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...
On my Own è oggi considerata una delle canzoni più famose de "Les Misérables", il musical incredibilmente popolare di Claude-Michel Schönberg e Alain Boublil. La storia è tratta da un romanzo di Victo...
'Väsen' ('commotion', 'fuss', 'ado') is a Swedish acoustic band consisting of three outstanding instrumentalists playing viola, 12-string guitar and nyckelharpa ('key-harp'). They have been touring to...
Der Hit der Gruppe 'Mezzoforte' in einem tollen Arrangement von Bjoern Morten Kjaernes.
''Brittern' was written for my good friend, Brit Johnsrud to her Solo-CD recording 'Light Blue Outfit'. Brit is a former hornist with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and works today with the profess...
Koppangen" è stata scritta da Pererik Moreaus, noto come violinista del gruppo di musica folk svedese Orsa Spelmän. La canzone è ispirata e prende il nome dalla riserva naturale Koppangen situata vici...
This song first became a hit by Brazilian singer Morris Albert. 'Feelings' must be one of the most known love-songs of all time thanks to numerous recordings from artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley...
This evocative ballad is written by Geir Hvidsten (music) and Ingebjørg Bratland (lyrics). We recommend listening to the original recording by Ingebjørg Bratland in addition to the recording of this a...
Storbystev has a catchy tune, and incorporates a mix of funk-, samba- and rock rythms. The alto saxophone and trumpet are featured as soloists, but the piece also show-cases the tuba- and percussion s...
Blackbird Special' is a song by American band Dirty Dozen Brass Band. The song is an entertainment piece, a good concert opener or encore. When used as a concert opener one may let the different secti...
Il Green Hornet Theme di Billy May può essere descritto come una versione jazzistica de "Il volo del calabrone" (Rimsky-Korsakov). È stato scritto per la serie televisiva americana "The Green Hornet"...
This arrangement is based on the well-known melody 'Little Cat' from the Swedish TV-series about Emil from Lønneberget written by Astrid Lindgren. The easy melody is arranged with a funky accompanimen...
The main theme from the movie with the same title, produced in 1962, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remmick in the leading roles. The composer is one of the great names in...
Quincy Jones ha composto questa bossa nova per la registrazione del 1962 "Big Band Bossa Nova". In seguito, la canzone è stata utilizzata molte volte in film, serie televisive e persino come musica pe...
Ne "Gli Incredibili", la musica ad alta energia e con molti musicisti a fiato si adatta bene. Riprodurre questa musica con una band di fiati cura bene queste intenzioni. I supereroi sono abbinati alla...
This is a tune by Sigrid Moldestad (b. 1972), a Norwegian folk artist. She has based it on a warm and beautiful poem by Danish author Tove Ditlefsen. A text for and about love. Sigrid Moldestad won th...
This is an original piece of music composed by Oystein Olsen Vadsten, inspired by old Norwegian folk dances. 'Jumpety Jump' actually started out as a 'reinlender' (Norwegian Folk Dance) which origins...
The Sweetest Girl is a folk song from Hornindal in Norway. This arrangement feature a trombonist a soloist, but the solo part can also be played by any other Bb-instrument in the brass band. Rydland...
'Who can Sail without the Wind' is an old folk tune from Aland in Finland. I believe the song was one of the first one I learnt to sing and play on the guitar. The melancholic character of the song i...
This melody is the Norwegian version of 'Make You Feel My Love' composed by Bob Dylan. The lyrics is translated by Bjarne Hjelmeland and the song performed by, among others, Norwegian singer Ingebjorg...
This song from the band Hekla Stålstrenga is about Joe the boatbuilder. Joe builds the most fabulous boats, but has a deal with the devil that every seventh boat is going to him. Norwegian band Hekla...
Laling is a Norwegian folktune from Bø. The arrangementet of the lullaby starts off with a calm atmosphere (like a dream). The dream develops into a more funky section, until it calms down again. Lali...
