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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...

How do you experience the final thrilling minutes of a chess game when your opponent has taken the upper hand? And how does it actually feel being beaten checkmate? This piece gives you the answers! T...

This piece was written as a commission for Vassenden Youth Band in 2009. The piece consists of parts with different moods. It opens with a fanfare which process in to a faster section that has an ever...

Hellbillies' are one of Norways most popular groups, and their love-song 'Most beautiful to me' has become a very well know song in their home country. The composer Aslag Haugen and the author of the...

The Wood Troll was composed in 1950 for bassoon solo with orchestra. This arrangement is written for tuba soloist (Eb or Bb) with brass band. It's a funny and challenging piece for an intermediate sol...

Dancing Trolls' is a sequel to 'The Battle of the Hats', which was published in 2015. Like 'The Battle of the Hats', 'Dancing Trolls' is a piece of music based on Norwegian traditional dances. This ti...

'I wrote this march for Furuset skoles musikkorps and Haugen skolekorps to use on the 17th of May 2007. Those familiar with Norwegian culture know that this day is the national holiday of Norway. What...

What Now, My Love was written in 1961 by composer Gilbert Bécaud and lyricist Pierre Delanoë with the original title Et Maintenant. Very many top, internationally renowned artists have recorded this s...

This suite is written for beginning band at grade level 1. It consists of five short movements of various style. You may perform the movements as single pieces. The composition consist basically of t...

'Why Not?' is the most well-known piece by Dominican Republic pianist/composer Michel Camilo. It appeared for the fist time on his 1984 album record 'French Toast'. He re-recorded it in 1985 for the '...

Kåre Grøttum is known to most as a pianist and producer by NRK. He was involved in numerous TV productions, both as producer, musician, composer, and arranger. This tune is taken from a CD released in...

More Candy For Beginners is a suite of three songs used for absolute beginners by the composer through several years. The method is to sing the melodies before learning it on the instruments. Lyrics h...

The latin title 'Sollicitus' means upset or uneasy is important in terms of the character and form of the work. This work contains several different pcarts, all of them based around a fanfare-like the...

Startship Battle is a catchy composition inspired by music written for film an series who describes war in space. The form of the composition is a typical ABA structure. It starts with a fast A-part...

This piece originates as a piano piece written by the composer as he was convalescing after an illness and operation. In the music there is an outlet for emotions of uncertainty and doubt, but also o...

Music for Halloween' is three simple pieces who describes spooky and scary moods we ALL know from halloween. The first movement describes The Grim Reaper, a scary character who represents death. The...

Ukraine was invaded on February 24, 2022, and the world again became spectators to a conflict between unequal opponents. Once again we saw lies, injustice and brutality up close. I must admit that a f...

Since 1990 Hans Elzinga performs and teaches South-American traditional music. In this piece 'Paseo de Otoño' (Autumn walk) he tries to make us familiar with the colourful and rhythmical music of the...

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1879) published his chivalric novel entitled 'The 3 Musketeers' in 1844. The book became a worldwide success with countless theater, film and television adaptations. Jean-Françoi...