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Disneys Animationsfilm "Frost" kam im Dezember 2013 in die Kinos und wurde sofort ein Erfolg. Er ist inspiriert von H.C. Andersens Märchen "Die Schneekönigin". Die Geschichte handelt von einer mutigen...

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...

The populare band Vamp has once again produced a hit that tops the music charts. 'Little Bird' (Liten Fuggel) is the title track of the ninth studio album which has received wonderful reviews. With th...

Trolldans ('Dance of the Trolls') is a traditional Icelandic folk tune. It is used by many folk music groups and many is familiar with the choir Grex Vocalis' version recorded on the album Norwegian M...

The beautiful song 'Song at Winter Solstice' has within short time been highly loved by listeners all around Norway. It's performed by folk-rock band 'Hekla Stalstrenga' who released their first album...

Daylight Funk is a light, funky and catchy piece of music that will fit well for concerts with your young band throughout the year. With some challenges in leading parts and simple lower parts, this i...

'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...

The piece 'Procession' is ment to describe, or be used as processionmusic. Perhaps the piece can work as an official entry of the youngest in your band or maybe you want to use it in your next church...

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) war neben Claude Debussy der wichtigste Komponist des französischen Impressionismus. Der Begriff Impressionismus kann mit "künstlerischer Eindruck" übersetzt werden, der zuer...

The movies from Disney have always included a lot of great music. 'Once Upon a Dream' was written in 1959 to the musical animation movie 'Sleeping Beauty', a movie produced by Walt Disney. It is base...

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...

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...

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...

Prelude in C minor Opus 28, No. 20 Frédéric Chopin's compositions often reflect the feelings he had for his native country, Poland. His grief over the loss of Polish independence after the revolution...

Wir präsentieren "Terrible Symphony" - das perfekte Stück für Anfänger- oder Juniorbands! Diese lustige Komposition gibt jungen Musikern die Möglichkeit, sich zu amüsieren und den Dirigenten in den W...

This beautiful little piece of music will be perfect to play at any concert. Elegy means lamentation and the melodic themes reflect this. You may use the piece to work with sound, dynamics and phrasi...

Mammoths were a family of elephants that, with one exception, died out at the end of the last ice age. Their closest living relative is the Asian elephant. In many places in the world one can find mam...

Mammoths were a family of elephants that, with one exception, died out at the end of the last ice age. Their closest living relative is the Asian elephant. In many places in the world one can find mam...

In this little suite in three movements, your young musicians really can be creative and have fun. Of course, a story must be written about the unfortunate princess who ate pea soup and got to let a s...

Let your youngest musicians present their instruments and be soloists in this simple piece! Let's meet the band has a tutti part as starts and finish and a flexible part in the middle (A and B) where...

Pineapple Punch, a lively, fun and lively piece of music with challenges for all instrumental groups. You have a great opportunity to work with both rhythm, articulation and understanding of style. Pi...

Wir präsentieren "Terrible Symphony" - das perfekte Stück für Anfänger- oder Juniorbands! Diese lustige Komposition gibt jungen Musikern die Möglichkeit, sich zu amüsieren und den Dirigenten in den W...