Funky Kidz is a cool tune that fits perfectly to showcase the beginners as soloists with the band. The solo part is easy to learn 'by ear', while a stylish bass ostinato makes it fun for the band to a...
A good friend of mine, trombonist and professor Jesper Juul Windahl commissioned me a trombone quartet. I then wrote Four Nordic Folk Pops. The last of the four is a Norwegian tune called Havard Hedde...
This funky rock-chart is composed by Larry Barton, a US composer living in Kentucky. This arrangement is made to feature two soloists, the Tenor Saxophone and the Tuba. The tuba-player can choose to...
Row row to Siraland is a folk tune from the Norwegian county of Sogndal. A catchy version which a great concert opener with opportunity for the band to enter on to the stage one by one. This arrangeme...
This hymn tune from the 11th century is the oldest known polyphonic arrangement of Norwegian Music. The text is in Latin and dedicated to St. Magnus. Magnus Orknoeyjarl (Magnus Erlendsson) (1076-1115)...
The story of the Heinzellmännchen (Gnomes) is connected to the German city of Cologne. The gnomes were small creatures living underground but appeared during the night, when the people were asleep, do...
A very entertaining concert opener in Las vegas-style. An enjoyable piece of music for the band and the audience. The piece was written for Norwegian Brass Band Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag for their p...
Champagne Tango was recorded for the first time in 1914 by the pianist Roberto Firpo. After the first release, is's recorded a numerous times both in Argentina and abroad. It was written by Manuel Aró...
Besame Mucho ("Baciami tanto") è una canzone scritta nel 1940 dalla cantante/compositrice messicana Consuela Velasquez. Recentemente è stata nominata la canzone messicana più popolare di tutti i tempi...
Santiago Lope was born in Ezcaray (La Rioja, Spain) on May 23. 1871. He studied violin and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Madrid. When the city of Valencia organized a municipal band in...
'Hi New York' was released for the first time in 1982 as a part of the LP-recording 'Original Nilsen', one of the greatest successes by Norwegian artist Lillebjørn Nilsen. Unlike most of the music by...
'Children of Sanchez' was composed by Chuck Mangione to the movie also entitled 'Children of Sanchez) in 1978. Mangione was awarded several Grammys for this music. Make sure that the unison lines are...
'Big Blue Eyes' is jolly Latin pop piece for soloist and Concert Band. Originally written for Flugelhorn and band but it can be played on any instrument. Solo parts are written in many keys. The sol...
Sabor Caribeño' means 'Taste of Caribbean'. This original composition is written by Norwegian composer Sverre Indris Joner who has studied Caribbean music since mid-80s. The music presents traditional...
Summer Play Samba is, as the title suggests, a light summer samba, which flows like a fresh summer breeze into the ear canals and stays there. The piece was written in connection with an assignment th...
Øivind Westby ha scritto una serie di eccellenti ma impegnativi arrangiamenti strumentali per Concert Band. Nel presente ha trascritto cinque dei più famosi di Antonio Carlos Jobim. Il compositore br...
'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...
Stilig' ('Take It Easy') is one of the most popular songs by the Norwegian artist and songwriter Trond-Viggo Torgersen. It was released for the first time in 1981 as a part of the LP-release 'Det by'n...
Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen wrote this medley to the 1992-93 Concert season for trumpeter Helge Haukas of The Norwegian Defence Band region West located in Bergen (today Norwegian Navy Band Bergen). Hauka...
The Norwegian vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Jan Eggum is regarded as one of our most important musicians in the Norwegian folk art and popular music. He recorded his debut album 'Jan Eggum' in 19...
Un grande arrangiamento composto da cinque successi della band americana Blood, Sweat and Tears. I titoli dell'arrangiamento sono Hi de ho, Go down gamblin', For my Lady, Lucretia MacEvil e Spinning W...
The music to this musical is perhaps more known from the hits New York, New York and Some Other Time, It was based on a ballet 'Fancy Free' by Jerome Robbins to which Leonard Bernstein wrote the music...
