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Originally written and arranged for trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's big band in 1956, this version of Benny Golson's tribute to the late Clifford Brown, 'I Remember Clifford,' has become a favorite ballad...

This piece is a collection of three folk songs from Nord-Gudbrandsdal in Norway. To the Conductor: First part (from bar 8): The trumpets presents the theme while the horns and trombones represents a k...

Svendsen wrote his three Norwegian rhapsodies between 1876 and 1877. All of them are largely based on themes from a collection og songs Ældre og nyere norske Fjeldmelodier' by L.M. Lundeman. Norwegian...

Johan Svendsen wrote several great adaptions of folk music for strings. These are all characterized by his tasteful harmonics. Far Away Star is one of the two Swedish folk songs published as op. 27 fo...

This great piece is a result of two outstanding composers creative ability. The French composer Charles Gounod (1818-1893) used the Prelude No. 1 from 'Das Wohltemperierte Klavier' by Johann Sebasian...

Eine der berühmtesten Arien in der Geschichte der Oper. Meisterhaftes Arrangement für Gesangs- oder Instrumentalsolisten mit Band! Puccini komponierte mit 'O mio babbino caro' aus seiner Oper 'Gianni...

This great solo for piccolo with concert band is simply one of the most beautiful solo pieces ever written. Italian baroque music at it's very best! The Italian baroque composer, Antonio Vivaldi (1678...

Clair de Lune (Debussy) * Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms) * Prelude (Op. 3, No. 2) (Rachmaninoff) * Pachelbel's Canon in D and others.

Clair de Lune (Debussy) * Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms) * Prelude (Op. 3, No. 2) (Rachmaninoff) * Pachelbel's Canon in D and others.

Clair de Lune (Debussy) * Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms) * Prelude (Op. 3, No. 2) (Rachmaninoff) * Pachelbel's Canon in D and others.

Although 'Tin Tin Deo' is usually associated with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, it was actually co-composed by Gillespie's original arranging partner Gil Fuller and conguero Luciano 'Chano' Pozo.  T...

In 1916, Norway established a new order whereunder the Army was divided into divisions instead of brigades. A new central command was naturally established, and the band of the 1st Brigade now became...

A great march composed by Oscar Borg, the most famous norwegian composer of music for band. It's always been a part of the repertoire for the 1st Brigade Band (Now The Norwegian Wind Ensemble) in Hald...

March of the North Pole was composed in 1896. It was dedicated to Fridtjof Nansen and his companions on their expedition to the North Pole. Oscar Alfred Johannesen Borg sometimes called the March Kin...

The Norwegian Parliament's Festive March was commissioned, by teh Parliament, for the Centennial celebration of Norway as a free Nation (1905-2005).

Horace Silver's iconic blues received the big band treatment courtesy of arranger Ernie Wilkins for Dizzy Gillespie's big band in 1956. By and large, the arrangement sticks fairly close to Silver's or...

This Buddy Bregman arrangement was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald for what became the first entry into her songbook series: The Cole Porter Songbook. The arrangement begins with the seldom heard verve ac...

Solo for tenorhorn/baryton

The well-known danish composer Hans Peter Nielsen (1907-1977) wrote this piece in 1951. In addition to his composing career, Nielsen was also performing as musician with the orchestra of the Danish Ra...