Partitions pour brass bands

Randy Crawford led R&B veterans the Crusaders on the transatlantic hit 'Street Life' (1979). A specially re-recorded version was featured in the soundtrack for the films Sharky's Machine and Jackie Br...

The most beautiful thing is one of Jahn Teigens most popular pop ballads. It was written in 1988 together with Rolf Lovland and Ove Borochstein and went straight to the top of the Norwegian hitlists....

The great hit from 1983 by English band Police has moods and colours that is immediately recognized. In the band arrangement it is much the same, but with the added timbres and carpets of sound typic...

'Hard to Say I'm Sorry' is one of the greatest hits by US rock band Chicago. It was the first single record from the 'Chicago 16'-album (1982). The song went to no. 1 on the Billboard charts and staye...

Most Scandinavian people know Benny Borg. As a guitarist, composer, lyric writer and a show actor, he has been producing great music for many decades. His most famous songs are probably 'Balladen om M...

'Your Song' written by the duo Elton John / Bernie Taupin, was first released in 1970 on Elton Johns second studio album. It has become one of his most popular songs, and was ranked as number 137 on...

This song is taken from the first record album by Norwegian band Kaizers Orchestra. The song is one of the most well-known from this band. Kaizers Orchestra was famous in Norway for it's energic style...

This melody is the Norwegian version of 'Make You Feel My Love' composed by Bob Dylan. The lyrics is translated by Bjarte Hjelmeland and the song performed by, among others, Norwegian singer Ingebjørg...

Norwegian artist Jorn Hoel made his breakthrough with his album 'Varme ut av is' released in 1987. The songs 'Have a Dream' and 'Hold My Hand' became big hits and still stand out as some of the most p...

Harry Connick Jr. is an American pianist, singer, composer and actor from New Orleans. He has released many albums and perform frequently with his own big band. 'Do Dat Thing' is a real 'feel-good' so...

The Norwegian vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Jan Eggum is regarded as one of our most important musicians in the Norwegian folk art and popular music. He recorded his debut album 'Jan Eggum' in 19...

'Väsen' ('commotion', 'fuss', 'ado') is a Swedish acoustic band consisting of three outstanding instrumentalists playing viola, 12-string guitar and nyckelharpa ('key-harp'). They have been touring to...

'Optimist' is one of the most well-known songs by Norwegian singer and composer Jahn Teigen. It was written for the Norwegian Eurovision in 1989. It did not win this competition, but is still one of t...

This pop-song written and performed by Halvdan Sivertsen was first released on the record album 'Hilsen Halvdan' in 1991. Since then, is has been a classic song in Norway. The lyrics is about the bene...

'Ein farfar i livet' (Grandpa) is taken from the 2011 record album release 'Bestevenn' (My best friend) by Odd Nordstoga. This is music for a Norwegian TV-series called 'Vaffelhjarte'. In this arrange...

'Take On Me' was the very first No. 1 hit by Norwegian popband a-ha. It was recorded in 1984 and became a huge success in 1985 in both UK and the United States. The music video vas very innovative. It...

Dance Monkey is a catchy song by the Australian musician Toni Watson a.k.a. Tones and I. Tones and I explains that the song's lyrics are about the relationship she had with her audience when she was b...

Battle of the Galaxy is a suite in four movements. The composer describes the battle between the good and evil in a fantasy galaxy. The first movement is a journey into the galaxy. In the second move...

'Gressholmen' (in English 'Grass-Islet') is a beautiful melody written by Norwegian singer/songwriter Kristian Kristensen. This arrangement is done in the same vocal character and style as the origina...

Jon Henrik Mario Fjällgren became instantly well-known after his appearance in Sweden's 'Got Talent' where he performed 'Daniels Joik' written for his recently passed best friend. Fjällgren was born i...

'My first love' is one of Jahn Teigen's big hits, and definitely among Norwegian pop-history's biggest classics. The song was featured on the 1979 album 'En dags pause'. Jahn Teigen (1949-2020) was o...

'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...

When the publisher asked me to make an arrangement of an ABBA tune, S.O.S. was the first song I thought of. Its introduction and melody are well suited to play for Wind Band. Admittedly, the key had t...