Jos Hanniken

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Jos (Joseph) Octave Ghislain Hanniken (born May 28, 1912 in Wierde, today in Namur , Belgium , † August 9, 1998 in Oostende ) was a Belgian composer and conductor .

Life

As a 12-year-old he played with his flugelhorn in the wind orchestra of the small Belgian town of Ans . In 1933 he joined the military band of the 9th Line Regiment in Brussels as a musician . At the same time he attended the Music Academy in Anderlecht , where he studied trumpet and harmony . From 1940 to 1945 he studied at the Brussels Conservatory with Marcel Poot and Jean Absil , graduating with honors in the subjects of counterpoint and fugue . In 1949 he was appointed conductor of the Muziekkapel van de Zeemacht in Ostend. He was particularly committed to the performance of works by Belgian composers.

After his retirement he devoted himself to composing works for wind orchestra.

Works

Works for orchestra

  • Capriccio pour clarinette and orchestra

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1954 Suite enfantine , opus 16
    1. La Marche des Petits Marins
    2. Baby position
    3. Les Pitres
  • Boule de Feu , opus 11
  • Défilé des Cols Bleus
  • De ouwe Kapitän , symphonic poem opus 20
  • Derde aan de Koning , suite
  • Fanfarmony No. 1
  • Fanfarmony No. 2
  • Les Vétérans du Roi Albert I.
  • Scaldiana No. 1
  • Terug aan Wal , suite
  • Four inventions

Chamber music

  • Capriccio for clarinet and piano, opus 14

Individual evidence

  1. Jos Hanniken. In: Lexicon Vlaamse componists born in 1800. Flavie Roquet, 2007 (Dutch).;