Sats for to violiner, bratsch og cello

Movement for Two Violins, Viola and Cello

CNW 51
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) IV/1, Add. 10
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 32.2
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 3k

Link to external resource Carl Nielsen Edition

Composition: 1887–88.

The movement (and CNW 50 ) was probably part of an early string quartet performed in January 1888. In a letter, Nielsen refers to a quartet that he showed to his teacher, Orla Rosenhoff, in late 1887.

Instrumentation: string quartet

Allegro molto

Key: F major

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25 Jan. 1888	The Private Chamber Music Society (Privat Kammermusikforening), Copenhagen (performers: Carl Nielsen, violin; Frederik Schnedler-Petersen, violin; Julius Borup, viola; Anton Bloch, cello). First performance. A string quartet was performed at this event; however, it has not been possible to determine which of the surviving movements were part of the quartet performed.
1 Oct. 1931	Industribygningens Festsal, Copenhagen (performers: Thorvald Nielsen, violin; Erling Bloch, violin; Hans Kassow, viola; Louis Jensen, cello). A string quartet was performed at this event; however, it has not been possible to determine which of the surviving movements were part of the quartet performed.

CNW

Catalogue of Carl Nielsen's Works

Sats for to violiner, bratsch og cello

Movement for Two Violins, Viola and Cello

Sources

Score, autograph, fair copy

Performances