"March of the Belgian Parachutists" by Pierre Leemans

PARACHUTISTS ON PARADE | "Marche des Parachutistes Belges", or “March of the Belgian Parachutists”, is a prize winning composition written by Belgian composer Pierre Leemans . First published in 1945, Leemans wrote the march in just one evening after having spoken with Belgian paratroopers. The work imitates a military band passing in review with a softly tapered beginning and ending.
Please enjoy “March of the Belgian Parachutists” by Pierre Leemans!
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[@kiiboDaRobot]

My middle school bands playing this for a competition, really fun

[@mastershifu9149]

do u sound good

[@rileymoss22]

same

[@Hypar.]

Me too

[@kristiaandesweemer3991]

Love it and love my brothers who served with me in our unit. 1 battalion Diest, peleton mortieren

[@kristiaandesweemer3991]

Miss my brothers

[@sureshot8399]

Special Air Service quick march. You're welcome.

[@masterr2389]

Ooh dolce

[@lucschollaert113]

Super .

[@ROC100Y]

Who Dares Wins. 🇬🇧

[@woldtop8922]

The USA have some wonderful military bands. Just as I wrote that they band did a bizarre change of tempo at about 1.39. Most odd.

[@williamt2218]

For Johnny who was a para

[@masterr2389]

Ooh nice we pray in rafo band

[@anthonyvenedicto518]

I'm playing snare for this music in my high school band class rn

[@joshuaphenany434]

Yo me too

[@anthonyvenedicto518]

@@joshuaphenany434 nice bruh

[@theeastafricancookingshow7258]

It’s all fun and games until you’re stuck playing French horn on this piece😭

[@BANDLDR]

Which version is this? It’s different than the one I know and have taught a few times.

[@roheryn43]

I was wondering the same! I’ve played the one that starts off with two piccolos with minimal other voices and haven’t heard it anywhere else. Wonder if a recording exists?

[@Ryanthegamer543]

the one you’re referring to is probably “March of the Belgian paratroopers.” the one being performed is March of the Belgian parachutists

[@AntorasStudio]

My high school band just played it for my town’s elementary school. This is nearly the same version as the version we played. Just a few different countermelodies.

[@sethwexler6910]

Original not an arrangement.

[@DasBullWy]

This seems a little fast, but very clean as always

[@michelsmet2611]

You are right, the slower version is the most impressive one. Greetings from Brussels, Belgium, where one of my successive music teachers was Mr Leemans himself !

[@nmatavka]

I'm listening to it at 1.25x because I think it's too slow, actually! (Better than most recordings of Le Boudin, which might as well be lullabies!)

[@marjoriesager9654]

pass

[@adambrennan2512]

Why so fast? Do you know what these paratroopers looked like going out to their planes? Great playing, poor example of style.

[@georgethecat5150]

It’s called interpretation of style 👍

[@tceulen8895]

Are you saying the tempo is too fast?