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J.P.E. Hartmann

Sulamiths og Salomons Sange

Sulamith and Solomon

Opus 52
HartW 355
DF 125

Author: B.S. Ingemann

Contained in:
Romancer og Sange  HartW Coll. 17

Composition: 28 Oct. 1847 to 23 Apr. 1850.

In 1839 B.S. Ingemann published thirty-four poems with motifs from "Songs of Songs" as a prelude to the dramatic tale "Salomons Ring", which was incorporated in his "Samlede Skrifter" (Collected Works) in 1843. In the autumn of 1847 Ingemann sent this collection to Hartmann after they had met at Sorø Akademi, where Ingemann was a lecturer. Hartmann immediately composed music to three of the poems, two of which were published separately. The remaining songs were published in December 1850, apart from No. 6 which was not included until the edition published c. 1885. Hartmann has closely reflected on the cyclic structure as he neither followed Ingemann's order of the poems nor his own chronological order.

Instrumentation: voice, pf.pianoforte (piano)

No. 1. Sulamiths Sang i Skoven

No. 1. Sulamith's Song in the Wood

Allegro non tanto

Abildtræet i Skoven staar

Th' Citron, grandest of all trees, grows

No. 2. Sulamiths Sang i Viingaardshytten

No. 2. Sulamith's Song in the Vineyard's Hut

Allegro

Fornam jeg en Klang?

Was't music's clang?

No. 3. Salomons Sang blandt Nomaderne

No. 3. Solomon's Song amongst the Wandering Tribes of the Desert

Moderato

Stiig ned fra dit Bjerg!

Come down from thy mount!

No. 4. Sulamiths Sang bag Gitteret

No. 4. Sulamith's Song behind the Lattice

Allegro moderato

Det er ingen Drøm. Jeg hører hans Røst

It is not a dream, his voice I can hear

No. 5. Salomons Sang i Teltdøren

No. 5. Solomon's Song in the Tent-Door

Andante sostenuto

Hun sover derinde

A tent is her bower

No. 6. Salomons Sang i Viinhaven

No. 6. Solomon's Song in the Vineyard

Agitato

Er du vaagen? Elskede!

Art awake thou, loved one?

No. 7. Salomons Sang mellem Bjergene

No. 7. Solomon's Song in the Mountains

Poco Allegro

Dvæl, Elskede, dvæl!

Stay, loved one! stay!

No. 8. Sulamiths Sang paa Bjergstien

No. 8. Sulamith's Song on the Mountain-Path

Allegro agitato, assai

Bort, bort! jeg vil flye

Hence, hence! I will fly

No. 9. Sulamiths Sang blandt Bjergpigerne

No. 9. Sulamith's Lament to the Mountain-Maidens

Passionato, non troppo agitato

Jeg besværger Jer, Piger!

I beseech ye, sweet maidens!

No. 10. Salomons Sang paa Høiene

No. 10. Solomon's Song on the Hill-Tops

Moderato assai

Key: E♭ major

Din Deilighed glemmer jeg aldrig meer

Thy beauty will e'er in my mem'ry be

Score, autograph, printer's copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, printer's copy, Complete]

16 pages; 27 x 36 cm.

Title page: Sulamiths og Salomons Sange / af / B.S. Ingemann, / componerede / med / Pianoforte=Accompagnement / af / I. P. E. Hartmann / Op:
7 folios stitched together and 1 loose folio. Written in brown ink; with corrections in pencil. Paper: 12 staves. Content: "No 1. Sulamiths Sang i Skoven" end-dated "19/4 49."; "(No 2). Salomons Sang med Brevduen" end-dated "d. 20/4 49." (cancelled); "No 2 Sulamiths Sang i Viingaardshytten"; end-dated "d. 1 Mai 49."; "No 5 [added in pencil] Salomons Sang i Teltdøren."; "No 6 [corrected from 7 to 6] Salomons Sang mellem Bjergene."; "No 7 [corrected from 8 to 7] Sulamiths Sang paa Bjergstien"; "No 8 [corrected from 9 to 8] Sulamiths Sang blandt Bjergpigerne."; "No 9 [corrected from 10 to 9] Salomons Sang paa Høiene". On the loose folio another fair copy of "Sulamiths Sang blandt Bjergpigerne" end-dated "d. 5 Mai 49"; and an additional fair copy of "Salomons Sang paa Høiene XXXIII" end-dated "d. 19 Mai 49." Another fair copy of "Salomons Sang mellem Bjergene" end-dated "d. 23 April 1850", and of "Salomons Sang i Viinhaven (af Ingemanns Salomons Ring)".
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København C II, 7 Hartmann Samling 232 (Kapsel Sulamith - Thrymskviden).

Score, autograph, fair copy (Nos. 3, 4 and 6)

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Fair copy, Excerpt]

12 pages; 24.5 x 31.5 cm.

