Bellum Belgicum
The title of this work translates from the Latin as The Dutch Revolt.
General Info
Year: 2011
Duration: c. 8:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Lake Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €126.50
Instrumentation
- Full Score
- C Piccolo
- Flute I-II
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- E-flat Soprano Clarinet
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Cornet or Trumpet I-II-III
- Horn in F I-II-II
- Trombone I-II-III
- Euphonium
- Tuba
- Timpani
- Percussion I-II-III, including:
- *Bass Drum
- *Crash Cymbals
- *Glockenspiel
- *Hi-hat
- *Snare Drum
- *Suspended Cymbal
- *Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Dutch Revolt (1566-1588) is in the modern historiography the name for what is called "The Eighty Year's War" in the Netherlands. The name The Dutch Revolt is mainly referring to the early years of "The Eighty Year's War." The story of the novel Hotse Hiddes by Sibe of Aangium was set in this time period, and is the source of inspiration for this composition.
Friesland, 1567: Hotse Hiddes, a rebellious farmer's boy from Anjum, loves Wietske, a young woman who works as a maid on the stately farm The Prinsenhof. Although the farmer and his wife are strict Roman Catholic, Wietske chooses to become a follower of what was called the "the heretical doctrine." One of the servants finds a bible in her room and betrays her to the chaplain. Wietske is captured and is looking forward to a sad fate, although Hotse is doing everything possible to liberate her. Hotse is filled with desire for revenge. He is the leader of a gang of rebels who fights the enemy -- Spaniards, monks and priests -- to fire and sword. That he also makes innocent victims doesn't bother the indifferent Hotse. He is notorious in Friesland and surroundings. After he is seriously injured in combat, Hotse is nursed in the house of an old miller and his wife. This is where he discovered the terrible consequences of the cruel robberies and looting of his gang. It is a quite different Hotse who leaves the miller's cottage, to log on to the army of William of Orange.
This composition is written under commission of the Dutch National Youth Fanfare Orchestra, on the occasion of the 50-year anniversary (1959-2009) of this orchestra. The composition makes use of the "Piebe Bakker motif." The motif is a musical translation of the words "Piebe, Piebe, Bakker" and comes from the work In Memoriam Piebe Bakker by Rob Goorhuis. The composers who wrote a composition in the 2009 jubilee year for the National Youth Fanfare Orchestra have all used this motive as a connecting link between the various compositions.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
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Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
- Bellum Belgicum (2011)
- Bull's Eye (2004)
- Canto Religioso (2004)
- Crusade (2011)
- Femke (2008)
- Flight UK 2029 (2003)
- Flying Mallets (2004)
- Gain Momentum (2015)
- Going West (2003)
- Grenland Ceremonial Fanfare (2006)
- Hook (as arranger) (1991/2004)
- March 1812 (2008)
- Memories (2005)