Svendsen, Johan

Vals

Waltz

([da]: Vals)

JSV 6

The National Library of Norway in Oslo holds three different sources of this waltz. All are in G major and notated for solo violin, but none of them are in Svendsen’s handwriting. These copies are fairly similar in terms of musical detail, and one of them includes a note that the waltz was composed by Johan Svendsen in the 1850s.

Composition: Between 1850 and 1860.

Christiania

Key: G major

Extent: ca. 2:30 min.

Sources

A: Violin part, copy

[Classification: notated music, manuscript, copy, parts, fair copy]

1 pages; 34x25,5 cm.

Hand ruled music paper, 14 staves
Above the music: Vals av Johan Svensen

Collection of transcriptions of fiddlers from Sandsvær, written down by Anton Svendsen. Enclosed is a letter to Professor O. M. Sandvik, signed by Anton Svendsen and dated 16 April 1945. The letter is about Svendsen, his grandfather and his cousin.

Written in ink (Anton Svendsen).

N-Onm (National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway) Mus.ms. 2319. Facsimile

B: Violin part, copy

[Classification: notated music, manuscript, copy, parts, fair copy]

1 pages; 27x19 cm.

Book with beige softcover
Machine ruled music paper, 10 staves
42 pages
Pagination 1–42
On the cover: Gamle / Danser og småstubber / fra / Yttre Sandsvær / opskrevet av / Ole Jacobsen / Avskrift av mine / optegnelser for 1912 – 13. / Mars 1954. / O. Jacobsen (Old / Dances and musical snippets / from / Yttre Sandsvær / noted down by / Ole Jacobsen / Copy of my / transcripts from 1912–13 / March 1954. / O. Jacobsen)
Svendsen’s waltz can be found on the first page of the book.
Enclosed is an eight-page letter from Ole Jacobsen to Helge Kragemo, signed ‘Kongsberg 16 mars 1953’
Above the violin part: VALS. / Komponeret i 1850-årene av / Johan Svendsen

Written in ink (Ole Jacobsen).

N-Oum (National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway) Mus ms 4575, Box 370. Facsimile

C: Violin part, copy

[Classification: notated music, manuscript, copy, parts, fair copy]

1 pages; 15x21 cm.

Book with machine ruled music paper, 7 staves.
Unpaginated.
On the cover: Notebok
Above the score: Vals av Johan Svendsen
On the left side of the score, a note in pencil: Fra Ole Jacobsen

Book with transcriptions of folk music

Written in blue ink.

N-Onm (National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway) Mus.ms.a 2440. Facsimile