Noten für Brass Bands

Seaside Rendezvous is a song with a lot a humour to put the musicians, and audience as well, in the right mood! The song is featured on the 1975-album success A Night At The Opera by British band Quee...

This piece was commissioned by Borge Brass Band with support from Borge Sparebank in 1997. They suggested some folk tunes from Lofoten for the composer, from which he chose two of them. The two folk s...

The Cock was originally written as an arrangement for brassband for Norwegian band Eikanger-Bjorsvik Musikklag and their CD-release 'Light' in 1989. I chose the Norwegian tune 'Hanen stend pa stabburs...

Varsog' is a poem by Hans Hyldbakk, written in april 1945. The poem was written at the end of World War II, and it is said that 'spring' (the English word for 'var') is a kind of a metaphor for the li...

'Mitt lille land' (My small country), written by the Norwegian singer/songwriter Ole Paus was released in 1994 on the album of the same name. The song has been described as a lyrical description of No...

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...

The song 'Vesle Hoa som var en Hottentott' vas written by by the Norwegian author and cartoonist Thorbjorn Egner. Since the first recording of the song in 1954, it has been one of the most famous chil...

Alf Proysen (1914-1970) is a household name in the modern norwegian tradition of lyrics and songwriting. This text is about the girl Tora, and her experience of standing alone at the party waiting for...

This piece is about a hippopotamus who goes on vacation, only to find out that even though vacation is great and a lot of fun, there is no place like home sweet home and his very own sofa! The tuba so...

This piece is about a happy donkey and a sad donkey. They stumble on each other and take on a quest for the big grape. They do find the big grape but immediately start figthing over it. Finally they c...

A playable and fun march for all who enjoy marching in the streets. When the band comes marching, you need to make way! Several doublings makes is current also for bands with a limited instrumentation...