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Eduardo Betes

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Concert Music

Reminiscences (2023)
Symphonic Poem for Band

Winner of the X Composition Contest for Symphonic Band JOSEP MARIA LLEIXÀ SUBIRATS organized by the Catalan Federation of Musical Societies

10’

Instrumentation
Score

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Count Arnold’s legend (2024)
Symphonic Poem for Band

Work awarded with the honorific Mention to the “VIII International Award of music composition for Band Vila de Muro 2024”

13’

Instrumentation
Score

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Barcelona 1925 (2023)
Overture for Symphonic Band

Work written to commemorate the centenary since Richard Strauss conducted the Municipal Band of Barcelona in the Plaza Sant Jaume on March 19, 1925

5’

Instrumentation
Score

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Nadalenques valencianes (2024)
Obra per a Banda Simfònica

Obra encàrrec per a la Banda Simfònica Muncipal de València i el seu director Cristóbal Soler

X’

Instrumentació
Partitura

Sol·licita-la ací

Entourage March (2024)
March for Symphonic Band

Dedicated to the Municipal Band of Barcelona

3’

Instrumentation
Score

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El ressorgiment d’un poble (2025)
Symphonic Poem for Band

Work written to enhance the unity and strength of the people of Paiporta after the natural disaster they suffered on October 29, 2024

5’

Instrumentation
Score

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Mediterranean Dreams (2025)
For Bb Clarinet and Symphonic Band

Work comissioned by clarinetist Manuel Martínez

11’

Instrumentation

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Available at Proventis Music


Tribut al Mestre Serrano (2025)
Obertura per a Banda Simfònica

Obra escrita per commemorar el centenari des que Richard Strauss va dirigir la Banda Municipal de Barcelona a la Plaça Sant Jaume el 19 de març de l’any 1925

5’

Instrumentació(falta)
Partitura(falta)

Sol·licita-la ací

Fantasia Valenciana (2024)
For Clarinet Solo Bb

Dedicated to the clarinetist José Miguel Micó (Miconet)

5’

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War’s life (2024)
For Clarinet Solo Bb and FX sound effects

Dedicated to the clarinetist Manuel Martínez

4’

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ARRANGEMENTS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS

The Nutcracker (1892) – P. Txaikovski
Op. Suite nº 71a

Transcription by Enric Garcés (1973)
Revision and adaptation by Eduardo Betes (September 2024)

26′

NOT AVAILABLE – Property of the archive of the Banda Municipal de Barcelona


Francesca da Rimini (1876) – Piotr Chaikovski

Transcription by Lluís Oliva
Revision and adaptation by Eduardo Betes (June 2024)

30′

NOT AVAILABLE – Property of the archive of the Banda Municipal de Barcelona


Suite Empordanesa (Antes de 1919) – Juli Garreta i Arboix 

Transcription by Ricard Lamote de Grignon (1933)
Revision and adaptation by Eduardo Betes (May 2024)

40′

AVAILABLE at the publisher Dinsic  https://www.dinsic.com/ca


Joan de l’Ós – Ricard Lamote de Grignon (1933)
Work for wind orchestra, soloists and mixed choir. Based on the text of the poem of the same name by Josep Maria Sagarra

Revision and adaptation by Eduardo Betes (November 2023)

60′

AVAILABLE from Brotons and Mercadal publishers https://brotonsmercadal.com/es/


Fantasia sobre motivos del Maestro José Serrano – Ricard Lamote de Grignon

Transcription by Joan Alfonso (1980’s)
Revision and adaptation by Eduardo Betes (September 2023)

20′

AVAILABLE at the publisher Piles Music  https://pilesmusic.com/es/


Sabre Dance – A. Khachaturian
From the ballet Gayaneh

Transcription by Enric Garcés.
Revision and adaptation by Eduardo Betes (June 2023)

3′

NOT AVAILABLE – Property of the archive of the Banda Municipal de Barcelona


Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Richard Wagner

Three fragments of the third act
Introduction of the 3rd Act / Dance of the Apprentices / Parade of the Master Singers

Transcription by Joan Lamote de Grignon (beginning of the XXth century)
Revision and adaptation by Eduardo Betes (March 2023)

15′

NOT AVAILABLE – Property of the archive of the Banda Municipal de Barcelona


Catalan March No. 2 – Joan Lamote de Grignon (1923)

“March dedicated to F.C Barcelona and performed by the Municipal Band of Barcelona on February 23, 1923 at the soccer field of Les Corts, in a tribute match to its president Joan Gamper”

Revision and adaptation by Eduardo Betes (February 2023)

5′

NOT AVAILABLE – Property of the archive of the Banda Municipal de Barcelona


Catalan March No. 1 – Joan Lamote de Grignon

Revision and adaptation by Eduardo Betes (February 2023)

5′

NOT AVAILABLE – Property of the archive of the Banda Municipal de Barcelona


Cançó d’amor i de guerra – Rafael Martínez Valls
Selection from the Zarzuela

Transcription by Joan Alfonso (January 1990)
Revision and adaptation by Eduardo Betes (November 2022)

13′

NOT AVAILABLE – Property of the archive of the Banda Municipal de Barcelona

Joan Tormo García · 2024