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    Johan Severin Svendsen (30 September 1840 – 14 June 1911) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, he...
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  • Eyvind Johan-Svendsen (5 January 1896 – 10 October 1946) was a Danish stage and film actor. He worked in Danish theatre between 1917 and 1939 and appeared...
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  • administrator Johan Svendsen (1840–1911), Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist Kenneth Svendsen (born 1954), Norwegian politician Kjell Arild Svendsen (born...
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    Johan Halvorsen (15 March 1864 – 4 December 1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Drammen, he was an accomplished violinist...
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    Johan Alfred Svendsen (born 4 September 1886) was a Norwegian politician. He was born in Arendal to Gabriel Svendsen and Karen Sofie Røstad. He was elected...
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    standards. In this era both prominent composers (like Edvard Grieg and Johan Svendsen) and performers combined the European traditions with Norwegian tones...
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    Christiania. 1881 Wergeland monument unveiled: Cantata by Jonas Lie/Johan Svendsen. 1888 Johan D. Behrens steps down as conductor. O.A. Grøndahl appointed. First...
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    second violinist in the Royal Danish Orchestra under the conductor Johan Svendsen, during which he played in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff and Otello at their...
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    by Johan Svendsen in 1874. The symphony has been characterized by Svendsen's biographers – Finn Benestaf and Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe – as Svendsen's "most...
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    classical music of the romantic composers Edvard Grieg, Rikard Nordraak and Johan Svendsen is internationally known, as is the modern music of Arne Nordheim. Norway's...
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    studying divinity when he met a young violinist and composer, Johan Svendsen. At the time, Svendsen had just finished his studies in Leipzig and encouraged...
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    which was first performed by the Royal Danish Orchestra, conducted by Johan Svendsen, on 8 October 1903 in the large hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen...
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    him. The work was first published in Leipzig in 1872, but only after Johan Svendsen intervened on Grieg's behalf. The concerto is the first piano concerto...
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    seven Quintets Charles Villiers Stanford – Two Quintets, Op. 85 & Op.86 Johan Svendsen – Quintet in C, Op. 5 (1868) Sergei Taneyev – Quintet in C, Op. 16 Johann...
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  • co-wrote a biographical book on composer Johan Svendsen, Johan Svendsen – mennesket og kunstneren (English: Johan Svendsen - The Man and the Artist). Schjelderup-Ebbe's...
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    The tenure of Johan Svendsen, starting in 1883, began a pronounced period of growth and development for the orchestra, including Svendsen's introduction...
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    Musikerforening (Christiania Musicians Society) by Edvard Grieg and Johan Svendsen in 1879. Oslo has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1996...
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    vibrez! (eight cellos) Louis Spohr – Double Quartets Op. 65, 77, 87, 136 Johan Svendsen – String Octet in A major, Op. 3 String trio String quartet String quintet...
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  • Philharmonic Orchestra's roots go back to 1871, when Edvard Grieg and Johan Svendsen founded the Christiania Musikerforening (Christiania Musical Association)...
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    compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach, Victor Herbert, Edward MacDowell, Johan Svendsen, Ambroise Thomas, Richard Wagner, and Karl Michael Ziehrer. For ninety-three...
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  • 27, Asrael) by Josef Suk, 1905–06 Symphony No. 2 (Svendsen) in B-flat major (Op. 15) by Johan Svendsen, 1874 Symphony No. 2 (Szymanowski) in B-flat major...
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  • minor (TrV 94) by Richard Strauss, 1880 Symphony No. 1 (Svendsen) in D major (Op. 4) by Johan Svendsen, 1865–67 Symphony No. 1 (Szymanowski) in F minor (Op...
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    of George Enescu, Dmitri Shostakovich, Niels Gade, Carl Schuberth, Johan Svendsen, Carl Grädener, Joachim Raff, Woldemar Bargiel, Hermann Graedener, Reinhold...
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  • Events in the year 1894 in music. 1894 in Norwegian music March 14 – Johan Svendsen conducts the world premiere of Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 1 in Copenhagen...
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  • movement: This sonata was dedicated to Norwegian composer and violinist Johan Svendsen. On the second sonata, Schjelderup remarked: it is "the gift to the...
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    Svendsen (19 August 1862 – 9 September 1943) was a Norwegian teacher for the deaf, priest and magazine editor. Svendsen was born in Bergen to Johan Henrik...
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    Sibelius: Romances for piano Op 24, Nos. 2, 5, and 9; Op. 78, No. 2 Johan Svendsen: Romance for violin and orchestra, Op. 26 (1881) Ralph Vaughan Williams:...
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  • penseroso" (1894) Maximilian Steinberg Symphony No. 1, Op. 3 (1905-6) Johan Svendsen Symphony No. 1, Op. 4 (1865-7) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No...
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  • (1766–1803) Heinrich Sutermeister (1910–1995) Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984) Johan Svendsen (1840–1911) Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998) Tomas Svoboda (1939–2022) Jan...
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  • 1908) September 14 – George Whiting, composer (d. 1923) September 30 – Johan Svendsen, violinist, conductor and composer (d. 1911) October 18 – Roberto Stagno...
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