CHESS, the musical, composed by B. Ulvaeus and B. Andersson with lyrics by T. Rice opened in London's West End in 1986. The story involves a romantic triangle between two men, an American and a Russia...
'Black Orpheus' appeared as principal theme in the Portuguese-language movie 'Orfeu Negro' in 1959. The song appears in various versions throughout the movie. It was the first bossa nova composition t...
Solo for Cornet/Trumpet Herbert Lincoln Clarke (1867 - 1945) is maybe the most famous American cornet players of all time. He was member of 'The John Philip Sousa Band' , and was their cornet soloist...
Questo arrangiamento di Arrival degli Abba è stato scritto come pezzo finale per l'Oslo Military Tattoo del 2008. Si trovano parti opzionali per cornamusa e coro.
Tore Tang is a big hit song by Norwegian rock-band MODS. The song was released in 1981 on their record album 'Revansj' in 1981. The composer is vocalist Morten Abel, today a respected solo artist in N...
Evert Taube (1890-1976) was an author, artist, composer and singer and is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the ballad tradition in the 20th ce...
Odd Nordstoga is an award winning Norwegian artist who has been active since the 1990's, working in the popular-/folk music genre. I have listened to a lot of Odd Nordstogas music, in particular the...
'Winter and Snow' was written by Sigurd Jansen and Alfred Naess and were recorded and released on single by Norwegian singer Wenche Myhre in 1966. The single was released in connection with the Nordi...
Randy Crawford led R&B veterans the Crusaders on the transatlantic hit 'Street Life' (1979). A specially re-recorded version was featured in the soundtrack for the films Sharky's Machine and Jackie Br...
An old weather forecast on the Norwegian radio inspired Tone Hulbaekmo to write this song. Folk musician and composer Tone Hulbaekmo comes from Tolga, a small place in Norway. She have toured worldwid...
Most Scandinavian people know Benny Borg. As a guitarist, composer, lyric writer and a show actor, he has been producing great music for many decades. His most famous songs are probably 'Balladen om M...
Harry Connick Jr. is an American pianist, singer, composer and actor from New Orleans. He has released many albums and perform frequently with his own big band. 'Do Dat Thing' is a real 'feel-good' so...
'Ein farfar i livet' (Grandpa) is taken from the 2011 record album release 'Bestevenn' (My best friend) by Odd Nordstoga. This is music for a Norwegian TV-series called 'Vaffelhjarte'. In this arrange...
'My first love' is one of Jahn Teigen's big hits, and definitely among Norwegian pop-history's biggest classics. The song was featured on the 1979 album 'En dags pause'. Jahn Teigen (1949-2020) was o...
I don't know why I get ideas on my way home. Maybe it depends on who is waiting... This is my third pop song for Concert Band inspired by going home. Keep the tempo up throughout the song, you are Hea...
This song performed by Jahn Teigen represented Norway at the Eurovision final in 1978. The result was zero points, but after that, the song soon became very popular in Norway and is one of the biggest...
Seaside Rendezvous is a song with a lot a humour to put the musicians, and audience as well, in the right mood! The song is featured on the 1975-album success A Night At The Opera by British band Quee...
'Stealing Apples' is an old swing-tune written by Fats Waller. Performances by Benny Goodman and his big band made the song very popular. In this arrangement for concert band, the mallet percussion an...
This is an arrangement which has to be performed a bit humorous in the spirit of the original. It starts with a kazoo-like opening, played on the mouthpieces. At C, flutes and clarinets should stand u...
Sverre Bergh was a musical Joy spreader - both as a performer and as a composer. He was involved in radio, movie and theatre music of the highest quality, as a composer of two operettas and a televisi...
Amongst Henry Haagenrud's numerous compositions for accordion, Green Pastel is perhaps the most famous. This waltz, characterized by Haagenrud's style of playing, has a rather continental feel to it a...
This arrangement was made after hearing Astor Piazzolla's 1986 recording of his own work written in 1965. The original instrumentation of bandoneon, violin and string bass is here arranged for three w...
