Carl Nielsen
Chaconne, opus 32
Chaconne, Opus 32
Opus 32
CNW 86
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
II/12
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
8
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
79
Composition: 1916–17.
Nielsen first mentioned working on the Chaconne in a letter of 19 December 1916. In another letter dated 18 January the following year, Nielsen mentions that the composition had been completed. The work was published later in 1917.
Sources
Score, sketch
Score, draft
Score, autograph, fair copy
Score, print
Performances
| 13 Apr. 1917 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Alexander Stoffregen, piano). First performance. Reviews: Vort Land, 15 Apr. 1917 (B.W.G.). Politiken, 14 Apr. 1917 (Axel Kjerulf). Hovedstaden, 14 Apr. 1917 (Emilius Bangert). Nationaltidende, 14 Apr. 1917 (Gustav Hetsch). Social-Demokraten, 16 Apr. 1917. |
| 11 Feb. 1918 | (performer: Christian Christiansen, piano). Review: Politiken, 12 Feb. 1918 (Charles Kjerulf). |
| 8 Oct. 1918 | Brødrene Hals' Koncertsal, Oslo (performer: Alexander Stoffregen, piano). |
| 19 Oct. 1918 | Hotel Royals Festsal, Aarhus (performer: Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 31 Jan. 1919 | Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien, Stockholm (performer: Alexander Stoffregen, piano). |
| 5 Feb. 1919 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Sandor Vás, piano). |
| 15 Feb. 1919 | Casinos Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performer: Alexander Stoffregen, piano). |
| 1 Mar. 1919 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Rudolph Simonsen, piano). |
| 5 Dec. 1919 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Gudrun Seligmann, piano). |
| 1 Apr. 1921 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Victor Schiøler, piano). |
| 1 Dec. 1922 | Beethoven-Saal, Berlin (performer: Rudolph Simonsen, piano). |
| 7 Mar. 1925 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Gunnar Johansen, piano). |
| 11 Mar. 1925 | Hotel Phønix, Thisted (performer: Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 12 Mar. 1925 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Gunnar Johansen, piano). |
| 23 Mar. 1925 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Gudrun Seligmann, piano). |
| 2 Oct. 1925 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Karla Bjarnov, piano). |
| 24 Nov. 1925 | Haandværkerforeningens Festsal, Aarhus (performer: Victor Schiøler, piano). |
| 26 Nov. 1925 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Victor Schiøler, piano). |
| 2 Oct. 1926 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 13 Oct. 1926 | Vejle Musikforening, Vejle (performer: Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 29 Oct. 1926 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Gerda Nebelong, singer). |
| 28 Jan. 1927 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (conductor: Gudrun Seligmann, piano). |
| 23 June 1927 | Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (Tivoli Symphony Orchestra (Tivolis Symfoniorkester); conductor: Frederik Schnedler-Petersen). |
| 20 Sept. 1927 | Musikaliska Akademiens Orgelsal, Stockholm (performer: Erik Ljunggren, piano). |
| 3 Oct. 1927 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (conductor: Anna Veibel, piano). |
| 31 Oct. 1927 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Holger Lund-Christiansen, piano). |
| 9 Nov. 1927 | Hornung & Møllers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performer: Elof Nielsen, piano). |
| 17 Nov. 1927 | Hotel Phønix, Thisted (performer: Elof Nielsen, piano). |
| 5 Dec. 1927 | Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performer: Gudrun Seligmann, piano). |
| 26 Feb. 1929 | Roskilde Musikforening, Roskilde (performer: Gunnar Johansen, piano). |
| 7 Mar. 1929 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Gunnar Johansen, piano). |
| 14 Oct. 1929 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Ove Peters, piano). |
| 23 Nov. 1929 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Beate Novi, piano). |
| 5 Feb. 1930 | Koncertforeningen for Haderslev og Omegn, Haderslev (performer: Beate Novi, piano). |
| 5 Feb. 1930 | Hornung & Møllers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performer: Merete Finsen, piano). |
| 5 Mar. 1930 | Hornung & Møllers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performer: Hans Hammer, piano). |
| 18 Mar. 1930 | Industriforeningens Foredragssal, Copenhagen (performer: Esther Andersen, piano). |
| 27 Oct. 1930 | Copenhagen Academy of Music (Københavns Musikkonservatorium), Copenhagen (conductor: Herman Koppel, piano). |
| 4 Dec. 1930 | Singakademie, Berlin (performer: Gisela Springer, piano). |
Documents
Letters:
Bibliography
Christian Christiansen: 'Carl Nielsen's klaverstil'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 7/1, Jan. 1932, pp. 42–43.
Peter Weis: 'At spille Carl Nielsen'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 37/2,4, May 1962, pp. 29–32, 110–16.
Harold Truscott: 'The Piano Works of Carl Nielsen'. The Chesterian, 34/202, 1960, pp. 103–10.
Kirsten Poulson: Carl Nielsens klaverværker: bibliografisk, klaverteknisk og stilistisk belyst. Thesis on a specially studied subject, University of Aarhus: 1965.
Arne Skjold Rasmussen: 'Klaverværkerne', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen: i hundredåret for hans fødsel (Nyt Nordisk Forlag – Arnold Busck: 1965).
Torben Schousboe: 'Samtale med Emil Telmányi'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 40/4, May 1965, pp. 95–100.
Mina Florence Miller: The Solo Piano Music of Carl Nielsen: An Analysis for Performance . New York University: 1978. Ph.D. dissertation.
Mina Miller: 'En kritisk revideret udgave af Carl Nielsens klaverværker: berettigelse, rækkevidde og mål'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 55/2, Nov. 1980, pp. 55–59.
Torben Herbøl: 'Alexander Stoffregen om Carl Nielsens "Chaconne for klaver"'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 55/4, Feb. 1981, pp. 200–201.
Mina Miller: 'Interpretens frihed og udgiverens ansvarsbyrde'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 55/4, Feb. 1981, p. 201.
Mina Miller: 'Some Thoughts Upon Editing the Music of Carl Nielsen'. Current Musicology, 34, 1982, pp. 64–74.
Mina F. Miller (ed.): The Complete Solo Piano Music of Carl Nielsen. Edition Wilhelm Hansen: Copenhagen 1982.
Daniel M. Grimley: 'Gesture and Identity in the Chaconne for Piano', in: Anne Ørbæk Jensen et al. (ed.): Musikvidenskabelige Kompositioner: Festskrift til Niels Krabbe 1941 - 3. oktober - 2006 (Copenhagen 2006), pp. 489–501.
Daniel M. Grimley: Carl Nielsen and the Idea of Modernism. The Boydell Press: Woodbridge 2010.
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