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Greensleeves is a famous and highly valued English folk song. It originated in the Renaissance and is one of the oldest songs that are widely known to most people in Europe. Already in the 1500s it ap...

The Water is Wide, also called O Waly, Waly is one of the most famous and played folksongs. The melody is of English origin based on lyrics which partly date to the 1600s. The theme is used by both cl...

'Who can Sail without the Wind' is an old folk tune from Aland in Finland. I believe the song was one of the first one I learnt to sing and play on the guitar. The melancholic character of the song i...

Jan Eggum released 'Myrsnipa' on the album 'Hjerteknuser', which was released in 2007. The text is a variant of the folk tale with the moral 'everyone likes their own children best' and has for many y...

Mahalageasca is a piece that make you happy both to listen and perform. It's possible to play the piece as a stage entrance piece. Repeat bars 1 to 8 several times. You might let the Drum set and some...

Laling is a Norwegian folktune from Bø. The arrangementet of the lullaby starts off with a calm atmosphere (like a dream). The dream develops into a more funky section, until it calms down again. Lali...

Folklore is a work for brass band and percussion loosely based on the story of the Norwegian woman accused of witchcraft, Anne Pedersdotter. She was sentenced to be burned at the stake in Bergen in th...

Old Danish dance is a folk tune from Denmark. It's taken from 'Rasmus Storms notebook' from 1760. This arrangement for brassband was comissioned by the danish brassband Peder Most Garden' in Svendborg...

Wildflower Hill' is a trad. melody, made famous in Norway through recordings and performances by Alf Pyosen. He published the lyrics in 1948, and his first recording the year after. This arrangement i...

'The Bonnie Banks of' Loch Lomond' is a traditional scottish tune first time published in 1841. It is often the last tune on a night of partying in nightclubs and dinner parties. The arrangement has...

This song first became a hit by Brazilian singer Morris Albert. 'Feelings' must be one of the most known love-songs of all time thanks to numerous recordings from artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley...

This one was originally a drinking song. It was well-known in the folksong repertoire untill the early 1900s. Its referance to alcoholic beverages gave it a revival during the prohibition in the US. I...

March in May is a fun and joyful march with challenges in all instrumental groups! Composed for Haugen skolekorps and their 40 years anniversary in 2017. Playing time: approx. 2:10 min

This march is dedicated to those who feel that playing is more important than talking. Conductors talk too much, musicians talk too much, and not least, parents of school band musicians talk way too m...

At last, here is a joyful march for those who really enjoy playing marches in March! Challenges in all instrumental groups.

At last, here is a joyful march for those who really enjoy playing marches in March! Challenges in all instrumental groups.

This march was composed in the early Spring of 1990 after being inspired by the local skydivers practicing their hobby at Geiteryggen Airfield in Skien, Norway. Particularly bold and spectacular I fou...

Tordenskjold was a brave captain (1690-1720) protecting Norway against Karl XII who was trying to occupy Norway. This piece is written for a small instrumentation. The Ready, Steady, Go series trains...

Who do we forget when we get ready to play outside? The bass instruments! Rocker is written to give the bass instruments a line they can look forward to playing every time, and the band a piece that i...