Carl Nielsen
Koncert for klarinet og orkester, opus 57
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Opus 57
Opus 57
CNW 43
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
II/9
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
70
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
129
Composition: 1928.
In 1926, shortly before he started composing his flute concerto (CNW 42), Nielsen mentioned the idea of writing one for clarinet and orchestra. It was not until January 1928, however, that he returned to the idea of a clarinet concerto. Nielsen worked on the composition from April until August 1928.
Music
1.
Allegretto un poco
2.
Poco adagio
3.
Allegro non troppo
4.
Allegro vivace
Sources
Sketches
Score, draft
Short score, solo part and reduced orchestral score, partly autograph, draft
Score, autograph, fair copy
Score, partly autograph, printer's manuscript
Orchestral parts, partly autograph, printer's manuscript
Score, print
Piano score, print
Orchestral parts, print
Solo part, print
Performances
| 14 Sept. 1928 | Carl Michaelsen's home, Humlebæk (members of The Royal Danish Orchestra (Det Kongelige Kapel); conductor: Emil Telmányi; performer: Aage Oxenvad, clarinet). First performance. |
| 11 Oct. 1928 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (members of The Royal Danish Orchestra (Det Kongelige Kapel); conductor: Emil Telmányi; performer: Aage Oxenvad, clarinet). First public performance. Reviews: Berlingske Tidende, 12 Oct. 1928 (William Behrend). Børsen, 12 Oct. 1928. Dagens Nyheder, 12 Oct. 1928. Ekstrabladet, 12 Oct. 1928. København/Morgenbladet, 12 Oct. 1928. Nationaltidende, 12 Oct. 1928 (Gunnar Hauch). Politiken, 12 Oct. 1928 (Hugo Seligmann). Social-Demokraten, 13 Oct. 1928. |
| 5 Dec. 1928 | Konsertföreningen, Stockholm (performer: Aage Oxenvad, clarinet). Review: Dagens Nyheter, 6 Dec. 1928. |
| 5 Dec. 1928 | Göteborgs Konsertförening, Gothenburg (conductor: Carl Nielsen). Review: Dagens Nyheter, 6 Dec. 1928. |
| 10 Dec. 1928 | Danish Concert Society (Dansk Koncertforening), Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (conductor: Carl Nielsen; performer: Aage Oxenvad, clarinet). Review: Berlingske Tidende, 11 Dec. 1928 (William Behrend). |
| 7 Apr. 1929 | Lorensbergsteatern, Gothenburg (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Carl Nielsen; performer: Aage Oxenvad, clarinet). |
| 26 Oct. 1929 | Forum, Copenhagen (Københavns Filharmoniske Orkester; conductor: Carl Nielsen; performer: Aage Oxenvad, clarinet). |
Documents
Letters:
Diary entries:
Other other:
Saint Just (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Hos Carl Nielsen'. Dansk Musiker Tidende, 18/8, 15 Apr. 1928. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 146)
Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Carl Nielsen om Saul och Davids tilkomst och första framförande'. Göteborgs Handels-och Sjöfarts-Tidning, 27 Nov. 1928. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 156)
Epson (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Samtale med Carl Nielsen'. Göeteborg-Tidningen, 27 Nov. 1928. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 157)
Nitita (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Klarinetten'. Nya Dagligt Allehanda, 3 Dec. 1928. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 159)
Merete [Merete Bonnesen] (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Svergies Hyldest til Carl Nielsen'. Politiken, 10 Dec. 1928. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 160)
Bibliography
Herman D. Koppel: 'Carl Nielsen og de yngste'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 7/1, Jan. 1932, pp. 55–58.
Finn Høffding: 'Carl Nielsen idag'. Levende Musik, 3/4, May 1944, pp. 87–92.
Robert Simpson: Carl Nielsen: Symphonist 1865–1931. London 1952, pp. 131–35.
Jan Maegaard: 'Den sene Carl Nielsen'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 28/4, 1953, pp. 74–79.
Povl Hamburger: Koncertfører: fra Bach til Stravinsky og Prokofiev. Skandinavisk Bogforlag – Fyens Stiftsbogtrykkeri: Odense 1955, pp. 315–19.
Peter Garvie: 'Carl Nielsen'. The Canadian Music Journal, 5/2, 1961, pp. 20–28.
Ole Gad: Carl Nielsens koncerter: den tematiske udformning og formale opbygning i Carl Nielsens koncerter med særligt henblik på en klarlæggelse af hans ændrede opfattelse og udnyttelse af koncertformen. University of Copenhagen: 1963. Speciale.
Herbert Rosenberg: 'Koncerterne', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen: i hundredåret for hans fødsel (Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1965), pp. 47–54.
Herbert Rosenberg: 'The Concertos', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen Centenary Essays (Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1965), pp. 47–55.
John C.G. Waterhouse: 'Nielsen Reconsidered'. The Musical Times, 106/1468–70, 1965, pp. 425–27, 515-17, 593–95.
Jan Maegaard: 'Når boet skal gøres op efter Carl Nielsen'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 40/4, May 1965, pp. 101–104.
Knudåge Riisager: 'Carl Nielsen – betragtet fra i dag'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 40/4, May 1965, pp. 109-10.
David S. Lewis: 'Nielsen's Concerto for Clarinet: Discrepancies Between Part and Score'. The Clarinet, 2/1, Dec. 1974, pp. 9–10.
Kjell-Inge Stevensson: 'Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto'. Clarinet, 4/4, 1977, pp. 27–29.
Emil Telmányi: Af en musikers billedbog. Nyt Nordisk Forlag – Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1978.
Robert Simpson: Carl Nielsen: Symphonist. New York 1979, pp. 143–46.
E. Nelson: 'The Danish performance tradition in Carl Nielsen's Koncert for Klarinet og orkester, Op. 57 (1928)'. The Clarinet, 14/2, 1987, pp. 30–33.
Ann Marie Bingham: Carl Nielsen's koncert for Klarinet og Orkester, opus 57 (1928): A performers guide. University of Kentucky: 1990. DMA diss.
Ben Arnold: 'Tradition and Growth in the Concertos of Nielsen', in: The Carl Nielsen Companion (London 1994), pp. 350–95.
Douglas Monroe: Conflict and Meaning in Carl Nielsen's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 57. Ohio State University: 2008. DMA diss.
Daniel M. Grimley: 'Analytical and Aesthetic issues in Carl Nielsen's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra'. Carl Nielsen Studies, 1, 2009, pp. 27–41.
Christina Giacona: A study of comparative interpretations by Stanley Drucker, Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, Hakan Rosengren, and John Bruce Yeh of the clarinet concerto by Carl Nielsen. The University of Oklahoma: 2009. DMA diss.
Katrina R. Phillips: The influence of Carl Nielsen's clarinet concerto on the clarinet concertos of Jorgen Bentzon and Herman D. Koppel. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign: 2009. DMA diss.
Robert Rival: 'Flatwards Bound: Defining Harmonic Flavour in Late Nielsen'. Carl Nielsen Studies, 5, 2012,
pp. 258–79. 
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