Written in black ink. Paper: 20 staves. No. 3 end-dated: "19. Novbr 47."; No. 4 end-dated: "1 Novbr: 47."; No. 6 end-dated: "28 Octbr: 47."

On pp. 4, 5 and 6 in a gathering containing a collection of ten works. Title page: “No 11 / Manuskript til trykte og u ikke=trykte mindre / Compositioner f. Piano og Sang af J.P.E. Hartmann. / 1. Hjemvee (uden Ord) / 2 Om Foraaret (do) / 3 Vinteren (do) / 4 Salomons Sang i Vinhaven / 5 Salomons Sang blandt Nomaderne / 6 Sulamiths Sang bag Gitteret / 7 Holger Danskes Vugge / [brace for Nos. 5-7] af Ingemann / 8 Barnet synger til sin Dukke / 9 Hilsen til Frænderne (af Ingemanns Holger Danske) /10 Mødet af Hertz". On p. 7 (between Nos. 6 and 7): Langsom Vals (not mentioned in the list of contents of the volume).

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København C II, 7 Hartmanns Samling 252 (Kapsel Til Anskariusfesten - Undine).

Proofs, Nos. 1-2 and 5-9

[Classification: Corrective impression, Notated music, Print, Score]

18 pages.

Pl. no.230.

Proofs of the 1850 edition except Nos. 3-4. Printed on the verso of other editions. Corrections in pencil in No. 1; in red crayon in No. 2; and black ink in No. 8 and 9.

  • Hartmann's copy

    DK- Kk C II, 7 Hartmanns Samling 232 (Kapsel Sulamith - Thrymskviden).

Score, print, first edition (Nos. 3-4)

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Excerpt]
Horneman & Erslev, Copenhagen December 1848.

3 pages.

Title page: Romancer / af Jngemanns Sulamith og Salomon / componerede / af / J.P.E. Hartmann. / No1. Salomons Sang blandt Nomaderne, / No 2. Sulamiths Sang bag Gitteret. / Forelæggerens Eiendom. / KJÖBENHAVN. / Paa Horneman & Erslevs Forlag.

Score, print, first edition (Nos. 1-2, 5 and 7-10)

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Excerpt]
Horneman & Erslev, Copenhagen December 1850.

12 pages.

Title page: SULAMITH OG SALOMON / Romancer og Sange / af / B.S. INGEMANN / med / Pianoforte Accompagnement / componerede / af I.P.E HARTMANN / Op. 52. / Forlæggerens Eiendom. Pr: 72 Sk. / KIÖBENHAVN, / Horneman & Erslev. / Stockholm hos Abr. Hirsch.

Pl. no.130.

Score, print, first complete edition

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, Later edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen c.1885.

14 pages.

Title page: 9 [recte 10] SANGE / af / Sulamith og Salomon / af / B.S. Jngemann / komponerede for / en Syngestemme med Pianoforte / af / J.P.E. HARTMANN. / Op. 52. / Forlæggerens Eiendom for alle Lande. / KJÖBENHAVN. / Wilhelm Hansens Musik-Forlag.

Pl. no.230 and 320 (pp. 8-9).

This edition includes No. 6 "Salomons Sang i Viinhaven" (Er du vaagen Elskede!), which had been transferred by Wilhelm Hansens Musik-Forlag from the original edition of  "Sex Sange af M. Rosing, Chr. Richardt og B.S. Ingemann" (HartW Coll. 11) published in December 1864 by Horneman & Erslev, a publishing house bought by Wilhelm Hansen.

Score, print, later edition

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, Later edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1885.

84 pages.

Title page: J.P.E. HARTMANN. / Romancer og Sange. / Ny af Komponisten revideret Udgave. / 1ste Afdeling. / Forlæggerens Eiendom. / KJÖBENHAVN. / Wilhelm Hansens Musik-Forlag.

On pp. 29-41 in this collection.

Score, print, first English edition

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
S.A.E. Hagen, Copenhagen 1875.

15 pages.

Title page: SULAMITH AND SOLOMON. / (FOUNDED ON THE SONG OF SOLOMON) / BY / B.S. INGEMANN. / TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH / BY / R.S.E. / THE MUSIC COMPOSED / BY / J.P.E. HARTMANN, / DR. PHILOS OF OUR LADY'S CHURCH, COPENHAGEN / OP. 52. / COPYRIGHT RESERVED. / S.A.E. HAGEN, / COPENHAGEN / THYGE SÖGÅRD & CO / NUNICA, MICHIGAN. / A, Cranz, Hamburg. Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co, London. J. Maho, Paris. J.A. Rösholm, Christiania. / Elkan & Schildknecht, Stockholm. P. Jürgenson, Moscau. / PRINTED BY J.L. SIVERTSEN, COPENHAGEN.

Pl. no.1040.

This edition includes the songs Nos. 1-10 as in the Danish edition, and in that order. The texts are in English only.

