Pierre-Hyacinthe Azais

'Home for Christmas' ist ein wundeschöner Weihnachtssong der norwegischen Singer/Songwriterin Maria Mena. John Philip Hanneviks Arrangement kann sowohl mit Instrumental-, als auch mit Gesangssolisten...

Stjernesludd is a hit single from the popular Norwegian band DumDum Boys. The song-writer Aslak Dørum is the bass-player in the band. It was recorded in 1997, and it has been a well know radio-hit eve...

This christmas fanfare is based on the tune by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / William H. Cummings. The lyrics Hark, the Herald Angels Sing are credited to Charles Wesley, and are written a century befo...

This song is written by the incredibly successful duo Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. It became a huge hit in Sweden when recorded by Benny Anderssons Orkester and vocalist Helen Sjöholm in 2012....

Arild Sandvold (1895 - 1984) began his studies at the Music Conservatory in Kristiania (Oslo) in 1906, in piano and organ as well as music theory. After his debut as organist and pianist, he had his d...

Halvdan Sivertsen (born 1950) is one of the most popular singer/ songwriters in Norway. He is well know as a first-class storyteller, and he has a strong melodic line in all his music. This Christma...

The text for this carol was written by the Episcopal priest Phillips Brooks in 1865, and it was inspired by his visit to Bethlehem three years earlier. He asked his organist in the Church of the Holy...

This well know Christmas Carol has a French tune from the 16th century dance book Orchésographie, written by Jehan Tabourot. The original title is 'Le branle de l'Official'. The lyrics were written b...

Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontyovich composed this famous Christmas Carol in 1914. The carol is based on a folk chant called 'Shchedryk'. The composer was a supporter of the independence movement in...

This song was composed by the Norwegian singer-songwriter Lars Martin Myhre. The lyrics describe a person seeing the Holiday season approaching, with the feeling of being a bit on the side of society...

The original Welsh song "Nos galan" dating back to the sixteenth century, has become an international Christmas carol with the English lyric "Deck the hall with boughs of holly". The song does not off...

The singer- songwriter Trygve Hoff (1938-1987) was born in the small village Rognan in the region Nordland in the north of Norway. Many of his lyrics point towards this part of the country, and he bec...

Heaven on Earth was composed in 1995, and has since then become one of Norway’s favorite Christmas Carols. The lyrics are a homage to the charismatic preacher Aage Samuelsen. The arrangement needs to...