title: Herman Severin Løvenskiold
text: Baron Herman Severin Løvenskiold (30 July 1815 – 5 December 1870) was a Norwegian-born Danish composer, most noted for his score for August Bournonville's 1836 version of the ballet La Sylphide for the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen.
  
  Biography
  Herman Severin Løvenskiold was born at Ulefoss in the municipality Nome, Norway. He was the son of Eggert Christopher Løvenskiold (1788–1861), director of the Ulefos Iron Works.  In 1829, his family moved to Denmark. He was trained in music by composer Peter Casper Krossing. He also went abroad where he studied in Vienna,  Leipzig and St. Petersburg. Following his return to Denmark, he composed music for a number of dramatic works at the Royal Danish Theatre. From 1851,  he was the organist at Christiansborg Castle Church  (Christiansborg Slotskirke) on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen. This church, which dated from 1738 to 1742, was frequently attended by members of the Danish royal family.
  
  Notable works 
  La Sylphide, ballet, 1836 
  Hulen i Kullafjeld, Singspiel, 1839 
  The New Penelope, ballet, 1847 
  Turandot, opera, 1854 
  Fra skoven ved Furesø, Concert Overture, 1863 (Op. 29)
  Piano Quartet in F minor, Op. 26
  "Ouverture til drammaet Konning Volmer og Havfruen", Op. 20 (published 1848 by Hornemann & Erslev)
  
  References
  
  Related Reading
  Frydendal, Flemming (ed) (1998) Christiansborg Slot (Copenhagen: Slots- og Ejendomsstyrelsen) 
  Hvidt, Kristian (1975)' Christiansborg Slot. Udgivet af Folketingets Præsidium (Copenhagen: Nyt Nordisk Forlag ) .
  
  External links
  Music Information Centre Norway
  Danish Music: The Golden Age 1800-1850 
  
  1815 births
  1870 deaths
  19th-century classical composers
  19th-century male musicians
  19th-century Danish composers
  19th-century Norwegian composers
  Herman Severin
  Danish classical composers
  Norwegian classical composers
  Norwegian male classical composers
  Danish Romantic composers
  Norwegian Romantic composers
  People from Ulefoss
  Norwegian emigrants to Denmark
  Musicians from Ulefoss