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Who does not know the big hit Last Christmas from the pop group Wham! The duo sold 25 million albums between 1982 until they dissolved in 1986. The front figure, vocalist George Michael and guitarist/...

The popular Christmas song 'It's the most wonderful time of the year' from 1963 was first released by artist Andy Williams on his first Christmas album. It has been part of the Christmas repertoire an...

Three Hazerlnuts for Cinderella, original title 'Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel', is an East German-Czechoslovakian adventure film from 1973./The film has been shown on Norwegian Broadcasting Corpor...

When Christmas Comes to Town' is one of many great songs from the movie 'The Polar Express' which came in 2004. The animated film has become a tradition to see every Christmas for many children and fa...

Franz Schubert wrote three 'Marches Militaires', opus 51, D. 733. This publication is the first of the three (No. 1 in D major) and one of Schubert's most famous pieces. There is some uncertainty abou...

Chi non conosce il grande successo Last Christmas del gruppo pop Wham! Il duo ha venduto 25 milioni di album tra il 1982 e lo scioglimento nel 1986. La figura principale, il cantante George Michael e...

The composer and musician Trygve Hoff was born and raised at Rognan in Nordland and gained a lot of inspiration for his texts from the North Norwegian culture. He is a composer and copywriter of many...

The beautiful and popular duet "Christmas is Here", written by Billy Butt and Sölve Rydell is now available in a beautiful, symphonic arrangement for brass band. Many people know the song from a reco...

The Light in the time of Darkness' by Trygve Hoff (1938-1987), tell us about how to see ahead in dark hours. The time of year without sun in the Northern parts of Norway have through generations broug...

North Norwegian Christmas Psalm is one of the most beautiful- and popular of christrmas songs from our age. This arrangement is a real masterpiece suitable for both school- and amateurbands. The Norwe...

The composer and musician Trygve Hoff was born and raised at Rognan in Nordland and gained a lot of inspiration for his texts from the North Norwegian culture. He is a composer and copywriter of many...

The beautiful and popular duet "Christmas is Here", written by Billy Butt and Sölve Rydell is now available in a beautiful, symphonic arrangement for band. Many people know the song from a recording...

The Norwegian Christmas movie 'Reisen til Julestjernen' (Journey to the Christmas Star) from 1976 with Hanne Krogh, Knut Risan and Bente Borsum as main characters is a dear holiday tradition for many...

The composer Trygve Hoff (1938-1987) wrote Nordnorsk Julesalme (North Norwegian Christmas Psalm) in the mid 80's. It has become a classic and is about to recognized a national hymn at Christmas time....

Finally, the Christmas song 'Mele Kalikimaka' is available for flexible band instrumentation as a fun and captivating arrangement. Mele Kalikimaka is well known, but perhaps not one of our most played...

The heaven is with me is a Christmas song written by the Swedish singer Carola Häggkvist. It is recorded on her Christmas album 'Christmas in Betlehem' from 1999 and has become a very popular song to...

Some TV vignettes you remember better than others. Often they are short, catchy and rhythmic, and no matter what, we all have a relation to them. In this arrangement there are three well known pieces...

Planes' is the sequel of the 'Cars'-movies which have been great successes all over the world. This time, it's all about planes, and the success is about to be repeated … The planes are the heroes of...

The populare band Vamp has once again produced a hit that tops the music charts. 'Little Bird' (Liten Fuggel) is the title track of the ninth studio album which has received wonderful reviews. With th...

Astrid Smeplass, better known under the artist name Astrid S wrote "Når snoeen smelter"( "When the snow melts") in 2021 as the title track for the remake of the famous movie" Three Hazelnuts for Cinde...

'How I love the name of Jesus' is a psalm of David Welander. He wrote it on the train home to Lorenskog in January 1923, and completed it out overnight. It was printed in the magazine 'Krigsropet' sho...

Let your young musicians have fun with samba rythms in this very simple yet catchy piece of music! Repeated rhythmic figures make it easy for even the youngest to play Easy Samba at the next concert....

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrated 30 years in 2019 and the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family affairs commissioned Children's March for the celebration on Novem...

'De naere ting' ('The nearest thing)') is one of the most famous songs for 'sing-along' with lyrics by Arne Paasche Aasen and music by Kurt Foss and Reidar Boe. They also recorded the song in the 1950...