Carl Nielsen
Klavermusik for Smaa og Store I & II, opus 53
Piano Music for Young and Old I & II, Opus 53
Opus 53
CNW 92
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)
13
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
148
Composition: 1929–30.
Nielsen's work on Klavermusik for Smaa og Store is first mentioned in August 1929 when he was engaged with the question of music for teaching purposes. This is also evident from an introductory address that he gave at Musikpædagogisk Forening in December 1929. According to his diary, the last fourteen pieces were composed during January 1930 at a rate of roughly one piece a day.
Music
1.
Allegretto
2.
Allegretto
3a.
Allegro scherzoso
3b.
Grazioso
4.
Andantino
5.
Allegro giocoso
6.
Poco lamentoso
7.
Marziale
8.
Cantabile
9.
Allegretto civettuolo
10.
Lugubre
11.
Andantino poco tiepido
12.
Adagio drammatico
13.
Andantino carino
14.
Capriccioso
15.
Adagio espressivo
16.
Alla contadino
17.
Largo con fantasia
18.
Preludio
19.
'Alla Bach'
20.
Con sentimento
21.
Marcia di goffo
22.
Allegretto pastorale
23. Etude
(Allegro)
24.
Molto adagio
Sources
Score, sketch (No. 22)
Score, draft
Score, draft (No. 1)
Score, autograph, fair copy (Nos. 1–3)
Score, autograph, fair copy (No. 18)
Score, print
Performances
| 27 Oct. 1930 | The Royal Danish Academy of Music (Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium), Copenhagen (performer: Herman D. Koppel, piano). First performance (excerpts). Reviews: Dagens Nyheder, 28 Oct. 1930 (August Felsing). Nationaltidende, 28 Oct. 1930 (August Felsing). Berlingske Tidende, 28 Oct. 1930 (Kai Flor). |
| Borup Højskoles Foredragssal, Copenhagen (Gymnasieelever). Excepts only. |
Documents
Letters:
Diary entries:
Other other:
'Forord', in: Klavermusik for Smaa og Store (Skandinavisk og Borups Musikforlag: Copenhagen 1930). (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. 175)
Bibliography
Carl Nielsen: 'Af to Carl Nielsen-breve'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 7/1, Jan. 1932, pp. 2–4.
Bendt Astrup Pedersen: Carl Nielsens klavermusik: i tilslutning til en redegørelse for formverdenen i Carl Nielsens klavermusik ønskes specielt en undersøgelse af det særegne i hans melodik, som det kommer til udtryk i disse værker. University of Copenhagen: 1960. Speciale.
Edward D.R. Neill: 'Moti e atteggiamenti umani nella musica di Carl Nielsen'. Rassegna musicale curci, 21, 1968, pp. 154–60.
Stephen R. Thomas: 'Carl Nielsen's 'Piano Music for Young and Old', op. 53, Miniature etudes in musicianship'. 20th-century music, 6/5, 1999, pp. 8–16.
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