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The young pop band Unique 4 from Boe in Telemark won the Eurovision Grand Prix Junior 2013 in Norway with the song Why be so Whiny? (Så sur da). The members of Unique 4 are Audun Roermark, Simen Bakkå...

Do Your Ears Hang Low is originally an English song often sung in schools and at camps. The singer songwriter Øystein Sunde made Norwegian lyrics to it and recorded it in 1971. His translation was an...

The Lonely Duck is a funny entertainment piece for flexible instrumentation and solo duck call. The parts are easy to play, yet with rhythmic challenges. The composition is intended to be performed by...

'Walk on By' is an American song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was written for Dionne Warwick. Her recording was released in April 1964 to great success. It reached a sixth place on the...

'Walking in the Air' is written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film 'The Snowman', based on the book by Raymond Briggs. In the film the song was performed by St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter...

The old Mods classic 'Tore Tang', written by Morten Abel, is sung in sports arenas, in kindergartens and at parties all over Norway. It is one of the band's greatest hits and was released on their alb...

'Let Me Stay Young' was written by Arne Bendiksen and recorded and released on a single with Wenche Myhre in 1964. The song was also released on the album of the same name later that year. 'Let Me Sta...

Captain Sabertooth's performances and music have been a part of children's lives since the character was created in 1989. Since then countless theatrical performances have been staged, mainly in Kjutt...

The City of Friends' is a Norwegian animation series for children that was broadcasted on TV2 in Norway for the first time in 2011. The story was created by police officer Carl Christian Hamre. It's i...

'BlimE' is Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's campaign for friendship between children. The goal is to promote friendship and care for each other. The slogan is 'Say hi! Be a friend! 'Join!' Every y...

Norway's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin in 1971. This happy, swingin' song is arranged here for 7-part flexible instrumentation. Happiness was Norway's entry to the Eurovision Song Con...

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...

Ziyawa' is a Zulu expression that means 'It's so much fun!'. It is a South African traditional song that is used as a street anthem that people, regardless of their cultural background, ethnicity, ag...

Cento is a light entertainment piece written for the 100th Anniversary of Storhaug School band. It contains musical challenges in all parts which makes it a good choice for any contest. It will also b...

The beautiful song 'Winterland Butterfly' by Halvdan Sivertsen was first released in 1987 on the album 'Ny og naken' (New and naked). It's about tolerance and is just as relevant today as in the 80's....

The song 'Just Now', written by Trond Braenne and Geir Holmsen, is probably best known performed by Maj Britt Andersen. It was released on her album 'Tame peas & wild raspberry' in 1990 and it is, wit...

'Mitt lille land' (My small country), written by the Norwegian singer/songwriter Ole Paus was released in 1994 on the album of the same name. The song has been described as a lyrical description of No...

The first theatre performance with Captain Sabeltann 'Captain Sabeltann and the treasure in Kjuttaviga' premiered in Kristiansand Zoo in 1990. It is up to 2015 written even four plays, all of them ren...

The Norwegian folk song 'Jeg lagde meg sa silde' is from a small place called Vaga. The story is heartwrenchingly sad and the melody so beautiful and dreaming. The story is about a young man who gets...

The popular Norwegian singer/songwriter Jonas Fjeld released the single 'Angels in the Snow' in 1989. It was one of the tracks on the record album 'Svært nok for meg' ('Big enough for me') which was r...

Chanson D'Amour' ('Song of love') is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin. It became a Top Ten hit in 1958 performed by Art and Dotty Todd. The married couple were the resident act at the Chapman...

The first theatre performance with Captain Sabeltann 'Captain Sabeltann and the treasure in Kjuttaviga' premiered in Kristiansand Zoo in 1990. It is up to 2015 written even four plays, all of them ren...

Occurrence was written as a commissioned work for Randesund School Band in 2014. The symphonic work gives challenges for all instruments and is well suited to work with rhythm, intonation, sound and m...

By the Fjord' is written by the Norwegian composer Kjetil Bjørnstad and is the most famous song from the musical work 'Leve Patagonia' which was published in 1978. The work is written as a modern suit...