Johan Svendsen

Johan Severin Svendsen was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Christiania, Norway, he lived most of 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 and Icelandic composer Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_S...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)