Norsk Noten für Flexibles Ensemble

Many of the most beautiful melodies in history of music are written by Johann Sebastian Bach. He, like many other composers, has used the theme of Arioso in several works he wrote. With some variation...

The Sea Ghost is a supernatural being that occurs in legends around the coast of Norway. In folklore, it was a ghost of a dead fisherman who had drifted on the sea. The trolls on land had the task of...

Tango originated in the late 19th century in South America and belonged initially to the lower classes in society. The period 1920-1950 is called «The golden age of the tango» and became popular also...

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...

Santa Lucia is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was transcribed by Teodoro Cottrau (1827-1879) and published by the Cottrau firm, as a 'barcarolla'( a folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers), at Naple...

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...

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...

Begin the Beguine is one of the most popular songs by Cole Porter. It was written in 1935 aboard the ocean liner 'Franconia' en route from Indonesia to Fiji. It was later the same year introducted by...

From The Musical The Pajama Game

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...

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...

'Birdland' is a jazz-fusion instrumental composition written by keyboardist Joe Zawinul of Weather Report. The song made its debut on Weather Report's 1977 studio album, Heavy Weather. With Birdland a...

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...