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Peter Habraken
Product ID SON00000140
Composer Peter Habraken
Duration 08:10 min
Genre Classical, Concert piece
Instrumentation Fanfare band
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SKU SON00000140
Composer Peter Habraken
Arranger
Genre Classical
Concert piece
Instrumentation Fanfare band
Free description Concert piece for fanfare orchestra, about the birth of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Grade 5
Duration 08:10 min
Year 2014

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€ 199,00

Score

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Program Notes

Concert piece for fanfare orchestra, about the birth of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Three historic melodies, popular in earlier times, form the musical foundation of this piece: “Est-ce mars”, “Merck toch hoe Sterck” (a Dutch patriotic song) and the Dutch national anthem: “Wilhelmus”.

During the Dutch War of Independence (1568-1648), the foundation of the Netherlands was laid in the form of the “Republic of the Seven United Netherlands”.

The arts, science and trade flourished, but went into decline after this Golden Age, and the Netherlands were eventually annexed by the French Empire in the early 19th century.

After the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, the music expresses the journey of the future King William I, traveling by ship from England to Scheveningen, where his landing and subsequent coronation symbolise the birth of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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