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'Til deg' ('For You') by Marthe Haaland Wang and Trygve Skaug is featured on Marthe Wang's debut album released in 2017 The album was nominated for 'Spellemannsprisen', a Norwegian equivalent to Gramm...

Chris Holsten's song was one of Norway's most played in 2021 and is already a modern classic. In this song Holsten sings about his difficult childhood and lifts a most important issue, namely mental h...

One of the newer hit melodies (1986) made famous by 'Huey Lewis and the News', that already have become a standard. If you feel like dancing, do it! Opt. soloists: Trp/Sax/Euph or?

The Boys Are Back in Town' is a single from Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy. The song was originally released in 1976 on their album 'Jailbreak'. Both the single and record album are regarded as the b...

Hellbillies is a Norwegian rock band founded in 1990 in the small village of al, Hallingdal. They are now among the most popular bands in Norway with 16 CD-releases. They are awarded the Norwegian 'Sp...

Sverre Bergh was a musical Joy spreader - both as a performer and as a composer. He was involved in radio, movie and theatre music of the highest quality, as a composer of two operettas and a televisi...

A piece that explore the 'blue' notes in music, and where we have the constant change of 3 or 2 in a bar. Solo in horn or altosax. Make sure that the bass line and percussion is steady and firm throug...

Most Norwegians have a special relation to this old, sad tune which has been used as a lullaby throughout the ages. Flugelhorn is the baby-sitter, and soloist.

The Bee Gees were a musical group founded in 1958. The group's line-up consisted of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but...

Here's a great original march in A5 march card size for the beginning band. A good choice for the youngsters for their first time of outdoor marching! All our titles in the Flex 4 Series are easy grad...

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...

This arrangement feature music from the advent series 'Luca and the Magical Theater' produced for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in 2021. You may thin out the instrumentation or even mak...

Smak av honning' ('Taste of Honey') is one of the greatest hits by Norweian pop band DeLillos. It was first included on the EP 'Smak av honning' in 1995 and also on the 'Sent og tidlig' album-release...

Sverre Bergh (1915-1980) was a central character in the music scene in Bergen, both as a musical leader at 'Den Nationale Scene' (theatre) and as a director for the 'Festspillene' music festival. He w...

This is a tune by Sigrid Moldestad (b. 1972), a Norwegian folk artist. She has based it on a warm and beautiful poem by Danish author Tove Ditlefsen. A text for and about love. Sigrid Moldestad won th...

This song from the band Hekla Stålstrenga is about Joe the boatbuilder. Joe builds the most fabulous boats, but has a deal with the devil that every seventh boat is going to him. Norwegian band Hekla...

A protest folk sea chantey from Georgia and South Carolina, 'Pay Me My Money Down' originated from post-slavery African American stevedores, who were often left unpaid by some ship captains. Invite th...

This song first became a hit by Brazilian singer Morris Albert. 'Feelings' must be one of the most known love-songs of all time thanks to numerous recordings from artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley...

An easy march for beginners, use it on parade as well as in concert. Make sure that the articulation and dynamics are properly observed.

Seasons in the Sun is an English-language adaptation of the song Le Maribond by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel with lyrics by American singer-poet Rod McKuen. It became a worldwide hit in 1974...

A piece that explore the 'blue' notes in music, and where we have the constant change of 3 or 2 in a bar. Solo in Horn (cued in 1st Cornet). Make sure that the bass line and percussion is steady and f...

ne of the greatest standards of all time, here in a Flexible 5-Part arrangement. 'It's Only a Paper Moon' was written in 1933 for the Broadway musical 'The Great Magoo'. The musical was never a succes...