(1871-1943) served in the French military as a prolific Cornet player, having won first place in the 1894 Cornet Award competition at the National Academy of Music in Paris. His compositions werepopular in the Cornet and brass repertoire at the time, including his Pièce De Concours for Cornet with Piano accompaniment.

This Balay work remains within the brassrepertoire to this day and is suitable for advanced leve...