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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'...

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...

Gratitud es una de las bellas piezas líricas de Grieg, Op. 62 nº 2. Eva Knardahl hizo una hermosa grabación que recuerdo bien fue utilizada como fondo para una cabalgata de imágenes por la Corporación...

Henry Purcell (1658 - 1695) is generally considered as one of the greatest English composers. He incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions and made uniquely English baro...

Brooklet' is one of the movements from Grieg's Lyric Pieces for Solo Piano opus 62. Information for the conductor: «Brooklet' is an technically advanced work for solo piano. In this arrangement, techn...

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...

Adiós Nonino was written by the Argentinian bandonion player and composer, Astor Piazzolla as a tribute to his father Vicente 'Nonino' Piazzolla in 1959. The title, translated, means Farewell Grandda...

This arrangement of 'Abide with me' slightly differs from the traditional representation of the hymn. The piece has a majestic introduction based on elements from and around the hymn. Furthermore, the...

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...

Edvard Grieg composed this funeral march in memory of Rikard Nordraak who died i Berlin in 1866. The work present both pompous and magnificent thems as well as melancholic melodies. The solemn funeral...

3 Movements for Brass Band is written with the intent to explore concise, but intention-filled musical forms. Even though each movement is a clearly defined part, there are still many similarities and u...

Chanson de Matin ("Canción de la mañana") (Op. 15, nº 2) fue escrita probablemente por Edward Elgar hacia 1889, originalmente para violín y piano. Más tarde creó una versión orquestal. El estreno de e...

Se trata de una composición original de la serie Flex-7. La pieza comienza describiendo una escena en la que uno en tiempos antiguos se reunía alrededor del fuego cantando y bailando. Se abre y termin...

Main theme from Vltava (Moldau) The Czech composer Bedrich Smetana belongs to the national romantic period in music history. Many of his works is what we call 'program music', music that describes spe...

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major was completed 9 March 1785, just four weeks after he wrote his D minor concerto. Andante is the second movement in the concert and has been nicknamed 'Elvira Ma...

Franz Schubert was born in Lichtental, Austria in 1797 and was 28 when he composed the Ave Maria about year 1825. The original text that was set to the song is taken from the poem 'The Lady of the Lak...

'An der schönen blauen Donau' is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss in 1869. The waltz is a firm highlight of the New Years Day concerts by the Vienna Philharmonic, even though it is not on the offici...

Habanera is a dance and a musical form that originated in Havana, Cuba. Habanera is one of the roots of tango. It is a slow solo dance adapted from a French inspired Haitian dance in the first half of...