Musik til "Grundtvig-Paaske-Aften"

Music for a 'Grundtvig Easter Evening'

CNW 24
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) I/9
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 346
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 156

Author: N.F.S. Grundtvig

Link to external resource Carl Nielsen Edition

Composition: 1931.

The work was originally intended for a benefit concert in connection with the construction of Grundtvigskirken (Grundtvig Church) in Copenhagen. The plans were changed, and during the first months of 1931 Nielsen composed and arranged the music for the play which received its first performance at The Royal Theatre on 4 April 1931.

Instrumentation: fl.flauto (flute) , ob.oboe , cl.clarinetto (clarinet) , fg.fagotto (bassoon) , 2 cor.corno (horn) , 2 trb.trombone , timp.timpani Choir: T.tenore (tenor) , T.tenore (tenor) , B.basso (bass) , B.basso (bass) Soloist: reciter

Roles: Englekor
Choir of Angels

Music

1. Paradis
Paradise

Andantino

Jeg er ikke længer, saa vidt man ved

2. Haddings Undrykkelse
Hadding in the Underworld

Tempo giusto

Blottet var Skoven

3. Før "Nyaars Morgen"
Before 'New Year's Morning'

Andante pesante

4. De Levendes Land
The Land of the Living

Andantino

5. Forspil før "Paaskelilien"
Prelude to 'The Daffodil'

Andantino

6.

Tempo giusto

7. Engle-Kor
Choir of Angels

Andantino con moto

8. Den signede Dag
The blessed Day

Composer: C.E.F. Weyse

Sources

Performances

Documents

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30 Apr. 1930	from Carl Nielsen to P.V. Jensen-Klint, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Tilg. 525 IB1. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/117)
26 Sept. 1930	from N.V. Dorph to Carl Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAb. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/294)

9 Feb. 1931	DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IC. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/469; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 592)
25 Mar. 1931	DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IC. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/536; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 600)
4 Apr. 1931	DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IC. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/541; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 600)

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Musik til "Grundtvig-Paaske-Aften"