Haakon Esplo: Partituras medio

'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' is an R&B/soul song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla Motown label. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded...

Friday I'm in Love' is a song by British rock band The Cure. It is the second single from the album 'Wish' (1992), and it became a worldwide hit. It won the award for European Viewer's Choice for Best...

We are the Champions - One of the big hits of the 70's from the pop group Queen. The song became, and still is, very popular. People almost expect to hear the tune at sportevents. To the Conductor: Ev...

Feeling Good was written in 1965 for the Broadway musical 'The Roar of the Grease Paint - The Smell of the Crowd'. Since then it has been interpreted and recorded by many famous artists. Nina Simone,...

Hercule Poirot is one of the most famous detectives in our literary history. The writer Agatha Christie has left the Belgian investigator acting for over 30 novels and 50 short stories. Most people pr...

'How I love the name of Jesus' is a psalm of David Welander. He wrote it on the train home to Lorenskog in January 1923, and completed it out overnight. It was printed in the magazine 'Krigsropet' sho...

Many of the most beautiful melodies in history of music are written by Johann Sebastian Bach. He, like many other composers, has used the theme of Arioso in several works he wrote. With some variation...

Trond-Viggo Torgersen has published several recordings for children, and won the Norwegian Grammy award 'Spellemannsprisen' in 1981 for the album 'Det by'ner na' with Georg Keller. Many famous songs i...

Chanson D'Amour' ('Song of love') is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin. It became a Top Ten hit in 1958 performed by Art and Dotty Todd. The married couple were the resident act at the Chapman...

By the Fjord' is written by the Norwegian composer Kjetil Bjørnstad and is the most famous song from the musical work 'Leve Patagonia' which was published in 1978. The work is written as a modern suit...

Arvid Hanssen was a popular Norwegian poet who got several of his poems set to music by Tove Karoline Knutsen. The song 'Kom sommarvijnn' (Come summerwind) became very popular when it was released on...

Chanson D'Amour' ('Song of love') is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin. It became a Top Ten hit in 1958 performed by Art and Dotty Todd. The married couple were the resident act at the Chapman...

By the Fjord' is written by the Norwegian composer Kjetil Bjørnstad and is the most famous song from the musical work 'Leve Patagonia' which was published in 1978. The work is written as a modern suit...

'Winter and Snow' was written by Sigurd Jansen and Alfred Naess and were recorded and released on single by Norwegian singer Wenche Myhre in 1966. The single was released in connection with the Nordi...

The Norwegian vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Jan Eggum is regarded as one of our most important musicians in the Norwegian folk art and popular music. He recorded his debut album 'Jan Eggum' in 19...

The Norwegian vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Jan Eggum is regarded as one of our most important musicians in the Norwegian folk art and popular music. He recorded his debut album 'Jan Eggum' in 19...

'Winter and Snow' was written by Sigurd Jansen and Alfred Naess and were recorded and released on single by Norwegian singer Wenche Myhre in 1966. The single was released in connection with the Nordi...

Franz Schubert wrote three 'Marches Militaires', opus 51, D. 733. This publication is the first of the three (No. 1 in D major) and one of Schubert's most famous pieces. There is some uncertainty abou...

Most Scandinavian people know Benny Borg. As a guitarist, composer, lyric writer and a show actor, he has been producing great music for many decades. His most famous songs are probably 'Balladen om M...

Composers Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez have once again written music for Disneys sequel film Frozen II after great success in 2013 with Frozen. Many will probably remember Let it Go which...

Sweet Piano is an easy swing piece that is guaranteed to get the audience to feel the beat. The first part is a sweet little waltz - last part is uptempo and show.

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...

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...