Eckart Altenmüller

A warm, romantic 'pastorale', very suitable as calm interlude in your program. John Brastad, band master of the Bergen Salvation Army Band ( (Norway) made the arrangement for brass band.

Jeg er en papegoeye fra Amerika' ('I'm a Parrott from America') is an arrangement of a very popular, Norwegian song for children. This edition should be played in a bright swing-style. This medium adv...

Russian, orchestral music at it's best arranged for Concert Band. The arrangement challenge the whole band, espescially the brass section. The ballet 'The Bolt' was composed in 1930 -1931. The title o...

The opening theme, symbolising a sunrise, is repeated throughout the work, giving the promise of hope for a new day. The musical and conceptual idea for this work is taken from Revelation 22, 5: 'And...

The concept of Walkabout comes originally from the Australian aborigines. A Walkabout is a journey where the goal is of less importance (even though you always end up where you started). It is the jou...

The suite is constructed around a Norwegian folk tune. The melody is called 'Dark Forebodings', and the words of the song revolve around thoughts and reflections on a future that can take unexpected,...

Suite in 3 movements. This suite was originally written for the Tonika Champion competition in 1976. This is a new, and revised edition.

COBALT was commisioned by Modum Janitsjar as own choice piece for the Norwegian championship (third section) 2009. The Royal Cobalt Works of Modum were established in 1773 to extract cobalt ore from t...

TOCATTA e CORALE was commissioned by Dragefjellets Musikkorps, from Bergen, Norway, for their 100th anniversary.

This swingy song is absolutely irresistible! Written for three equal voices, this selection begins in unison, expands into harmony, then layers the three melodies before a modulation and return of the...

This fantastic Camaroon marching song offers the choir an opportunity to experience and share a joyful song of welcome. With solos, call and response, and a rocking percussion accompaniment, mixed cho...

Both haunting and hopeful, this little-known unison French carol setting affords emerging singers opportunities to develop musicianship through tone development and text stress. The gorgeous lyric mel...

In Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie entstand dieses 'Mini-Musical' zur Weihnachtsgeschichte, das viele Aus­führungsmöglichkeiten bietet: Von einer rein 'konzertanten' Aufführung mit Kinderchor, sprechender...

In Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie entstand dieses 'Mini-Musical' zur Weihnachtsgeschichte, das viele Aus­führungsmöglichkeiten bietet: Von einer rein 'konzertanten' Aufführung mit Kinderchor, sprechender...

This very old French Carol still has much to offer during the Christmas season. With five verses to work with, arranger Ken Berg has taken full advantage and added complexity and interest to each succ...

This very old French Carol still has much to offer during the Christmas season. With five verses to work with, arranger Ken Berg has taken full advantage and added complexity and interest to each succ...

Ken Berg has emerged among a new generation of choral composers with an amazing list of successful new works. This original for men's voices was composed for his own high school men's choir. With a fr...

Dies ist eine Bearbeitung des bekannten Liedes mit einem Text von Charles Wesley und einer Melodie von Mendelsohn.

This elegant and artful setting expresses the depth of thought and emotion, fear and excitement, wonder and awe at the miraculous birth of Jesus. Opening in unison with a deeply personal verse, each s...