János Galli (1921-2006) was a conductor, composer, music teacher,and a well-known and highly respected personality in Hungarian wind mus ic life. The most important of his works are his series of marches, folksong arrangements and church music. He was excellent at instrumentation,and for its fine sound and easy playability we recommend to young bands and their conductors this work of his composed in memory of the king wh o founded the Hungarian state.