vol. I-IV), one volume for horn ensemble (Vol. V), and (not included here) a doctoral dissertation that provides an in-depth exploration of this musical heritage. The five volumes are also available separately, as is the doctoral dissertation. You can find the complete set here.
Discover the playlist and the Brave Belgians YouTube channel featuring music from this rich horn-playing tradition.

 

• Martin-Joseph Mengal: Sixième duo pour piano et cor (c. 1820)
• Martin-Joseph Mengal: Romance du 1° concerto (c. 1820)
• Gustaaf Pape: Evening Prayer - Avondbede (c. 1870)
• Adolphe Samuel: Morceau de concours (1872)
• Hendrik Waelput: Romance (1873)
• François-Auguste Gevaert: Air d’Alcina (1872)
• François-Auguste Gevaert: Air de Richard Coeur de Lion (1875)
• Jules De Vulder: O Deus (c. 1880)
• Jules De Vulder: Ascouta Jeanette (c. 1880)
• F. Thomé (arr. Rinskopf): Duo d’amour (c. 1880)

Brave Belgians - Vol. II: Quintessentially Poetic

• Léopold Wallner: Romance (Ghent Version, 1890)
• Charles De Waele: A Travers Bois (1889)
• Jenny Van Rysselberghe: Rêverie (1904)
• Robert Guillemyn: Chant d’Automne (1928)
• Léo Vanderhaegen: Le Passant-Sérénade Nocturne (1913)
• Désiré Boehme: l’Attente (1914)
• Joseph Vandermeulen: L’Adieu (1912)
• Emile Hullebroeck: Sur les Montagnes (c. 1897)
• Maurice Henderik: Nocturne (c. 1907)

Brave Belgians - Vol. III: Masters of Lyrical Style

• Joseph Ryelandt: Sonata in E, opus 18
• Robert Herberigs: Cyrano de Bergerac (1912)
• Jules Bouquet: Sonata (1942)
• Maurits Deroo: Two Sketches (Twee Schetsen), opus 85 (1960)

Brave Belgians - Vol. IV: A Legacy of Elegance

• Jean-Toussaint Radoux: Méditation (1899)
• Auguste Dupont: Intermezzo-Barcarolle (1877)
• Charles Gaucet: Concertino (1893)
• Edmond Weber: Duo pour Cor et Harpe (c. 1865)
• Léopold Wallner: Nocturne (1904)
• François-Joseph Fétis: Quatre Morceaux de Concours (1861, 1865, 1867, 1868)
• Louis-Henri Merck: Variations pour 2 cors avec acc. de piano (c. 1880)
• François-Auguste Gevaert: Air d'Orphée (1876)
• François-Auguste Gevaert: Air de Magdalena (1891)
• Paul Gilson: Cinq Préludes (1913-14)

Brave Belgians - Vol. V: Summer Evening

• Joseph Ryelandt: Zomeravond (Summer Evening), for Horn Quartet (c. 1897)
• Paul Gilson: Petite Suite, for Horn Quartet (1889)
• Jules Berleur: Andante , for Horn Quartet (c. 1880)
• Adophe D’Hulst: Invocation, for Horn Quartet (c. 1900)
• Charles Louis Hanssens (arr. C. Heylbroeck): Les Janissaires, for Horn Quartet (arr. 1905)
• François-Joseph Fétis: Four Pieces for Horn Ensemble (1853–57)
• Jean-Toussaint Radoux: Hymne, for Horn Quartet (c. 1870)
• Jules Busschop: Chasse, for Keyed Bugle, 4 Horns and Ophicleide (ca 1850)
• Johannes Hubert Schaeken: 3 Pieces for Horn Ensemble (1892–94)