Carl Nielsen
Musik til Helge Rodes prolog "Shakespeare"
Music for Helge Rode's Prologue 'Shakespeare'
CNW 15
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) I/6
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 327
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 80
Author: Helge Rode
Composition: 1916.
After finishing his fourth symphony (CNW 28) and while working on songs for the collections Nye Melodier til de Nyere Sangtekster i Johan Borups Danske Sangbog (CNW Coll. 12) and En Snes danske Viser 2den Samling (CNW Coll. 11), Nielsen composed music for the play Shakespeare. The following year, he re-used the melody for the fifth and last song in his Kantate ved Grosserer-Societetets Hundredaarsfest (CNW 111).
1.
Tempo giustoMod og Vilje har du hærdet
2.
Andantino quasi allegrettoLængsel op til Himmelblaaet Angsten dybt i Døden ind
3.
AndanteLad mig snorke her i Skyggen
4. Ariels Sang
4. Ariel's Song
Andantino quasi allegrettoSelv naar Tordnen tynger er Æteren lys og klar
5.
ModeratoHæder til Digtets Drot
Score and short score, draft
Score, autograph, fair copy
Vocal score, autograph, fair copy (Nos. 1, 2, 5)
Vocal score, autograph, fair copy (No. 2), fragment
Parts, manuscript copy
Parts, manuscript copy
Text, print
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Dedication copy (Carl Nielsen)
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Torben Schousboes Samling XIV.2.CNU Source I.
| 24 June 1916 | Kronborg Slot, Elsinore (conductor: Carl Nielsen; singers: Saima Neovi, soprano; Anders Brems, tenore; Emil Holm, basso). First performance. Reviews: Politiken, 25 June 1916. Nationaltidende, 25 June 1916. |
| 27 June 1916 | Kronborg Slot, Elsinore (singers: Saima Neovi, soprano; Anders Brems, tenore; Emil Holm, basso). |
| 1 July 1916 | Kronborg Slot, Elsinore (singers: Saima Neovi, soprano; Anders Brems, tenore; Emil Holm, basso). |
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