Johan Svendsen - Works

Works

In parentheses, composition years and premiere place and date

Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 4 (1865–67; Christiania, 12 October 1867)
  • Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 15 (1874; Christiania, 14 October 1876)
  • Violin Concerto, Op. 6 (1868–70; Leipzig, 6 February 1872)
  • Cello Concerto, Op. 7 (1870; Leipzig, 16 March 1871)
  • Sigurd Slembe, Symphonic Prelude, Op. 8 (1871; Leipzig, 12 December 1871)
  • Carnival in Paris, Episode, Op. 9 (1872; Christiania, 26 October 1872)
  • Funeral March, On the Death of King Carl XV, Op. 10 (1872; 26 October 1872)
  • Zorahayda, Legend, Op. 11 (1874, rev. 1879; Christiania, 3 October 1874, rev. 11 May 1880)
  • Festival Polonaise, Op. 12 (1873; Christiana, 6 August 1873)
  • Coronation March (for the Coronation of King Oscar II), Op. 13 (1873; Trondheim, 18 July 1873)
  • Norwegian Artists' Carnival, Op. 14 (1874; Christiania, 17 March 1874)
  • Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 17 (1876; Kristiania, 25 September 1877)
  • Romeo and Juliet, Fantasia, Op. 18 (1876; Christiania, 14 October 1876)
  • Norwegian Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 19 (1876; ??)
  • Norwegian Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 21 (1876; Paris, January ??, 1879)
  • Norwegian Rhapsody No. 4, Op. 22 (1877; Paris, 1 February 1879)
  • Violin Romance, Op. 26 (1881; Kristiania, 30 October 1881)
  • Polonaise, Op. 28 (1882)
String Orchestra
  • 2 Swedish Folk Melodies, Op. 27 (1876, 1878)
  • 2 Icelandic Melodies, Op. 30 (1874)
  • Ifjol gjætt' e gjeitinn (Last year I was tending the goats), Op. 31 (1874)
Chamber
  • String Quartet, Op. 1 (1865)
  • String Octet, Op. 3 (1866)
  • String Quintet, Op. 5 (1867)
  • Humorous March, Op. 16 (1874)
Vocal
  • 2 Songs (Male Chorus), Op. 2 (1865)
  • 5 Songs (Voice and Piano), Op. 24 (1879)
  • 2 Songs (Voice and Piano), Op. 25 (1878, 1880)
  • Wedding Cantata (for Prince Oscar Gustav Adolph and Princess Sophia Maria Victoria), Op. 29 (1881; Kristiania, October 18, 1881)
  • Hymn (for golden wedding anniversary of King Christian IX and Queen Louise), Op. 32 (1892)
Ballet
  • Foraaret kommer (The Arrival of Spring), Op. 33 (1892; Copenhagen, May 26, 1892)

About 50 other minor works, not included in his numbered catalog.

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