Jerker Johansson: Advanced Sheet Music

War and Peace was commissioned 2021 by The Royal Swedish Navy Band and conductor Alexander Hanson to mark the celebration of The Svea Life Guards' 500th anniversary. I. "Fanfares and Battle" opens in...

Nordic Capriccio, Op. 28, was composed in 1943. About its creation, Erland von Koch wrote: This was my first composition that truly expressed my emerging interest in folk music. The foundation is an o...

Festive Music, Op. 25 was composed for the inauguration of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1908. The commission however caused concern for Alfvén until he paid Verner von Heidenstam a visit. The poet wa...

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...

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...

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...

Reach for the Sky was composed by Jerker Johansson at the time he was serving as principal conductor for The Royal Swedish Air Force Band. The march, written in a classical British style, was premiere...

There are composers that have gone done in history by just a single composition. One of those is the Italian violinist and composer Vittorio Monti (1868-1922). Around 1904 he wrote 'Czardas', which so...

The German engine manufacturer MTU Friedrichshafen, which long has had its own Concert Band, in 2006 became part of Tognum AG, which commissioned Tognum Power in 2009. That both companies produce powe...