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This Coronation March is from the opera Le Prophète (The Prophet) by Giacomo Meyerbeer and was arranged for brass band by James Smyth. The march was performed during a series of brass band events whic...

The Selection from La Figlia del Reggimento (The Daughter of the Regiment) by Gaetano Donizetti comes from the second of a series of works (No. 6 in the advertisement below) called Distin's Brass Band...

The Hippodrome Galop by H. White is No. 5 in the first of a series of works called Distin's Brass Band Scores (see advertisement below), published in 1854 by Henry Distin. These publications represent...

The Opera “The Cossacs” by Catharinus Elling is based on the Nikolai Gogol novel about Taras Bulba. “The Cossacs” was premiered in 1897 at Eldorado in Kristiania (the old name on Norway’s capitol Oslo...

This arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's famous piece "Flight of the Bumblebee" was originally written for tuba soloist (!) And concert band, commissioned by Lilleaker skoles musikkorps. The target grou...

Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis This piece for concert band was commisioned by Lilleaker Skoles Musikkorps, and conductor Tomas Austestad. A big thank you to Austestad for invaluable encourage...

This arrangement was written for Norwegian School Band Madlamark Skolekorps to their participation at the Norwegian Championships 2023. The arrangement will work excellent also for a wind ensemble (on...

The incidental music for William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale was composed for a radio theatre production 1938. Larsson later chose 4 of the 22 musical contributions to be included in a suite title...

This arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach Andante from Organ Sonata No. 4 was created under the Covid times. Under the long days of isolation, I found the recording of the Islandic virtuoso Vikingur O...

The Armed Forces Music Department wanted to have something from Edvard Grieg for the Military Tattoo. Gudim answered Yes Sir! And so it was, a different way of approach to this wonderful music. There...

This is an arrangement ot the wellknown song with text by Charles Wesley, and tune by Mendelsohn.

Grieg is the most important Norwegian composer in the national-romantic period and then who had the greatest international success and respect. He became completely into the Norwegian folk-music and h...

Polonaise i A (opus 40, no 1) Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849), Polish composer by birth, expresses national patriotism in this well known piano piece, here arranged for windband. To the conductor The p...

Willam Henry Monk wrote the music to this psalm in 1861. It's among the most popular all over the world and it's regared as one of the most beautiful melodies ever written.

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire wor...

Few composers have had such an impact on Swedish music life as Tor Aulin (1866-1914). He studied violin and music theory in Stockholm 1877-83, and in Berlin 1884-86. In 1887 he founded the Aulin Quart...

Grieg is the most important Norwegian composer in the national-romantic period. He's dramatic talents were put to a new test when Henrik Ibsen asked him to compose the incidental music to 'Peer Gynt'...

One of the most famous arias in the history of opera. Masterful arrangement for vocal- or instrumental soloist with band! Puccini composed one of the most beautiful arias of the opera litterature with...

This great solo for piccolo with concert band is simply one of the most beautiful solo pieces ever written. Italian baroque music at it's very best! The Italian baroque composer, Antonio Vivaldi (1678...

Alfred Evensen (1883 - 1942) was born in Tromsø, but moved to Harstad 16 years old to start as a student at The Military School of Music. He was director and chief of the military band in 1918, and wo...

Alfred Evensen (1883 - 1942) was born in Tromsø, but moved to Harstad 16 years old to start as a student at The Military School of Music. He was director and chief of the military band in 1918, and wo...

Johan Svendsen (1840 - 1911) was the first great Norwegian symphonic composer, as well as one of the leading conductors of his time. Next to Edv. Grieg, he was the most prominent figure in Norwegian m...