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Tortoises from 'The Carnival of the Animals' is a brand new arrangement of this movement from the orchestral suite by Camille Saint-Säens. The slow and goofy turtle is given a hip-hop groove to speed...

The 'Rákóczi March' (Hungarian March) was the unofficial state anthem of Hungary before Ferenc Kölcsey wrote the Himnusz which is today the official national anthem of Hungary. The first version of th...

Schiller's text of 1785 was partially used by Beethoven in1824 when he did finish the 4th movement of his 9th Symphony. The melody has later been used in very many contexts. As the anthem of the Europ...

Edvard Grieg composed his 'Four Norwegian Dances, op. 35' during the summer of 1881. The second of these four dances is by far the most popular and recognizable. This short piece in ABA form has becom...

Johan August Halvorsen (1864-1935) was born in Drammen and played violin and several brass instruments. He played in both orchestra and wind bands and in 1881 he became a student at Brigademusikken in...

Gustav Sparre Olsen (1903 - 1984) has a voluminous production as a composer, with orchestral works, chamber music, stage music, piano, and vocal music. His music is characterised by beautiful, lyrical...

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...

The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) is widely recognized as his country's greatest composer, and through his music he helped Finland to develop a national identity during its struggle for i...

Gustav Holst (1874-1934) was a British composer. His most famous work is the orchestra suite 'The Planets'. 'Jupiter Hymn' is an excerpt from the fourth movement named 'Jupiter'. This Young Band arra...

A very entertaining concert opener in Las vegas-style. An enjoyable piece of music for the band and the audience. The piece was written for Norwegian Brass Band Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag for their p...

In 1988, Egil Monn-Iversen composed this melody for Alf Prøysen's lyrics from 1964 for the performance "Nå seile vi på Mjøsa" at Det Norske Teatret ("The Norwegian Theatr"). It was through this musica...

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...

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...

Este arreglo del Andante de Johann Sebastian Bach de la Sonata para órgano nº 4 fue creado en los tiempos de Covid. Bajo los largos días de aislamiento, encontré la grabación del virtuoso isleño Vikin...

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...

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...