Edition Merseburger

Den siste mohikaner ('The Last of the Mohicans') is originally a German song ('Da sprach der alte haeuptling der indianer'). In Norway it's made famous by singer Arne Bendiksen who performed it a nume...

Trollmothers Lullaby is a Swedish Childs anthem written by Margit Holmberg (1912-1989). With this song, the trollmothers tries to get all her eleven trolls to sleep by singing the words 'oajajajaja bu...

Wer ärgert sich nicht über verlorenes Geld? Gewiss tat dies Beethoven, als ein Groschen fehlte, und er machte daraus wunderbare Klaviermusik. Wir tun es heute genauso, und in manchen europäischen Länd...

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...

From The Musical The Pajama Game

Highland Cathedral is a well known and widely used melody in the Scottish Bagpipe tradition. The song is used in all kind of Scottish events, including weddings. I has even been proposed as the new Sc...

The Norwegian folk instrument, the pixie flute, was originally an imitation of the German recorder. Stine I. Wold plays a flute she made herself here. Egil Storbekken wrote many tunes for this wooden...

Norwegian Folk Song is well known in Norway and made in many versions. The arranger has made a Funk-like version with repetative musical patterns. In the middle section of the piece, the drum kit part...

This Rap-song was one of the biggest hits in Norway and the most streamed Norwegian song on Wimp and Spotify in 2012. Rap is an excellent style for rhythmic exercising for bands. Text sheet (Norwegian...

With music to both the 'Olsenbanden' movies and 'Pinchcliffe Grand Prix', one would almost believe that Bent Fabricius-Bjerre was a Norwegian. But the Danish film and TV composer has a very large prod...

An easy march for beginners, use it on parade as well as in concert. Make sure that the articulation and dynamics are properly observed.

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...

Einer der großartigsten Jazzstandards aller Zeiten im fünfstimmigen Arrangement für flexible Ensembles. 'It's Only a Paper Moon' komponierte Harold Arlen 1933 für das - im Gegensatz zu diesem Song - w...

Ein großartiger zeitloser Jazz-Standard, arrangiert in einem leichten (Note 2,5), entspannten Swing-Stil für eine flexible Instrumentierung, spielbar von einem reinen oder gemischten Quintett oder ein...

The song was a huge world-wide hit, sung in countless arrangements and translations by artists all over the world, including in French by Tino Rossi ('C'est à Capri' 1934), in English by Frankie Laine...

One of the newest recordings of this song is the 2008 version by Natalie Cole, who sang the song as a virtual duet with her father, Nat King Cole who recorded it in 1952, more than 50 years earlier. T...

I'm in the Mood for Love is today a "standard" song released in 1935. The music was written by Jimmy McHugh, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was introduced by Frances Langford in the film "Eve...

This is a blues-tune in the Noteservice Flex-4 series, it has a 'hook' where all play the same melody. Be aware of the articulation and style and enjoy a slow blues.

This piece was commissioned by Langhus Skolekorps junior band for their autumnal concert in 2022, where all ensembles of the band played jazz in one form. The piece is a sort of blues with a big focus...

Satin Doll is one of the most famous Duke Ellington's 'jazz standards'. It was written in 1953, and soon became a great hit in its instrumental version. Johnny Mercer, regarded as one of America's gre...