Carl Nielsen

Polka

for violin

Polka

for Violin

CNW 44
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) IV/1, Add.1
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 1

Carl Nielsen Edition

Composition: Probably between 1870 and 1881.

Polka for Violin is one of Nielsen's earliest compositions. In his autobiography Min fynske Barndom, he mentions that the piece was played at a party where he was substituting his father. The work survives in later sources only.