Johan Svendsen

Details

Instance of

human

Born

30 September 1840

Died

14 June 1911

Place of birth

Oslo

Place of death

Copenhagen

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Johan, Severin

Family name

Svendsen

Child

Eyvind Johan-Svendsen

Sibling

Elise Svendsen

Genre

symphony

Occupation

conductor, composer, academic musician, musicologist, violinist

Citizenship

Norway

Awards

Knight of the Order of St. Olav‎, commander of the Order of the Dannebrog, Medal of Merit in Gold, Litteris et Artibus

depicted by

Johan Svendsen, Portrait of the Composer Johan Svendsen, Portrait, Johan Svendsen, Johan Svendsen

described by source

Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Riemann's Music Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Albert Edelfelt's letters, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

educated at

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig

instrument

clarinet, violin

languages spoken, written or signed

Norwegian

list of works

list of compositions by Johan Svendsen

name in kana

セヴェリン・

name in native language

Johan Severin Svendsen

notable work

Q14495335

place of burial

Vår Frelsers gravlund

student

Adolf Hansen, Nancy Dalberg, Robert Kajanus

student of

Fredrik Ursin

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