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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...

Der Jazz-Standard 'Night and Day' von Cole Porter stammt aus dem Muscal 'Gay Divorce' aus dem Jahr 1932. Der Song wurde bereits von zahlreichen berühmten Künstlern gesungen, u.a. Fred Astaire, Frank S...

'Fiesta Latina' ist ein unterhaltsamer Titel für alle Gelegenheiten, der eingängig und einfach zu spielen ist. Die große Rhythmusgruppe sorgt für das richtige Latin-Feeling.

This is two short pieces at grade level 1,5 written in samba- and mambo style as the titles indicates. The percussion parts are ad lib and are intended to be customized to the number of players and in...

Granka - Granka - Granka is a popular advertisement tune for the Norwegian classifieds site "finn.no", first aired in 2019. It is written by actor and musician Nils Joergen Kaalstad. To make it easie...

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...

Reach for the Sky was composed by Jerker Johansson at the time he was serving as principal conductor for The Royal Swedish Air Force Band. The march, written in a classical British style, was premiere...

'Toward Brighter Times' is the most famous march by swedish composer Gustaf Sundell. He composed it in 1942 and the year after it was adopted to the Älvsborg Regiment (Boras, Sweden).

Der March of His Majesty the King's Guard Band ist der Bataillonsmarsch der Garde Seiner Majestät des Königs. Er wird bei der Inspektion des Königs, bei den Formationen der Garde und bei der Wachablö...

Soul Man is a 1967 song written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, first successful as a hit single by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam & Dave. The Blues Brothers also performed the song on an episode of...

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 march was written by Enderby Jackson and performed during a series of brass band events which took place at the Crystal Palace, London 1860 - 1863. Enderby Jackson was the organiser of these histo...

Festival March was written for a matinè at The National Stage, Bergen on Norway's National Day 17th of May 1898, on which Johan Halvorsen was leading the orchestra. For this first performance, the pie...

'De naere ting' ('The nearest thing)') is one of the most famous songs for 'sing-along' with lyrics by Arne Paasche Aasen and music by Kurt Foss and Reidar Boe. They also recorded the song in the 1950...

March of the Norwegian Veterans was written in 2012 for the Liberation Day commemoration 8th of May. From 2011, 8th of May was not only the Liberation Day, but also the official veterans day in Norway...

Fortis et Liber (Strong and Free) was composed in 2012 on commission from the Swedish Armed Forces and dedicated to The Special Operations Task Group. Jerker has written three marches in the past; Wes...

Bravo March' was originally composed for a local junior band. It's written in a traditional march style and it has been important to include melody lines in most parts. However, being a quite easy mar...