- Svendsen wrote his Romance for violin and orchestra in 1881. The composer was asked by his publisher to compose a romance, and Svendsen responded with a new work written within two days. Romance has become Svendsen’s best-known work.
- Romance premiered in 1881 in Oslo (Kristiania), performed by Stanisław Barcewicz and conducted by the composer.1
- Svendsen dedicated Romance for violin and orchestra to Halvard Emil Heyerdahl, a Norwegian engineer who founded a metro line in Oslo.2
Sources
- “Romance, Op.26 (Svendsen, Johan),” IMSLP, accessed January 9, 2026, https://imslp.org/wiki/Romance%2C_Op.26_(Svendsen%2C_Johan).
- “Romanse, op. 26,” Norwegian Musical Heritage, accessed January 9, 2026, https://www.musikkarven.no/komponister/svendsen/verker/html-preview_79.htm.
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