Roland Cardon (15 April 1929 – 18 August 2001) was a
Belgian
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composer, pedagogue, flautist, clarinetist and multi-instrumentalist. He often published works under the name Guy Rodenhof.
After studies at the
Ghent Conservatory
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, from 1955 he was a member of the long-lived band ''
Chasseurs Ardennais
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'' in which he played solo flute.
Andel Music
/ref> In the period 1963 to 1972 he was a lecturer in woodwind and orchestral music in the music school of Aarlen. From 1973 to 1982 he taught flute at the Music Academy in Vilvoorde
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. In addition, he taught at the Rijksmuziekacademie in Etterbeek
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in flute from 1973 to 1977. From 1974 to 1977 he was lecturer in the conducting of wind or fanfare orchestra
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s at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
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. From 1 January 1982 to 1 July 1994 he was director at the Municipal Conservatory of Ostend
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.
Compositions
Orchestra
* ''Serenade'', for strings
*# Moderato
*# Andante
*# Allegro
Band
* 1968 ''Capriccio in Blue''
* ''Ad Futurum''
* ''Arlequino'', ouverture in sonatenvorm
* ''Blue, sweet & swing'', voor klarinettenkoor
* ''Childrens Symphony''
* ''Claribel'', voor klarinettenkoor
* ''Concertino'', voor piano en harmonieorkest
* ''Cricket First''
* ''Dance Party'', suite
*# Bossalero
*# Tangentino
*# Chachambo
*# Salsamba
* ''Dear Harry''
* ''De Engelbewaarders''
* ''De Gilde''
* ''Fantasia en Rondo'', voor klarinettenkoor
* ''Go (marche)''
* ''Goede Nacht - Tot Weerziens'', voor gemengd koor en harmonieorkest
* ''Hello'', voor harmonieorkest
* ''Het gulden ei''
* ''Hooglede '78''
* ''Intrada''
* ''Izegem 900''
* ''Jubilate''
* ''La marche du souvenir''
* ''Le Grand Manège''
* ''Lovers Prayer'', voor altsaxofoon solo en harmonieorkest
* ''Lullaby'', voor klarinettenkoor
* ''Majorette-special''
* ''Marche de la Légion Mobile''
* ''Mauritiana''
* ''Moods'', voor klarinettenkoor
* ''Mozart, Weber & Co.'', voor klarinettenkoor
* ''Nuts City''
* ''Ouverture 150'', voor klarinettenkoor
* ''Pasticcio''
* ''Prelude'', voor klarinettenkoor
* ''Rondo Fantastico''
* ''Saint-Pol sur Mer''
* ''Serenade'', voor klarinettenkoor
* ''The Way In''
* ''Theme & Dance'', voor klarinettenkoor
* ''Three Inventions'', voor klarinettenkoor
* ''Time is over''
* ''Vicennium''
Chamber music
* ''Andante & Allegro Moderato'', voor gitaar-ensemble
* ''B & J'', duo voor trompet en klarinet
* ''Close-Up'', voor slagwerk-ensemble
* ''Four Miniatures'', voor saxofoon solo
* ''Introduction & Dance'', voor basklarinet en piano
*# Lento poco rubato
*# Allegro con spirito
* ''Invertings'', voor klarinet solo
*# Lento poco rubato
*# Allegro moderato
* ''Melopée & Dans'', voor fluit en piano
* ''Siciliana'', voor altsaxofoon en piano
* ''Three Shorty's'', voor koperkwintet
*# Allegro moderato
*# Adagio
*# Allegro giocoso
References
Bibliography
* Francis Pieters: ''Van trompetsignaal tot muziekkapel'', Kortrijk: VZW Muziek Centrum, 1981
* Wolfgang Suppan, Armin Suppan
Armin Suppan (born 16 October 1959) is an Austrian brass musician and composer.
Life
Born in Graz, son of the musicologist Wolfgang Suppan, Suppan studied music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz as well as at the Hochschule ...
: ''Das Neue Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens'', 4. Auflage, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1994,
* Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: ''The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music'', Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991,
* Norman E. Smith: ''March music notes'', Lake Charles, La.: Program Note Press, 1986,
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cardon, Roland
Belgian composers
Male composers
Belgian flautists
Belgian clarinetists
1929 births
2001 deaths
People from Ronse
20th-century Belgian male musicians
20th-century flautists