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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...

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...

The Water is Wide, also called 'O Waly, Waly' is one of the most famous and played folksongs. The melody is of English origin based on lyrics which partly date to the 1600s. The theme is used by both...

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...

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...

Solo for Flute in C - Vocal - Oboe in C - Altosax Eb - Tenorsax Bb - Flugelhorn/Trumpet - Horn in F - Horn in Eb - Trombone BC - Trombone TC - Euphonium BC - Euphonium TC - Euphonium Bb BC - Trombone...

The opening theme in this song is based on a Dutch folksong 'Wilgeboompjes' from 1735. However, the theme reminds us more about traditional irish folk music. The Norwegian band 'Plumbo' made popular m...

CC Cowboys is a Norwegian rock band from Fredrikstad. Their first album was published in 1990 titled Blodsbroedre (Blood Brothers). For this they received the Norwegian Grammy as this year's newcomer....

Amund Enger has since his recording debut in 1981 established himself as a music artist, actor and above all a songwriter for other artists. His probably most well-known songs are 'Domine Deus' and 'H...

Trond-Viggo Torgersen has published several recordings for children, and won the Norwegian Grammy award 'Spellemannsprisen' in 1981 for the album 'Det by'ner na' with Georg Keller. Many famous songs i...

'Rompa mi' der norwegischen Popband D.D.E aus dem Jahr 1996 ist heute noch ein großer Hit in Norwegen.