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The composer and musician Trygve Hoff was born and raised at Rognan in Nordland and gained a lot of inspiration for his texts from the North Norwegian culture. He is a composer and copywriter of many...

The beautiful and popular duet "Christmas is Here", written by Billy Butt and Sölve Rydell is now available in a beautiful, symphonic arrangement for brass band. Many people know the song from a reco...

The Light in the time of Darkness' by Trygve Hoff (1938-1987), tell us about how to see ahead in dark hours. The time of year without sun in the Northern parts of Norway have through generations broug...

North Norwegian Christmas Psalm is one of the most beautiful- and popular of christrmas songs from our age. This arrangement is a real masterpiece suitable for both school- and amateurbands. The Norwe...

The composer and musician Trygve Hoff was born and raised at Rognan in Nordland and gained a lot of inspiration for his texts from the North Norwegian culture. He is a composer and copywriter of many...

The Norwegian Christmas movie 'Reisen til Julestjernen' (Journey to the Christmas Star) from 1976 with Hanne Krogh, Knut Risan and Bente Borsum as main characters is a dear holiday tradition for many...

The composer Trygve Hoff (1938-1987) wrote Nordnorsk Julesalme (North Norwegian Christmas Psalm) in the mid 80's. It has become a classic and is about to recognized a national hymn at Christmas time....

The popular children's musical 'Putti Plutti Pott og Julenissens skjegg' (' Plutti Plutti Pott and Santa Claus' beard') was composed by Per Asplin in 1969. It tells the story of the little boy Plutti...

'BlimE' is Norwegian Broadcasting's friendship campaign for children. The goal is to promote friendship and care for each other. The slogan is 'Say hi! Be a friend! BlimE!'. Every year a song with acc...

Thorbjoern Egner's immortal story about Cardamom City has delighted children and adults since the book was published in 1955. The book became very popular and a play, own songs and record releases fol...

BlimE! is a campaign by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation which goal is to promote friendship and care for each other. The slogan is "Say hello, be a Friend!" Each year, a new song is released togeth...

Finding the perfect opening piece for the concert is important. Get Ready! has a fanfare as a start, a driving rhythmic main part and a grandiose ending that sets the tone for great concerts. With its...

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...

The film is based on the books by Anne-Cath Vestly about the wooden stick 'Knerten' and his owner 'Little brother' have become very popular since the first film came in 2009. With actors such as Jan G...

'Hey, Look Me Over' was written for the Broadway Musical 'Wildcat' in 1960. In the original version, the song was sung by comedy player Lucille Ball, in her only Broadway role ever. The song are perf...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote music in many genres. The most famous of his works are written in opera, piano concertos and sonatas, symphonies and string quartets and string quintets. Mozart wrote in...

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...

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...

In 1936, Oskar Lindberg heard a song at a church service in Gagnef (Dalecarlia). Based on the melody of the song, he wrote an organ piece which he called 'Gammal fäbodpsalm fran Dalarna'. A magnificen...

I went to Denmark with with my marching band ...' This is how the song 'Gud, hvor du er deilig' ('God, You are Delicious') starts, written by Finn Evensen starts. In Norway, we know the song best sung...

Gurines March' is a very well-known song in Norway. Lalla Carlsen made great success performing it in the Chat Noir Revue 'Det er servert' ('It's Served') in 1932 and in the movie 'Opp med hodet' the...

Nice Day for a Stroll depicts just this, a leisurely stroll around the park. Make sure the piece is not played too fast. With its light jazz touch, the rhythm and the triplets should rather be a bit b...