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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...

Bring the magic of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 to life on the keys! With "Fairytale," Norwegian musician Alexander Rybak achieved a worldwide smash hit and made ESC history. This high-quality she...

Sledgehammer was released both as single record and included in the album 'So' by British artist Peter Gabriel in 1986. The song is the biggest hit to this day by Gabriel. The song is inspired by the...

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...

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...

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...

Edward Elgar composed his 'Variations on an Original Theme', Op. 36, popularly known as the Enigma Variations, between October 1898 and February 1899. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen vari...

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907) is the most important, national-romantic composer from Norway. He is also the most famous Norwegian composer abroad. He composed the stage music for 'Sigurd Jorsalfar'...

Edvard Grieg's small, charming melody certainly deserves to be used more often. Edvard Grieg's tune to an old Christmas song was published in his opus 61 in 1895.

Mozart wrote many serenades, some of which were for winds. K. 375 was written in just one day, October 15, 1781, for a wind octet (2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns). This arrangement of on...

Originally called 'Gratulanterne kommer' (The well-wishers are coming),It was written in 1896 for the 50th year celebration of Nancy Giertsen held at the Fossli Hotel near the Voringsfossen waterfall...

The tuba is an instrument which normally have the accompaniment role in the band. But it is also a great solo instrument which this piece shows. The piece was written for Håvard Monge in the Norwegian...

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...

“Concert Prelude” is a little concert piece originally written for the competition Mini Brass at the Swedish Brass Band Championships 2022. The piece contains everything from fanfare motifs to calm so...

“Festive Intrada” es una pieza de apertura rápida y enérgica, con un ritmo que impulsa la pieza hacia adelante. He tocado y dirigido bandas durante más de 40 años, y la pieza probablemente esté inspir...

One of the most famous Bach pieces written for baroque orchestra. This edition for flexible 7-part instrumentation is an excellent introduction both to the music of Bach but also to baroque music in g...