Arild Mjaaland

Nessun Dorma (English: "None Shall Sleep") is an aria from the opera "Turandot", composed by Giacomo Puccini. Today, the aria is extremely well-known and has, in many ways, become a symbol of Italian...

Song from Utanmyra is a Swedish folk melody that gained renewed popularity after jazz musician Jan Johansson recorded it on the album "Jazz på svenska" in 1964. Bjørn Linderoth wrote the lyrics that a...

Suite for Baritone & Concert Band was written as a tribute to my first trombone teacher, Svein Thorolf Berg. He performed it with Skeiene Janitsjar, a concert band with a reduced instrumentation. For...

This arrangement is a must-have for the Grand Prix concert! "Lykken er" ("Happiness Is") won the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix in 1971 and was Norway's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971. The son...

Voi Voi is the first winner of the Melodi Grand Prix in Norway and was released in 1960. At that time, composers submitted songs to the competition, and Georg Elgaaen won ahead of 302 other entries. N...

La meg være ung ("Let me stay young") is a song written by Arne Bendiksen and released by Wenche Myhre in 1964. The song placed third in the Norwegian Grand Prix final and spent 15 weeks on the Norweg...

Good Morning, My Dear was written by Benny Borg in memory of his wife, who passed away after they had been together for 36 years. When Benny Borg released a new CD in 2016—his first album in 24 years—...

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...

Alle fugler og andre fugler is a march featuring the Norwegian bird-themed songs "Alle fugler små de er" (All the Little Birds), "Jeg gikk en tur på stien" (I Took a Walk on the Path), "Fløy en liten...

With Courage and Strenght is a Norwegian song composed by gymnastics teacher Johan Nicolaisen (1847–1929), has appeared in most school songbooks since. Everyone knows the lyrics which can be used toge...

The lyrics to "Vi vandrer med freidig mot" is taken from a poem written by Henrik Ibsen in 1853, which he titled "Rejsesang" ("Travel Song"). The song is well-suited for group singing and can be used...

The Happy Wanderer is originally a Danish song that became a major hit in Norway during the 1950s with Søstrene Bjørklund. The song works well as a sing-along and can be used in conjunction with this...

A Whiter Shade of Pale is written by Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher and Keith Reid and that came on Procol Harums debut album in 1967. The song is said to be the most played in the UK the last 75 years....