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Trolldans ('Dance of the Trolls') is a traditional Icelandic folk tune. It is used by many folk music groups and many is familiar with the choir Grex Vocalis' version recorded on the album Norwegian M...

'How I love the name of Jesus' is a psalm of David Welander. He wrote it on the train home to Lorenskog in January 1923, and completed it out overnight. It was printed in the magazine 'Krigsropet' sho...

The movies from Disney have always included a lot of great music. 'Once Upon a Dream' was written in 1959 to the musical animation movie 'Sleeping Beauty', a movie produced by Walt Disney. It is base...

Bollywood is a popular name for a part of the film industry in India that is based around Mumbai. The name is a combination of Hollywood and Bombay - the older name of Mumbai and is the largest film p...

Let your youngest musicians present their instruments and be soloists in this simple piece! Let's meet the band has a tutti part as starts and finish and a flexible part in the middle (A and B) where...

Let your young musicians have fun with samba rythms in this very simple yet catchy piece of music! Repeated rhythmic figures make it easy for even the youngest to play Easy Samba at the next concert....

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrated 30 years in 2019 and the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family affairs commissioned Children's March for the celebration on Novem...

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) moved from Italy to Paris and started as a kitchen boy. Alongside he also composed music and was a dancer and actor. He soon became leader of the court orchestra, and w...

'De naere ting' ('The nearest thing)') is one of the most famous songs for 'sing-along' with lyrics by Arne Paasche Aasen and music by Kurt Foss and Reidar Boe. They also recorded the song in the 1950...

Many prominent persons have got marches dedicated to them. Generals and colonels, kings and crownprinsesses, professors and captains. Now, finally the common man (you and me) can proudly say we have o...

Who does not know the big hit Last Christmas from the pop group Wham! The duo sold 25 million albums between 1982 until they dissolved in 1986. The front figure, vocalist George Michael and guitarist/...

Norwegian Christmas Favourites The norwegian poet Alf Prøysen has written lyrichs to several beautiful and amusing Christmas melodies. They are always a welcome feature in the Christmas concerts. Love...

Finally, the Christmas song 'Mele Kalikimaka' is available for flexible band instrumentation as a fun and captivating arrangement. Mele Kalikimaka is well known, but perhaps not one of our most played...

Thorbjoern Egner's immortal story about Cardamom City has delighted children and adults since the book was published in 1955. The book became very popular and a play, own songs and record releases fol...

BlimE! is a campaign by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) which goal is to promote friendship and care for each other. The slogan is “Say hello, be a Friend!” Each year, a new song is released...

'Hey, Look Me Over' was written for the Broadway Musical 'Wildcat' in 1960. In the original version, the song was sung by comedy player Lucille Ball, in her only Broadway role ever. The song are perf...

The Water is Wide, also called O Waly, Waly is one of the most famous and played folksongs. The melody is of English origin based on lyrics which partly date to the 1600s. The theme is used by both cl...

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...

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....