JOHAN SVENDSEN'S MUSIC
Sir,-I fully realise that The Listener has no room for Scandinavian sectionalism, but please allow me to point out to your contributor "L.E." (Radio Review, "Music in the Afternoon") that Svendsen is not "another Dane." Johan Severin Svendsen (1840-1911) was a Norwegian violinist, conductor and composer who wrote largely for the orchestra. His works also include arrangements of folksongs. His romance for violin and orches‘tra (in G Major, Opus 26) may be his best-known work outside of Norway, but in Norway I think his Carnival in Paris (Opus 9) is just as well known. My reference book contains no mention of a Carnival in Paris by Nielsen. Could it be that in addition to calling him a Dane, we refuse Svendsen ‘credit for his
Opus 9?
SQUARE HEAD
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 721, 8 May 1953, Page 5
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132JOHAN SVENDSEN'S MUSIC New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 721, 8 May 1953, Page 5
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