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Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major was completed 9 March 1785, just four weeks after he wrote his D minor concerto. Andante is the second movement in the concert and has been nicknamed 'Elvira Ma...

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...

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...

A beautiful setting of one of the greatest orchestral exerpts of the litterature, Dvorak's New World Symphony. This arrangement makes this music playable also for smaller ensembles! This arrangement o...

Tango originated in the late 19th century in South America and belonged initially to the lower classes in society. The period 1920-1950 is called «The golden age of the tango» and became popular also...

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrated 30 years in 2019 and the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family affairs commissioned Children's March for the celebration on Novem...

The pop duo Marcus & Martinus won MGP jr in 2012 with the song 'Two drops of water'. The song was a huge hit and the twins has since then released several songs with great success. In 2015, the new on...

The heaven is with me is a Christmas song written by the Swedish singer Carola Häggkvist. It is recorded on her Christmas album 'Christmas in Betlehem' from 1999 and has become a very popular song to...

The Dancing Monkey is a fun piece to play for the youngest players. The music offers the opportunity to practise the use of rhythm, articulation and dynamics while the musicians have fun with this hum...

In 2016, eMMa released the song 'Angels in the Snow' and in 2018 'Got you on the brain', both of which have millions of plays on YouTube and Spotify. In 2019, eMMa also released the song 'Happy'. The...

'Vi lever' (En Chantant) was recorded and released on a single by the French artist Michel Sardou in 1978. Four years later, in 1982 Wenche Myhre recorded a Norwegian version with text by Jan Eggum de...

The American comedy 'Police Academy' became a huge worldwide blockbuster at the movies in 1984. With, among others, Steve Gutenberg and Kim Cattrall in the roles the movie followed a group of police r...

'Walking in the Air' is written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film 'The Snowman', based on the book by Raymond Briggs. In the film the song was performed by St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter...

The beautiful song 'Winterland Butterfly' by Halvdan Sivertsen was first released in 1987 on the album 'Ny og naken' (New and naked). It's about tolerance and is just as relevant today as in the 80's....

Music has always been of great importance in Disney's magical world. The instrumental music and songs of the animated feature films provide a unique background and magic to any Disney story. Every Chr...

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...

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...

Astrid Smeplass, better known under the artist name Astrid S wrote "Når snoeen smelter"( "When the snow melts") in 2021 as the title track for the remake of the famous movie" Three Hazelnuts for Cinde...

Sunday People is the title track from the debut album with the same name from the group The Monroes. The LP was released in 1983 and the Sunday People immediately became a huge hit. The Monroes was th...

Adeles soulige Powerballade 'Hello' aus ihrem dritten Studioalbum '25' stieg in vielen ländern sofort auf Platz eins der Charts.

'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 most beautiful thing is one of Jahn Teigens most popular pop ballads. It was written in 1988 together with Rolf Lovland and Ove Borochstein and went straight to the top of the Norwegian hitlists....

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...

Norwegian artist Jorn Hoel made his breakthrough with his album 'Varme ut av is' released in 1987. The songs 'Have a Dream' and 'Hold My Hand' became big hits and still stand out as some of the most p...

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...