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| Composition Year | 1938 ca. |
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| Genre Categories | Marches; Works with undetermined instrumentation; For 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba (arr); |
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| Work Title | Marche des Chasseurs Ardennais |
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| Alternative. Title | Marche du Regiment de Chasseurs Ardennais; Marche du 1er Regiment de Chasseurs Ardennais; Mars van het Regiment Ardeense Jagers (dutch) |
| Composer | Wilmet, André |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IAW 1 |
| Key | B-flat major |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1938 ca. |
| First Publication. | 1938 ca. |
| Librettist | Antoine Magonette (1875–1948) |
| Language | French |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 4 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | unknown |
| Extra Information | Published by A. Ledent-Malay (Etterbeck-Bruxelles), Partition: L.M. 379, (Also published as a song with the text by Frère Melage: L.M. 351) |
The march forms a collage of popular themes characterizing the home region of the regiment for which it was composed. The initial bugle signal identifying the regiment is inherited from the Marche du 10e de Ligne (by Fernand Rogister, 1872-1954), referring to the earlier name of the same regiment. The next theme is the Luxemburgish folk song “Zu Arel op der Knippchen” (or in French “L'air d'Arlon”), referring to Arlon = Arel, the regiment’s home town. This song is the unofficial hymn of the Belgian Province of Luxembourg of which Arlon is the capital (not to be confused with the adjacent Grand Duchy of Luxembourg). The song had been popularized and possibly texted by the 18th century fiddler and minstrel singer Mathias Schou (1747-1824) famous in the region as “de blannen Theis” (= Mathew the blind). After a brief transition follows the “Le Chant Luxembourgois” (by Godefroid Kurth, 1847-1916), a hymn of the students from the province who in the absence of a local university had to study in other parts of Belgium, France or Germany. The final Trio is considered to be Wilmet’s own contribution.
