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The populare band Vamp has once again produced a hit that tops the music charts. 'Little Bird' (Liten Fuggel) is the title track of the ninth studio album which has received wonderful reviews. With th...

Trolldans ('Dance of the Trolls') is a traditional Icelandic folk tune. It is used by many folk music groups and many is familiar with the choir Grex Vocalis' version recorded on the album Norwegian M...

The beautiful song 'Song at Winter Solstice' has within short time been highly loved by listeners all around Norway. It's performed by folk-rock band 'Hekla Stalstrenga' who released their first album...

Daylight Funk is a light, funky and catchy piece of music that will fit well for concerts with your young band throughout the year. With some challenges in leading parts and simple lower parts, this i...

Sweet Piano is an easy swing piece that is guaranteed to get the audience to feel the beat. The first part is a sweet little waltz - last part is uptempo and show.

'How I love the name of Jesus' is a psalm of David Welander. He wrote it on the train home to Lorenskog in January 1923, and completed it out overnight. It was printed in the magazine 'Krigsropet' sho...

The piece 'Procession' is ment to describe, or be used as processionmusic. Perhaps the piece can work as an official entry of the youngest in your band or maybe you want to use it in your next church...

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) est, avec Claude Debussy, le plus important compositeur de l'impressionnisme français. Le terme impressionnisme peut être traduit par "impression artistique", d'abord utilisé...

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) est, avec Claude Debussy, le plus important compositeur de l'impressionnisme français. Le terme impressionnisme peut être traduit par "impression artistique", d'abord utilisé...

The movies from Disney have always included a lot of great music. 'Once Upon a Dream' was written in 1959 to the musical animation movie 'Sleeping Beauty', a movie produced by Walt Disney. It is base...

Franz Schubert wrote three 'Marches Militaires', opus 51, D. 733. This publication is the first of the three (No. 1 in D major) and one of Schubert's most famous pieces. There is some uncertainty abou...

The movies from Disney have always included a lot of great music. 'Once Upon a Dream' was written in 1959 to the musical animation movie 'Sleeping Beauty', a movie produced by Walt Disney. It is base...

Main theme from Vltava (Moldau) The Czech composer Bedrich Smetana belongs to the national romantic period in music history. Many of his works is what we call 'program music', music that describes spe...

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major was completed 9 March 1785, just four weeks after he wrote his D minor concerto. Andante is the second movement in the concert and has been nicknamed 'Elvira Ma...

Franz Schubert was born in Lichtental, Austria in 1797 and was 28 when he composed the Ave Maria about year 1825. The original text that was set to the song is taken from the poem 'The Lady of the Lak...

Habanera is a dance and a musical form that originated in Havana, Cuba. Habanera is one of the roots of tango. It is a slow solo dance adapted from a French inspired Haitian dance in the first half of...

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...

A beautiful setting of one of the greatest orchestral exerpts of the litterature, Dvorak's New World Symphony. This arrangement makes this music playable also for smaller ensembles!This arrangement of...

Prelude in C minor Opus 28, No. 20 Frédéric Chopin's compositions often reflect the feelings he had for his native country, Poland. His grief over the loss of Polish independence after the revolution...

Nous vous présentons "Terrible Symphony" - le morceau parfait pour les orchestres débutants ou juniors ! Cette composition amusante donne aux jeunes musiciens l'occasion de s'amuser tout en rendant l...

This beautiful little piece of music will be perfect to play at any concert. Elegy means lamentation and the melodic themes reflect this. You may use the piece to work with sound, dynamics and phrasi...

Mammoths were a family of elephants that, with one exception, died out at the end of the last ice age. Their closest living relative is the Asian elephant. In many places in the world one can find mam...

Mammoths were a family of elephants that, with one exception, died out at the end of the last ice age. Their closest living relative is the Asian elephant. In many places in the world one can find mam...