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The Cardamom song' is a very popular children's song in the Nordic countries. It's taken from the music and book 'Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by' written by Thorbjørn Egner. This arrangement written i...

The popular children's musical 'Putti Plutti Pott og Julenissens skjegg' (' Plutti Plutti Pott and Santa Claus' beard') was composed by Per Asplin in 1969. It tells the story of the little boy Plutti...

This simple childrens song is famous all over the world. I this 4-part arrangement for less experienced bands, the melody are featured in all four parts. Every wind-player will have the possibility to...

One of the worlds most widely known melodies, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star is based on a French melody (Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman) first published in 1761. The lyrics were first published in 1806, in a...

'Vi har ei tulle med øyne blå' ('We have a little girl with blue eyes') was written by Margrethe Munthe. The song first appeared in her songbook 'Kom skal vi synge Vol. 1' in 1917. The song has been s...

The song, known in Norway as 'Blåmann, Blåmann bukken min', is one of Norway's best known children's songs, and a clear case of art imitating life. The poem by A.O. Vinje was written in 1860, and is b...

'BlimE' is Norwegian Broadcasting's friendship campaign for children. The goal is to promote friendship and care for each other. The slogan is 'Say hi! Be a friend! BlimE!'. Every year a song with acc...

Thorbjoern Egner's immortal story about Cardamom City has delighted children and adults since the book was published in 1955. The book became very popular and a play, own songs and record releases fol...

BlimE! is a campaign by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation which goal is to promote friendship and care for each other. The slogan is "Say hello, be a Friend!" Each year, a new song is released togeth...

Every child's favourite postman. Fun for all musicians. Can be played by a quartet of clarinets, saxophones, brass or a mixture and by up to a full band.

I wrote this song for Furuset skoles musikkorps and Haugen skolekorps, for their flea market Fall 2007. The idea was to let all the musicians in the band dress up in flea market clothing, and to just...

This anthem has a melody composed by Gretry (1741-1813). He was born in Liege (today Belgium) but took on a French citizenship and worked as an opera composer in France. This beautiful melody was used...

Kevin MacLeod ist ein amerikanischer Komponist und Musikproduzent, der über 2.000 lizenzfreie Musikstücke geschrieben und sie unter einer Creative-Commons-Lizenz zur Verfügung gestellt hat. Diese Lize...

Ukraine was invaded on February 24, 2022, and the world again became spectators to a conflict between unequal opponents. Once again we saw lies, injustice and brutality up close. I must admit that a f...

Bjarne Olsen wrote the march “Nordlandstoner” as a contribution to a composers competition held in the city of Sortland in 1983. The themes in the march reflects the beauty of the grand, North-Norwegi...

This short suite in three movements was written for the beginners band at Hebekk Skolekorps for their 50th Anniversary in 2017. It has three clear moods, and gives young musicians the ability to expre...

Until the Mountains Crumble was written to the Norwegian Constitution anniversary in 2014. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation organized the project for their channel 'NRK Super'. The intention was...

Gatens basuner (“The Trombones in the street”), originally entitled “Til gamle Hauge”, was written in 1958. Shortly before Norway’s National Day (May 17th), the band in which the composer played the E...

A LITTLE BIT BOSSA is, as the title says, a simple bossa nova with its light and characteristic rhythm. Bossa nova is a Brazilian music genre. It is related to samba and has a strong influence from ja...

Finding the perfect opening piece for the concert is important. Get Ready! has a fanfare as a start, a driving rhythmic main part and a grandiose ending that sets the tone for great concerts. With its...

This march sounds great and is fun to play for the whole band. Several doublings in the instrumentation makes it suitable also for bands with a limited number of players.

Triptych was commissioned by Midtun Skoles Musikkorps for their 60th anniversary in 2018. The term triptych originally meant a three-part altarpiece but is used today to denote any piece of art in thr...