16 Mar. 1849 Copenhagen (Singer unknown). No. 3 "Salomons Sang mellem Nomaderne". Concert given by Studenter-Sangforeningen.
22 Mar. 1850 Copenhagen (Singer unknown). Concert given by Studenter-Sangforeningen.
17 May 1852 Hofteatret, Copenhagen (Josephine Lund (Zinck), soprano; Rasmus Faaborg, tenor; Waldemar Dahl, piano).
19 July 1860 Hotel Royal, Aarhus (Julius Døcker, tenor). "Salomons sang blandt Nomaderne" and "Salomons Sang paa Høiene".
16 Feb. 1864 Casino, Copenhagen (Singer and pianist unknown). Concert in Musikforeningen.
18 Aug. 1866 Klampenborg Badeanstalt, Klampenborg (Julius Døcker, tenor). Two unspecified songs.
2 Dec. 1871 Casino, Copenhagen (Johanne Hansen, alto; Anton Hartvigson, piano). Two unspecified songs.
9 May 1874 Casino, Copenhagen. Studenter-Sangforeningens concert celebrating Hartmann's 50th aniversary as organist.
13 Mar. 1875 Casino, Copenhagen (Frk. Ravn, soprano; Niels Juel Simonsen, baritone).
Review: Berlingske Politiske og Avertissementstidende, 62, 15 Mar. 1875.
29 Aug. 1881 Odense Theater, Odense (Sextus Miskow, bass). One unspecified song.
3 Sept. 1881 Horsens Teater, Horsens (Sextus Miskow, bas). One unspecified song.
14 May 1885 The Royal Theatre (Det Kongelige Teater), Copenhagen. Performance celebrating Hartmann's 80th birthday.
14 May 1885 Dagmartheatret, Copenhagen (Oda Nielsen, soprano). Concert celebrating Hartmann's 80th birthday.
16 May 1885 Casino, Copenhagen (Marie Nielsen, soprano; Otto Tolderlund, tenor; Otto Malling, piano). Concert celebrating Hartmann's 80th birthday.
Review: Berlingske Politiske og Avertissements-Tidende, 136/112, 18 May 1885.
4 July 1887 Buckingham Palace Park, London (The Band of The Royal Horse Guard). Arrangement for brass band.
15 Oct. 1887 Casino, Copenhagen (Beatrice Diderichsen, soprano; Viggo Bielefeldt, baritone; Holger Dahl, piano).
8 Nov. 1891 Koncertpalæet, Copenhagen (Oda Nielsen, soprano). Two unspecified songs.
12 June 1894 Haandværkerforeningens Festsal, Aarhus (Hr. Dr. Frisch, singer). "Salomons Sang i Viinhaven".
7 May 1895 Koncertpalæet, Copenhagen (Regina Nielsen, soprano; Viggo Bielefeldt, baritone; August Winding, piano). Concert in celebration of Hartmann's 90th birthday.
21 May 1895 Industripalæet, Odense (Frederikke Madsen, soprano; Viggo Bielefeldt, baritone). Concert given by Odense Musikforening in celebration of Hartmann's 90th birthday.
Review: 'Hartmann-Festen'. Fyens Stiftstidende, 22 May 1895, p. 2.
28 Aug. 1895 Dagmar-Theatret, Copenhagen (Elisabeth Dons, soprano). Three unspecified songs.
5 Dec. 1897 Forsamlingshuset paa Enghavevei, Copenhagen (Elisabeth Dons, soprano; Salomon Levysohn, piano). Concert for workers given by Studentersamfundet. No. 1 only.
Review: 'Studentersamfundets tredie Arbeiderkoncert'. Adresseavisen, 285, 5 Dec. 1897, p. 2.
9 Nov. 1899 Skandinaviens Sal, Hjørring (Singer and pianist unknown). No. 9 "Sulamith's Lament to the Mountain-maidens".

Letters:

25 Nov. 1847, Copenhagen   from J.P.E. Hartmann to B.S. Ingemann, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København NKS 2651 2º. (Breve 1780-1900 no. 329)
7 Mar. 1850   from J.P.E. Hartmann to B.S. Ingemann, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København NKS 2651 2º. (Breve 1780-1900 no. 410)
6 May 1895, Copenhagen   from Viggo Bielefeldt to J.P.E. Hartmann, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København NKS 3392 4º no. 26. (Breve 1780-1900 no. 1499)

Richard Hove: J.P.E. Hartmann. Copenhagen 1934, pp. 53, 58-59.

Niels Martin Jensen: Den danske romance 1800-1850 og dens musikalske forudsætninger. Copenhagen 1964, pp. 160-166.

Kai Aage Bruun: Dansk musiks historie fra Holberg-tiden til Carl Nielsen. Copenhagen 1969: vol.2, pp. 67-69.

Nils Schiørring: Musikkens historie i Danmark. Copenhagen 1978: vol.2: 1750-1870, pp. 259-261.

Inger Sørensen: Hartmann - et dansk komponistdynasti. Copenhagen 1999, pp. 240, 359, 436-440, 496, 499, 606.


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