Veslemøy
Sommeren 1921 skrev Johan Halvorsen 5 sanger for mannskor til tekster av Herman Wildenvey, Vilhelm Krag og Arne Garborg.  Som andre norske komponister var han opptatt av Garborgs "Haugussa" der Edvard Griegs musikk er den mest kjente.  Likevel skriver Johan Halvorsen musikk som Veslemøys sang for fiolin og orkester og denne "Veslemøy" fra diktverkets annen del: "Veslemøy synsk" "Hun er mager og myrk og mjaa med brune og reine drag……"Som litt beskrivende tolkning har komponisten skrevet: "Noget langsomt, stilfærdigt og drømmende".

Johan Halvorsen hadde en sentral stilling i norsk musikkliv i de første 2-3 tiår av det 20. århundre. Som kapellmester ved Nationaltheatrets orkester gjorde han en stor innsats ved å oppføre en rekke operaer, deriblant flere uroppførelser av norske verker. Med det ganske godt besatte orkester (ca. 45 musikere) gav han også en rekke symfonikonserter, og fram til 1919, da Nationaltheatrets orkester ble sterkt redusert, var han en av støttene i hovedstadens musikkliv.

Jan Eriksen tok cand.philol eksamen ved Universitetet i Oslo med musikk som hovedfag i 1970. Siden da har han vært musikkmedarbeider i NRK bl.a. med musikk for blåseorkester. Jan Eriksen er en ivrig forkjemper for norsk musikk for blåseorkester, både ny og gammel.

Veslemøy
When the National Theater in Oslo began in 1899 Johan Halvorsen  was the first conductor and composer for the very first professionel orchestra in Norway of 45 musicians.  During his carrier that lasted 30 years he was a master of composing music after a written text. In 1921 he composed songs after a famous author, Arne Garborg about a mystic and clairvoyant girl "Haugtussa".  Edvard Grieg’s songs from the same  poem collection belongs to his most famous works. Johan Halvorsen's original music was for male choir.

Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935) was prominent in Norway's music life during the first quarter of the twentieth century. Born in Drammen, he began playing the violin at the age of nine, and his musical talent quickly became apparent. Desiring greater musical opportunities than those available to him in Drammen, however, Halvorsen went to Oslo. In 1883 he went to Stockholm to begin a formal course of study in music. During his years at the academy he was also concertmaster of the Royal Dramatic Theatre orchestra. In 1885 he became concertmaster of the Bergen Harmonic Society orchestra. After just one year in this position, however, he went to Leipzig for further violin study with Adolph Brodsky and there became concertmaster of the conservatory orchestra.  Halvorsen left Leipzig in 1887 and began an unsettled period of fairly constant travel. He spent a year in Aberdeen, Scotland, and in 1890 went to Helsinki, Finland, where he remained for three years as a teacher at the conservatory and a frequent concert soloist. In 1893 he went to Bergen as conductor of both the orchestra at the National Stage and the Bergen Harmonic Society orchestra. Therewith he began the array of activities that eventually took him to Oslo in 1899 and was to be his for the rest of his life: theatre conductor, symphony conductor, and composer.

Jan Eriksen studied music at the University of Oslo and took his cand. philol exam in 1970.
Since then has he worked in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and have a weekly program with music for wind band.  Jan Eriksen is eager to promote Norwegian music for wind band, both new and old.