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ALBERT LÖFGREN (1872-1930) is one of the great names in the annals of Swedish military music. He came from a poor peasant family and went the same way as his two older brothers. Only ten years old he...

One of the really great Swedish Marches is 'Our Fleet' which he wrote in 1917 as op. 11. It was composed in Goden as 'Military March' When Widner became conductor of the Royal Swedish Navy Band in St...

The Norwegian Parliament's Festive March was commissioned, by teh Parliament, for the Centennial celebration of Norway as a free Nation (1905-2005).

Grieg is the most important Norwegian composer in the national-romantic period. In 1872 he composed the incidental music for Sigurd Jorsalfar, a play on a subjekt drawn from Norse saga by the national...

The march 'Honour to the Veterans' was the composers third composition ever. He sent this march to Kjell Martinsen, who was the conductor of The Kings Guards Band in Norway. He liked the march so much...

A playable and fun march with exiting challenges for the players. Lyric lines in cornets to powerful passages in low brass. We salute all bands! Playing time: appx. 3:15

Hans Offerdal wrote this march for Furuset skoles musikkorps and Haugen skolekorps for the 17th of May 2007 and here it is now finally in a version for Brass! It has a simple texture that you will hav...

This march is written for the 70-year anniversary of the conclusion of the World War II in 1945.

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) moved from Italy to Paris and started as a kitchen boy. Alongside he also composed music and was a dancer and actor. He soon became leader of the court orchestra, and w...

This wedding march from Lødingen (small village in North-Norway) is widely used in wedding ceremonies. Norwegian artist Halvdan Sivertsen performs it often on his concerts with lyrics, but the melody...

'Con Brio March' is, as stated in the title, a march to be played 'with vigour' which means in a light style and tempo. Although the march is quite traditional in its form, it has been important to ad...

Erling Kjoek (1913-1999) was a Norwegian fiddler and a strong representative of the folk music from Nord-Gudbrandsdal. My arrangement was originally written for Concert band as a commission from The...

This very playable and fun march provides true feeling of Spring and sounds best in April, but can of course be played all year long! There are challenges for everyone, but Part 1 in Clarinet, Trumpet...

This march composed in 1916 is arguably one of the finest and most famous marches from the Scandinavian countries. It's composer, and "Swedish March King" Viktor Widqvist's (1881-1952) most famous co...

Valdres is a mountain region that lies between Oslo and Bergen. Johannes Hanssen (1874-1967) composed the march for the Valdres Battalion between 1901 and 1904, using the Battalions horn-signal combin...

This traditional wedding march comes from the Norwegian village of Viklem, Ørlandet at Fosenhalvøya which is a part of the county Trøndelag. The melody was picked up by local fiddler Jochum Olsen Håpr...

Currently the latest addition to the composer's series of folk music inspired pieces, has the slightly condescending title 'Dead End'. The piece is a funeral march and so also written for an occasion,...

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...

Norway became an independent nation in 1905, and the danish Prince Carl was offered the Norwegian crown after a plebiscite in November of that year. He accepted, took the old norse name Haakon, and as...

This wedding march originates from the Valdres region in Norway. The municipality of 'Southern Aurdal' is known for its two beautiful 'Stave' churches, probably built around 1160-1190. The wedding ma...

Onwards with Grieg is a festive march commissioned by the Norwegian concert band, Skjold Nesttun Janitsjar, for their 115th anniversary in 2019. The famous Norwegian composer, Edvard Grieg (1843-1907...

This march was written in 1919 by Norways own "March King" Oscar Borg (1851-1930). He was born in the town of Halden in the southeast of Norway and received his education at the Royal Academy in Stoc...

Clarinet Crazy! is written for Leif-Arne Pedersen, Solo Clarinetist with the Oslo Philharmonic and former Artistic director at The Royal Norwegian Navy Band. The medley consist of the tunes 'Nice Work...

This medley consist of four well-known Norwegian songs originally written for musicals or movies in the 1960's and 70's.