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Johan Severin Svendsen

  • Dates
  • 30 Eyl 1840 - 14 Haz 1911
  • Works
  • 33
  • Notalar
  • 85

Biography

Johan Severin Svendsen was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Christiania, Norway, he lived most his life in Copenhagen, Denmark. Svendsen's output includes two symphonies, a violin concerto, a cello concerto, and the Romance for violin, as well as a number of Norwegian Rhapsodies for orchestra. At one time Svendsen was an intimate friend of the German composer Richard Wagner.
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