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vivace
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 Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:49 pm Post subject: guillaume balay biographical info anyone? |
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hey everybody,
I am giving a little mini recital next week, nothing too big. One of the pieces i am playing is the Balay Prelude et Ballade. I know nothing about the composer, and I cannot find any information. So maybe some of you know, and thought that you guys could help a brother out.
Thanks a bunch
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ZeroMan
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| Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: guillaume balay biographical info anyone? |
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| vivace wrote: | hey everybody,
I am giving a little mini recital next week, nothing too big. One of the pieces i am playing is the Balay Prelude et Ballade. I know nothing about the composer, and I cannot find any information. So maybe some of you know, and thought that you guys could help a brother out.
Thanks a bunch |
Guillaume Balay (1871-1943)
Born in Crozon, France. Served in the French military as a cornet player with the 19th Infantry Regiment. Won first place in the 1894 cornet award competition given by the National Academy of Music in Paris. In 1898 became the head of music for the 119th Infantry Regiment. In 1911 succeeded Gabriel Pares as the head of music of the Republican Guard. Many of Balay's compositions became part of the standard repertoire (at the time) for the bands of the Republican Guard. Retired in 1927. Many of his works for solo cornet à pistons remain in the trumpet player's repertoire. Balay also composed chamber music, solo music for other wind instruments and band music (obviously!). In addition to his accomplishments as a bandleader, soloist and composer, Balay also published his own cornet method and was respected as a teacher. |
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vivace
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perfect. that is exactly what I need. Thank you very very much. out of curiosity, where did you find that?
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trumpetangel13
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oh my goodness. thanks so much for posting this. i'm playing it for solo and ensemble, and had no idea who Balay was. very helpful
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ZeroMan
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| Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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| vivace wrote: | | perfect. that is exactly what I need. Thank you very very much. out of curiosity, where did you find that? |
I know this reply is late, but....
I simply pulled the information off of various sources on the web. I am sorry; I do not remember the URLs of the websites. |
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