Werner De Bleser

work in progress

If you want more information about any of my compositions, just mail me (p.e. for a full score or parts: Finale, Encore, .PDF, ...) ==> wdbmdd@glo.be
You can find a link to the website of my editors at the bottom of this file.

Table of contents


Music for solo instruments

PIECE TITLE   midi/pdf    
Pêle-Mêle       a piece for clarinet solo in 2 parts. An early composition based on the twelve tone system. In the first part only the tones follow a series. In the seconde one, also rhythm and dynamics.
Adagio et Allegro       for clarinet solo
Uitbreidingen en Verplaatsingen I       (Extension & Relocation I). Piece for clarinet solo based on the Tone Clock by Peter Schat. This piece is also used as the 10nd movement in Het Dozijn (for sax alto & piano - see music for two instruments).
V.I.E.R.       (F.O.U.R.) a four-part piece for one fluteplayer. Every movement is written for a different flute (picollo, flute, altflute, bassflute).
Uitbreidingen en Verplaatsingen II       (Extension & Relocation II) for organ.
April   C008.mid   a choral and fantasy for piano. Edited by Susato
Deux Pièces       for piano. The first part of this piece is also used as the 10nd movement in Het Dozijn (for sax alto & piano - see music for two instruments)
De Intieme Variatie       (The Intimate - Cosy Variation) for piano. A young pianist, Jeroen Raedschelders, asked a few composers to write a variation on an original theme. This is my contribution to this project. The composition needs a second performer (very cosy).Edited by Belgian Music Print in the anthology Variatio Hieronymo.
Vergeten       (Forgotten) for one percussionist. A short easy piece with a little show-element in it: the percussionist has forgotten some elemantary things (his/her sticks, music, drums, ...).
Written for Brecht Adriaenssens.
Clovis was a Monkey       for trumpet solo.
De Verwonding   C013.mid   (The Injury) for violin solo. Inspired by a story  written by Heinrich Böll
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Music for two instruments

PIECE TITLE   midi/pdf    
Het Afscheid       (The Parting) for clarinet and organ. Based on my own poem
Miniaturelure   C062.MID   for clarinet and piano. Edited by Lantromusic.
Two of a Kind   C068.MID   for flute and clarinet. Edited by Lantromusic.
Unruhe und Verlangen   C084.MID   for flute and clarinet
Program II for Fourhanded Piano       In the middle 80's, I made my first computerprogram which I used for building up two compositions (this one and Program I for Strings). It was based on the APL-computerlanguage and the random function in it was my favorite.
Het Dozijn       (The Dozen). A 30-minute suite of 12 pieces for sax alto and piano. Edited by Lantromusic
De Rode Koe       (The Red Cow). Based on a concerto for viola or trombone and strings by Leopod Mozart. I made a lot of versions: for clarinet, double bass,  bassoon, flute, horn, oboe, alto sax, baritone sax, tenor sax, euphonium, trombone, trumpet, viola, cello, violin and piano.
Around and Around   C107.mid   for violin and vibraphone
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Chambermusic (3-6 players)

PIECE TITLE   midi/pdf    
Credits   C001.mid   for clarinettrio. My first composition for my first own ensemble Terzetto
Euforie   C003.mid   for clarinettrio
Ballade voor Marleen       for 2 clarinets and bassclarinet. Written for the 25th anniversary of my wife
Triolet       for clarinettrio
Heer Halewyn       for oboe/clarinet/bassoon or 2clarinets/bassoon or 2clarinets/bassclarinet. Based on a medieval poeme (an old version of Bluebeard)
Trio 1984-1994       for 3 clarinets or 2clarinets/bassoon. Playing in and writing for a clarinettrio during several years, leaded to this piece.
Program I for Strings       for stringtrio (violin/viola/cello). See also Program II for Fourhanded Piano.
Solos II       for saxquartet (soprano/alto/tenor/baritone)
Slow Motion       for saxquartet (soprano/alto/tenor/baritone) or brassquartet (2trumpets/horn/trombone)
Intrada       for brassquartet (2trumpets/horn/trombone)
Go to Sargasso       for stringquartet (2violins/viola/cello). My first stringquartet.
4 Kerstliederen   C023-1.mid
C023-2.MID
C023-3.MID
C023-4.MID
  (4 Carols) for woodwindquintet. After playing with the clarinettrio Terzetto, I joined the woodwindquintet Mansa Musica for wich I wrote several pieces. This was the first one: a rather modern interpretation of 4 famous christmas carols.
De Gouden Kroon en Andere Verhalen       (The Golden Crown and Other Stories) for woodwindquintet.
Gameboy       for 4 clarinets and snare drum. A small piece with different levels
Bien des Compliments à Anne       for woodwindquintet. Hommage on Gerard Walschap (a Belgian author) and George Gershwin
Serenade in Es       for woodwindquintet. This composition parodies four jazzy pieces.
Ad Multos Annos       for oboe/soprano sax/clarinet/bassoon/baritone sax/bassclarinet.
Burbujas de Agua       for woodwindensemble. Score for a company movie.
De Pop       (The Doll) a mini-mini-opera in one act for soprano / baritone / clarinet / cello / marimba / drums.
Story: somewhere, in a small village, a young schoolteacher tries to give her students some basic knowledge. The man-sized doll is the subject of her frustrations and whims. When she invites the parents, everything turns out all right.
 (Un)fortunately only available in Dutch. But, an instrumental suite is coming out soon.
Valse Célèbre       for stringensemble or woodwindensemble. A parody of and pastiche on the Célèbre Canon de Pachelbel.
Carelessness Causes Fire       for woodwindquintet and piano. I found the title on a warning label off a pillow.
A Twosome       for 2clarinets/stringquartet
Overdood   C005.mid   version for recorder or woodwind quartet

