Svendsen, Johan

Caroline-vals for klaver (G-dur)

(Caroline-Valz)

Caroline Waltz for Piano (G-major)

JSV 9

This short piece is not listed separately in the work list of F. Benestad & D. Schjelderup-Ebbe: Johan Svendsen, mennesket og kunstneren, Aschehoug, Oslo, 1990.

The reason is most likely the existence of another ‘Caroline Waltz’, a more extensive waltz cycle for orchestra (Caroline Waltz in B-flat major, JSV 10). The title cum dedication in the manuscript reads To Jja / Caroline Waltz / for / Piano-Forte / by / J. Svendsen 1860. After the last page of the score, the date is given as 1 March 1860. Underneath the score, the name Caroline Julie Knudsen is written in pencil; this may well be the Caroline associated with the title of the work. There was a Caroline Julie Knutsen, born a few days after Svendsen on 11 October 1840 in Christiania, who in 1862 married Oluf Christian Due.

Composition: 1 Mar. 1860.

Christiania

Key: G major

Extent: ca. 2:30 min.

Sources

A: Score, autograph?

[Classification: notated music, manuscript, doubtful autograph, score, fair copy]

3 pages; 34,5x25 cm.

Title page: Til Jja / Caroline-Valz / for / Piano-Forte / af / J. Svendsen / 1860
In pencil at the bottom of the page: Caroline Julie Knudsen

Machine ruled music paper (Marked Skala Nr. 3), 14 staves
At the end of the score: Kristiania / Den 1/3 1860 / JSvendsen

Written in ink (Johan Svendsen?).

N-Onm Mus.ms.a 2901. Facsimile