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Arild Sandvold (1895 - 1984) began his studies at the Music Conservatory in Kristiania (Oslo) in 1906, in piano and organ as well as music theory. After his debut as organist and pianist, he had his d...

The composer and musician Trygve Hoff was born and raised at Rognan in Nordland and gained a lot of inspiration for his texts from the North Norwegian culture. He is a composer and copywriter of many...

This has become a Christmas song that has its roots in a love duet between the young Fleksnes and classmate Victoria. The class will be competing with a duet in a song competition. The text gives hope...

Halvdan Sivertsen (born 1950) is one of the most popular singer/ songwriters in Norway. He is well know as a first-class storyteller, and he has a strong melodic line in all his music. This Christma...

The text for this carol was written by the Episcopal priest Phillips Brooks in 1865, and it was inspired by his visit to Bethlehem three years earlier. He asked his organist in the Church of the Holy...

'Hjem til jul' ('Home for Christmas') is composed by the Norwegian singer/songwriter Terje Nilsen and recorded by him twice. First on the album record 'Sånn' and later as an acoustic live version as a...

The singer- songwriter Trygve Hoff (1938-1987) was born in the small village Rognan in the region Nordland in the north of Norway. Many of his lyrics point towards this part of the country, and he bec...

The beautiful and popular duet "Christmas is Here", written by Billy Butt and Sölve Rydell is now available in a beautiful, symphonic arrangement for brass band. Many people know the song from a reco...

Candles in Advent is a beautiful melody with great lyrics. It was originally written for an Norwegian Advent TV-series in 1985. In this arrangement, the flugelhorn has some solo lines. I Have tried t...

Secret Garden and Rolf Loevland have for many years given us unforgettable music. This is the title track from their first Christmas released in 2020. It's a warm and beautiful piece with a typical fo...

This music was written by Richard Nordraak in 1860. The present arrangement can be performed with or without choir/soprano soloist. Minor phrasings are preferable, but be aware of the balance througho...

Heaven on Earth was composed in 1995, and has since then become one of Norway’s favorite Christmas Carols. The lyrics are a homage to the charismatic preacher Aage Samuelsen. The arrangement needs to...

The piece is divided into three verses, where the first and last are identical. Verse two is a variation with call and response elements. The verses contrast dynamically. Another option is to play onl...

The piece was written for the Manger schoolband and is based on the English Christmas carol 'O Little Town Of Bethlehem'. A modern dance-rhythm surrounds the melody in an arrangement which is playable...

Det star eit lys' is a beautiful Christmas Hymn with melodic challenges in most of the wind band sections.

This is a Christmas psalm based on the poem 'in the Bleak Midwinter' by the English poet Christina Rossetti and written before 1872 for the magazine Scribner's Monthly. It was publishe posthuma in Ros...

The Light in the time of Darkness' by Trygve Hoff (1938-1987), tell us about how to see ahead in dark hours. The time of year without sun in the Northern parts of Norway have through generations broug...

This beautiful Christmas song was written by Mel Torme and Robert Wells in 1944. It is the most broadcasted Christmas songs of all times, according to BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated). Torme himself...

One of the most popular 'modern' Christmas songs. This masterful arrangement is another great work from the pen of Idar Torskangerpoll. The music for Little Drummer Boy was written by pianist/composer...

North Norwegian Christmas Psalm is one of the most beautiful- and popular of christrmas songs from our age. This arrangement is a real masterpiece suitable for both school- and amateurbands. The Norwe...

Solan, Ludvig and Reodor Felgen is back! 'Jul i Flaklypa' ('Christmas at Flaklypa') is the sequel to 'Flaklypa Grand Prix' from 1975, the most successful Norwegian movie of all times. This time, the m...

'Angels We Have Heard' on High is one of the most famous Christmas carols all over the world. Of French origin, it's also entitled 'Les Anges dans nos campagnes'. The Irish bishop James Chadwick has w...

This song is written by the incredibly successful duo Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. It became a huge hit in Sweden when recorded by Benny Anderssons Orkester and vocalist Helen Sjöholm in 2012....

The composer and musician Trygve Hoff was born and raised at Rognan in Nordland and gained a lot of inspiration for his texts from the North Norwegian culture. He is a composer and copywriter of many...

Halvdan Sivertsen (born 1950) is one of the most popular singer/ songwriters in Norway. He is well know as a first-class storyteller, and he has a strong melodic line in all his music. This Christmas...