 

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Music for orchestra (7 or more players)

PIECE TITLE   midi/pdf    
Zantak I       for percussion ensemble. A sonate for 8 percussionists
Das Sakrament des Buffels       for orchestra. Inspired by a book of Heinrich Böll. The national hymns of the United States, the old USSR and Biafra were used to write this piece. They simbolyze the power of the great countries (the buffalos) against the impotent anger of one of the poorest.
6,5 Mouvements pour Orchestre à Vent       (6,5 movements for windensemble - it sounds better in french).
Orchestration: 1222/2000.
Septet I       A concerto for flute and clarinet, accompanied by a string ensemble.
Zantak II       version for string ensemble
Dreams, your ears can't remember       for symphonic orchestra (1111 / sax-s sax-a sax-t sax-b / 1211 66442)
Prometheus Erwartet       concerto for sax alto and low budget orchestra (fl cl vl vc perc piano)
White Blood       for small orchestra
Man on the Corner       Concerto for double bass (contrabass) and small orchestra (cb + 11101 0000 1111)
Take Off       for symphonic orchestra. Suitable for school orchestra.
Trifles       for symphonic orchestra. Suitable for school orchestra. Also available for symphonic band.
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Music for symphonic band

PIECE TITLE     MIDI/PDF
Beech      
Town Talk      
This is   Available for symphonic band and big band  
Trifles   Also available for symphonic orchestra.  
African Queen   Edited by Lantromusic.  
Just Another Face   For trombone solo and band. Edited by Lantromusic  
In Italy   Edited by Lantromusic.  
Old Man   Edited by Lantromusic.  
Sweet, Sweet, Sweet You Are   For trumpet solo and band. Edited by Lantromusic.  
Young People   Edited by Lantromusic  
Schizophrenic Blues   Edited by Lantromusic  
It's Allright With Me   Edited by Lantromusic  
Into The Black Water   Edited by Lantromusic  
Spare Moments   Edited by Lantromusic  
Full Moon.   For 2 trumpets and band  
On The Roof   Available for symphonic band and big band  
When My Dad Was A Baby   Also available with (childrens)choir  
Jardazz   For clarinet solo and (big) band. Monti (Czardas) meets Artie Shaw  
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Arrangements

NOTE. Only the copyright of the arrangements marked with (c) rests with me. 

PIECE TITLE     MIDI/PDF
River Deep - Mountain High   for big band  
Tibi Soli Peccavi (c) for soprano, clarinet and woodwindensemble  
Absolute Blue   for clarinet and symphonic band or big band  
Pavane   for clarinet and symphonic band  
Luim (c) Composer: Peter Benoit. For 2 clarinets and symphonic band  
Sonata KV in D-major (c) Composer: W.A.Mozart - originaly for 2 pianofortes. Arrangement for woodwindquartet (flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, bassoon)  
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Music with voices

PIECE TITLE   midi/pdf    
Drie verzen   C012.mid   (Three Poems) for soprano and piano. Three songs (lyrics in Dutch) influenced by the music of Zoltan Kodaly.
Also available for soprano and string quartet, for soprano and woodwind quintet, for woodwind quintet.
Tibi Soli Peccavi (c)     for soprano, clarinet and woodwindensemble
Overdood   C005.mid   for mixed choir (SATB). Lyrics in Dutch. Also available for recorder or woodwind quartet
De Pop       (The Doll) a mini-mini-opera in one act for soprano / baritone / clarinet / cello / marimba / drums.
Story: somewhere, in a small village, a young schoolteacher tries to give her students some basic knowledge. The man-sized doll is the subject of her frustrations and whims. When she invites the parents, everything turns out all right.
(Un)fortunately only available in Dutch. But, an instrumental suite is coming out soon.
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Music for jazz- & rockband

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Links

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Lantromusic: editor of - contemporary - Belgian music
www.hafabra.net
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Biography

Hello, my name is Werner De Bleser (b. 1959) and I am a Belgian composer of music for orchestra, symphonic band, chamberorchestra, ensembles and soloworks.

I played in various ensembles for which I wrote a lot of music: Terzetto (a clarinet trio), Mansa Musica (a woodwind quintet), The Real Music Band (a jazz big band), Reichen Ensemble (woodwind quartet) and numerous smaller ensembles and symphonic bands.

The music I write, can be devided in two separate blocs: classical, contemporary music and more popular music (most of if for big band and symphonic band).

In my classical music I often use a computer to determine the musical components of a work: I wrote a computerprogram myself which chose (on a random base) several musical elements (pitch, duration, tempo, dynamics, marks, …). I wrote several pieces with the help of computerprograms which uses fractals, mathematics, …

I also often make use of other compositions to create my own music. For my inspiration I use chords, titles, melodies, moods, … of those compositions. I don’t see this as plagiarism, but as a comment on those pieces. Just like a modern author or director who recreates classical plays.

wdbmdd@glo.be

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Last update: juni 16, 2004.