Johan S. Svendsen composer

Norwegian Rhapsody no. 3 / Norsk Rapsodi nr 3 Johan S. Svendsen / Arr. Bjørn Mellemberg

Serie / Series: BM Musikkforlag ClassicsSvendsen wrote his three Norwegian rhapsodies between 1876 and 1877. All of them are largely based on themes from a collection og songs (Ældre og nyere norske Fjeldmelodier by L.M. Lundeman. Norwegian Rhapsody no. 3 begin with two dances which eventually merge into a slower part based on a Norwegian folk tune named Aasmund Fregdegjævar. T ...

Norwegian Artists' Carnival Op.14 / Norsk Kunstnerkarneval Op.14 Johan S. Svendsen / Arr. Stig Nordhagen

Serie / Series: Concert Band Originals and TranscriptionsThis well-known work was composed in Christiania in 1874 for a burlesque Carnival in "Kunstnerforeningen". An early title for the work was Bryllup paa Dovre. The manuscript score and parts at The National Library in Oslo of the early version with this title have much more music than the version printed by C.F. Peters, L ...