Johan Severin Svendsen


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Sheet music for Svendsen



[details ←] Romance, Op. 26 Piano, Violin,
[details ←] Romance in G, Op. 26 - full score Percussion, Violin,
[details ←] Solitude on the Mountain [arrangement] - full score orchestra,
[details ←] Two Icelandic Melodies - full score orchestra,
[details ←] Two Swedish Folk Melodies, Op. 27 - full score orchestra,
[details ←] I Fjol Gjatt’e Gjeittin (Norwegian Folksong) - full score orchestra,
[details ←] I Fjol Gjatt’e Gjeittin (Norwegian Folksong) - set of parts orchestra,
[details ←] Solitude on the Mountain [arrangement] - set of parts orchestra,
[details ←] Two Icelandic Melodies - set of parts orchestra,
[details ←] Concerto for Violin in A, Op. 6 - solo part Percussion, Violin,
[details ←] Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 15 - full score Percussion,
[details ←] Two Swedish Folk Melodies, Op. 27 - set of parts orchestra,
[details ←] Andante Funebre, Op. 10 - full score Percussion,
[details ←] Andante Funebre, Op. 10 - set of parts Percussion,
[details ←] Carnival in Paris, Op. 9 - full score Percussion,
[details ←] Carnival in Paris, Op. 9 - set of parts Percussion,
[details ←] Concerto for Cello in D, Op. 7 - full score Percussion, Cello,
[details ←] Concerto for Cello in D, Op. 7 - set of parts Percussion, Cello,

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Born: 30 September 1840 — Christiania (Oslo) — Norway
Died: 14 June 1911 — København — Denmark
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Music



His most famous composition is his Romance for violin and orchestra. Listen to his two symphonies as well (the manuscript of a third one was burned by his wife as a punishment for his unfaithfulnes!).

(Contribution by <alsj-haonline.no>)

Life

He was highly respected as a conductor in Denmark, where he lived most of his life.

(Thanks to Kjell Anders Pettersen <kpetters1chello.no>)

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14 March 1894: Premiere of Nielsen's Symphony no. 1 in d minor op. 7, in Copenhagen, Denmark, with Svendsen conducting.
Contributions by: alsj-ha | kjell |
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