This beautiful song contains a huge contrast between the hopeful and the disappointing. A mother has her birthday and is waiting her children to celebrate it. Each verse starts optimistically, but the...
Haven't Met You Yet' is the first single from Canadian singer Michael Bublé's sixth album, Crazy Love, released on August 31, 2009.[1] According to Bublé, the single and its official music video are '...
Jan Eggum released 'Myrsnipa' on the album 'Hjerteknuser', which was released in 2007. The text is a variant of the folk tale with the moral 'everyone likes their own children best' and has for many y...
The Title 'Go Far' is a word play referring to what the players are going to (GO FAR!) and the musical inspiration from the TV-series 'Fargo' (Mr. Wrench/Mr. Numbers). The piece is very groovy and esp...
'My Fantastic Gramps' is a bubbly piece about an old man. The style of playing must be fresh and youthful throughout the piece. Watch the balance in bar 12. 1st flute (piccolo) and 1st alto sax should...
This is the finale from the original soundtrack of the opening ceremony of the XVII Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, 1994. The piece was composed by Knut Reiersrud, Iver Kleive and Marilyn...
Norge i rødt, hvitt og blått ('Norway in Red, White and Blue') was commissioned by the Oslo Fagott Choir (yes, that is indeed a gay men's choir) for a concert with The Staff Band of the Armed Forces i...
When Jerker Johansson in the 80's started to compose he was for a while obsessed with writing music in odd time signatures, more specifically 7/8. He was asked during the fall of 2020 by Leif Karlsson...
Erik Bye (1926-2004) was a major Norwegian TV-personality in his time, a colourful man with a varied background. He was a great lyricist, and many of his poems and songs have become modern Norwegian c...
Rendezvous was commissioned by Krohnengen Brass Band for their 50th Anniversary in 2019. This version for Concert Band was scored autumn 2020. "Rendezvous" is devided into three sections. Each section...
Diplodocus is said to be one of the largest dinosaus to ever have lived. This plant munching beast weighted approximately 20 tons, and could measure up to 30 metres from head to tail. The dinosaur liv...
This brilliant scored entertainment piece is Sammy Nestico's tribute to the T-Ford. Out of print for many years but now available once again for new conductors, musicians and listeners as well.
50 melodies on 7 minutes - This brilliant arrangement is both fun and challenging to play! The Norwegian Jazz Group Farmers Market has made a crazy but brilliant song out of 50 melodies on only seven...
Black Bottom Stomp is a composition by Jelly Roll Morton (his real name was Ferdinand Joseph Lemott), born in New Orleans in 1885. He claimed, perhaps not too modestly, to have invented jazz i 1902. N...
Letter from home is the title track from the album recorded by Pat Metheny Group in 1989. The tune is quite simple, yet strikingly beautiful in its simplicity. The mood of the music is sometimes melan...
This challenging arrangement for Concert Band was originally recorded for piano/flugelhorn duet. The jazz pianist Mikhail Misha Alperin of Ukraina is today Professor at The Norwegian Academy of Music...
Jeg er en papegoeye fra Amerika' ('I'm a Parrott from America') is an arrangement of a very popular, Norwegian song for children. This edition should be played in a bright swing-style. This medium adv...
An old norse folktune is used in this piece: The song about Sigurd, the Dragonslayer. The myth is one of the eldest norse myths. Scenes from the myth are carved as decorations in old Norwegian stave c...
Arvid Hanssen was a popular Norwegian poet who got several of his poems set to music by Tove Karoline Knutsen. The song 'Kom sommarvijnn' (Come summerwind) became very popular when it was released on...
Jerker had the idea for this piece one sunny day in the spring of 1996, when he by mistake had strayed into a hunting store. Back on the street he found himself to be the happy owner of a duck call. H...
The Cock was originally written as an arrangement for brassband for Norwegian band Eikanger-Bjorsvik Musikklag and their CD-release 'Light' in 1989. I chose the Norwegian tune 'Hanen stend pa stabburs...