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På den tiden da "Guess what I wanna do" ble til, tidlig i nittiårene, var jeg så utrolig heldig å være medlem av "Oslo Groove Company", et kruttsterkt storband fra miljøet rundt musikkhøgskolen. Bande...

Norge i rødt, hvitt og blått ("Norway in Red, White and Blue") was commissioned by the Oslo Fagott Choir (yes, that is indeed a gay men’s choir) for a concert with The Staff Band of the Armed Forces i...

“Song for Frances” is a classic love ballad, written for concert band and brass band, with a soloist on euphonium. The piece always has the soloist in focus and gives him plenty of room to show off, b...

The Return of the Pirates is a five movement suite of music originally composed for a summer course arranged by The Norwegian Band Federation. The five movements describes scenes for the pirates' stor...

Pineapple Punch, a lively, fun and lively piece of music with challenges for all instrumental groups. You have a great opportunity to work with both rhythm, articulation and understanding of style. Pi...

“At the Zoo” is a light and playful piece for the beginning musicians. Different animals and their characteristics are the theme of each movement, and the melody alternates between the different secti...

Diplodocus is said to be one of the largest dinosaus to ever have lived. This plant munching beast weighted approximately 20 tons, and could measure up to 30 metres from head to tail. The dinosaur liv...

This piece for beginning band was written as a commission for Norsk Noteservice to the “Music for Beginners” serie. The piece is a feelgood item with limited range for all instruments, suitable for yo...

Interlude for Band is an arrangement based on the theme from "Affinity and Fellowship". "Affinity and Fellowship" was commissioned by Nord-Odal Concert Band, and published by Warner/Chappell Music Nor...

This is an arrangement which has to be performed a bit humorous in the spirit of the original. It starts with a kazoo-like opening, played on the mouthpieces. At C, baritones and euphoniums should sta...

Pang ist eine Onimatopoesie, die die brutalen Kräfte beschreibt, die vom ersten Takt an entfesselt werden. Der Energiestrom setzt sich im gesamten Stück fort. Das Stück wurde 1998 vom Bispehaugen Ungd...

Dag Wirén (1905-1986) wurde 1937 als Komponist mit der Serenade für Streichorchester op. 11 bekannt, die bis heute sein meistgespieltes Werk ist. Seine Werkliste besteht hauptsächlich aus Instrumental...

The first theme was written the summer 1997 when Jerker Johansson was composing in Swedish folk music style for an intended radio programme in which his father should participate reading poems in loca...

Besame Mucho ('Kiss Me a Lot') ist ein Lied, das 1940 von der mexikanischen Sängerin/Komponistin Consuela Velasquez geschrieben wurde. Kürzlich wurde es als das beliebteste mexikanische Lied aller Zei...

Wave was written by Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos Jobim in 1967. This arrangement was written for Norwegian Concert Band Kampen Janitsjarorkester. "Wave" is simply a bossa nova tune w...

Everybody's Mambo was written during spring 2010 on commission from the municipality of Asker in Norway. The aim with the composition was to write groovy and catchy music affordable to play for musici...

Champagne Tango was recorded for the first time in 1914 by the pianist Roberto Firpo. After the first release, is's recorded a numerous times both in Argentina and abroad. It was written by Manuel Aró...

Santiago Lope was born in Ezcaray (La Rioja, Spain) on May 23. 1871. He studied violin and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Madrid. When the city of Valencia organized a municipal band in...

'Hi New York' was released for the first time in 1982 as a part of the LP-recording 'Original Nilsen', one of the greatest successes by Norwegian artist Lillebjørn Nilsen. Unlike most of the music by...

'Sad Samba' is a 'happy' samba in a minor key. Starts soft, builds up and ends kind of softly. There is a solo section (ad lib.) for any instrument. If possible, feel free to use a soft instrument suc...

Sabor Caribeño' means 'Taste of Caribbean'. This original composition is written by Norwegian composer Sverre Indris Joner who has studied Caribbean music since mid-80s. The music presents traditional...

Summer Play Samba is, as the title suggests, a light summer samba, which flows like a fresh summer breeze into the ear canals and stays there. The piece was written in connection with an assignment th...

Guajira ist sowohl ein Begriff für eine Liedform, wobei die meisten Menschen das Lied "Guajira Guantanamera" kennen werden, als auch ein kubanisches Wort für Bauer oder Feldarbeiter, wie es viele in d...

This song was a huge hit when it was released by The Monroes on the album 'Face Another Day' in 1985. 20 years later it became as popular when it was re-recorded as 'Tsjeriau' with Ravi and DJ Lov. Th...

César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck (1822-1890) composed his famous Mass in 1872. The penultimate movement from this mass is the beautiful 'Panis Angelicus' - 'Bread of Angels'. Solo Options: V...