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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

Link to external resource Carl Nielsen Edition

Arrangement:

Kantate ved Grosserer-Societetets Hundredaarsfest CNW 111
Ariels Sang CNW 302

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).

Instrumentation: fl.flauto (flute) /fl.picc.flauto piccolo (piccolo) , fl.flauto (flute) , 2 ob.oboe , 2 cl.clarinetto (clarinet) , 2 fg.fagotto (bassoon) , 2 cor.corno (horn) , 2 tr.tromba (trumpet) , trb.b.trombone basso (bass trombone) , vl.1violino 1 , vl.2violino 2 , va.viola , vc.violoncello , cb.contrabbasso (double bass) Choir: S.soprano , A.alto , T.tenore (tenor) , B.basso (bass) Soloists: S.soprano , T.tenore (tenor) , B.basso (bass)

Music

1.

Tempo giusto

Mod og Vilje har du hærdet

2.

Andantino quasi allegretto

Længsel op til Himmelblaaet Angsten dybt i Døden ind

3.

Andante

Lad mig snorke her i Skyggen

4. Ariels Sang
Ariel's Song

Andantino quasi allegretto

Selv naar Tordnen tynger er Æteren lys og klar

5.

Moderato

Hæder til Digtets Drot

Arrangement:

Hymne til Danmark CNW 226
Kantate ved Grosserer-Societetets Hundredaarsfest (No. 9) CNW 111

Sources

Score and short score, draft

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Fragment]

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 327b.

CNU Source B.

Score, autograph, fair copy

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

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 327a.

CNU Source A.

Vocal score, autograph, fair copy (Nos. 1, 2, 5)

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

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 327g (add.).

CNU Source E.

Vocal score, autograph, fair copy (No. 2), fragment

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Vocal score, Fair copy, Fragment]

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 327c.

CNU Source D.

Parts, manuscript copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Parts, Fair copy, Complete]

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 327f.

CNU Source F.

Parts, manuscript copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Parts, Fair copy, Complete]

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 327e.

CNU Source G.

Text, print

[Classification: Text, Print, Copy, First edition, Complete]

V. Pio, Copenhagen 1916.

Title page: SHAKESPEARE / ET LILLE FESTSPIL / AF / HELGE RODE / KØBENHAVN / FORLAGT AF V. PIOS BOGHANDEL / POVL BRANNER / 1916

Dedication copy (Carl Nielsen)

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Torben Schousboes Samling XIV.2.

CNU Source I.

Performances

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).

Documents

Letters:

12 May 1916	from Carl Nielsen to Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IIAa. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/350; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 408)
23 May 1916	from Carl Nielsen to Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IIAa. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/351; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 408)
26 May 1916	from Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen to Carl Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAa1. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/352)
28 May 1916	from Carl Nielsen to Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IIAa. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/354; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 409)
12 June 1916	from Carl Nielsen to Emil Holm, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAc. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/361)
22 June 1916	from Carl Nielsen to Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IIAa. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/363; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 409)
11 Aug. 1916	from Carl Nielsen to Ove Jørgensen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Torben Schousboes Arkiv. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/400)
10 Nov. 1916	from Carl Nielsen to Helge Rode, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Acc. 1986/80, Utilg. 720. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/400)
3 Dec. 1922	from Carl Nielsen to Irmelin Eggert Møller, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IIIAa1. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VII/359)
9 Dec. 1922	from Carl Nielsen to Eggert Møller, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAa8. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VII/364)
20 Feb. 1923	from Carl Nielsen to Irmelin Eggert Møller, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IIIAa1. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VII/424)

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Catalogue of Carl Nielsen's Works

Musik til Helge Rodes prolog "Shakespeare"

Music for Helge Rode's Prologue 'Shakespeare'

Music

1.

2.

3.

4. Ariels Sang Ariel's Song

5.

Sources

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

Dedication copy (Carl Nielsen)

Performances

Documents

4. Ariels Sang
Ariel's Song