Jerker Johansson

The first theme was written the summer 1997 when Jerker Johansson was composing in Swedish folk music style for an intended radio programme in which his father should participate reading poems in loca...

La marcha Överste Ramström (Coronel Ramström) fue compuesta en 1944 durante el mandato de Rosén en la F7 y está dedicada a Folke Ramström, el primer comandante del Regimiento de las Fuerzas Aéreas de...

Fortis et Liber (Strong and Free) was composed in 2012 on commission from the Swedish Armed Forces and dedicated to The Special Operations Task Group. Jerker has written three marches in the past; Wes...

ALBERT LÖFGREN (1872-1930) is one of the great names in the annals of Swedish military music. He came from a poor peasant family and went the same way as his two older brothers. Only ten years old he...

Hey Brother se hizo famosa gracias al DJ y productor musical sueco Avicii (Tim Bergling) y aparece en su álbum debut True, publicado en 2013. La canción está compuesta por Tim Bergling, Salem al Fakir...

Dancing Queen fue escrita por Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus y Stig "Stikkan" Anderson, y lanzada como sencillo en 1976. El grupo empezó a grabar la canción el 4 de agosto de 1975, y la primera maquet...

Evert Taube (1890-1976) was an author, artist, composer and singer and is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the ballad tradition in the 20th ce...

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) has become one of Swedens most beloved composers through his piano collections 'Flowers of Frösö 1-3'. He looked at his five symphonies and five operas as his main...

Dag Wirén (1905-1986) got his breakthrough as a composer in 1937 with Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 11 - his most played and popular piece. He mainly wrote instrumental music including five symph...

Swedish composer Jerker Johannson has created a lovely hymn for band with obligato parts for Bb bugle and snare drum. You'll find many performance opportunities for this easy, yet effective piece.

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...

With "Missing Man," renowned publisher Hal Leonard presents a deeply moving and sonorous work for concert band. From the very first note, the composition captivates audiences with its emotional depth,...

Brass Wings was written in 1998 as a commission for the Women Home Guard Band, and was first performed at the Swedish Army Tatto in Stockholm under the baton of Harriet Jönsson. The piece revised in 2...

Jerker had the idea for this piece one sunny day in the spring of 1996, when he by mistake had strayed into a hunting store. Back on the street he found himself to be the happy owner of a duck call. H...

The title of this piece refers to the musicologist and musician Åke Edenstrand (1939-2013), in whose memory Jerker Johansson has composed and dedicated this calm and meditative piece played at the fun...

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...

Put your percussion section in the spotlight! With "Speedy Dreams" from the renowned publisher Norsk Noteservice, you can present a thrilling piece for concert band that celebrates the snare drum as a...

Jerker Johansson has lived in Gothenburg, on the Swedish West Coast, since 1984, and is deeply interested in the history of the country. Gothia is the most southern part of Sweden, and Gothenburg, whi...

The inspiration to this piece comes from the composer's impression of the beautiful Bohuslän coast, more precise the island of Hälsö in the Gothenburg archipelago. Here the Nordic light appears in a p...

The author of Kosterflickornas visa 'Song of the Koster Girls' is Evert Taube (1890-1976). It is one of the 200 popular and beloved songs he wrote and which have made him one of Sweden's 'national poe...

In Charge was commissioned by the Home Guard Band of Eksjö to honour Thomas Samuelsson, whose efforts with the orchestra have been of great significance. He was a driving person within Swedish militar...

Jerker Johansson has lived in Gothenburg, on the Swedish West Coast, since 1984, and is deeply interested in the history of the country. Gothia is the most southern part of Sweden, and Gothenburg, whi...

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...