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This box set includes all five volumes and the doctoral dissertation 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 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. A box containing only the five volumes is available here.
Discover the playlist and the Brave Belgians YouTube channel featuring music from this rich horn-playing tradition.

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Brave Belgians of the Belle Époque - A study of the late-romantic Ghent horn playing tradition

Brave Belgians - Vol. I: Ghentian Songs

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)