Carl Nielsen
Musik til Harald Bergstedts friluftsspil "Ebbe Skammelsen"
Music for Harald Bergstedt's Open-Air Play 'Ebbe Skammelsen'
CNW 21
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
I/9
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
336
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
117
Author: Harald Bergstedt
Composition: 1925.
While working on the sixth symphony (CNW 30), Nielsen was commissioned to write the stage music for Harald Bergstedt's dramatization of the old ballad, Ebbe Skammelsen. It has not been possible to establish when Nielsen was asked to compose the music, but according to his letters and diary entries it was completed in haste in the weeks before 12 June 1925, when the manuscript was end-dated.
Ebbe Skammelsen; Adelil; The Jester; Girls; Boys; Chorus in the Forest
Music
Afdeling I
Part I
Sections
Afdeling II
Part II
Afdeling III
Part III
Sections
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8a. Marsch
Allegretto
MarchDet var Prinsessen af Engelland
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8b.
Saa førte de den unge Brud
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9.
AndanteAa, nu maa jeg dø
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10.
AndantinoSøde Brud i dit Brudeslør
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11.
AndanteSom Abrahams Hjorder
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12.
AndanteSolen svandt i Nattens Seng
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13. Kor i Skoven
Allegro
Chorus in the WoodsNaa nu, naa nu skal det være
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14.
Allegro (meget livligt / very lively)I Godt-Folk
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15.
Andante funèbre
Sources
Score, partly autograph, draft
Score, autograph, fair copy
Score, autograph, fair copy (No. 11)
Score, manuscript copy
Vocal part, manuscript copy (No. 14)
Parts, manuscript copy (Nos. 8, 14)
Instrumental parts, manuscript copy
Instrumental parts, manuscript copy
Text, typewritten
Text, typewritten (No. 14)
Text, character part (Ebbe), typewritten
Performances
25 June 1925 | Open Air Theatre (Ulvedalene) in Dyrehaven, Copenhagen (conductor: Holger Prehn; performer: Ejnar Juhl (the Jester)). First performance. Reviews: Nationaltidende, 26 June 1925. Berlingske Tidende, 20 June 1925. |
26 June 1925 | Open Air Theatre (Ulvedalene), Dyrehaven, Copenhagen. |
27 June 1925 | Open Air Theatre (Ulvedalene), Dyrehaven, Copenhagen. |
28 June 1925 | Open Air Theatre (Ulvedalene), Dyrehaven, Copenhagen. |
29 June 1925 | Open Air Theatre (Ulvedalene), Dyrehaven, Copenhagen. |
30 June 1925 | Open Air Theatre (Ulvedalene), Dyrehaven, Copenhagen. |
1 July 1925 | Open Air Theatre (Ulvedalene), Dyrehaven, Copenhagen. |
2 July 1925 | Open Air Theatre (Ulvedalene), Dyrehaven, Copenhagen. |
3 July 1925 | Open Air Theatre (Ulvedalene), Dyrehaven, Copenhagen. |
4 July 1925 | Open Air Theatre (Ulvedalene), Dyrehaven, Copenhagen. |
5 July 1925 | Open Air Theatre (Ulvedalene), Dyrehaven, Copenhagen. |
0 Feb. 1926 | Helsingborg (conductor: Kjell Roikjer). Concert performance (excerpts) |
3 Nov. 1929 | Forum, Copenhagen (Orchestra of the Royal Danish Life Guards (Livgardens Musikkorps); conductor: Carl Nielsen). Concert performance (excerpts) |
Documents
Letters:
Diary entries:
Manuscripts:
Carl Nielsen: Levnedsberetning. DK-København, Ordenskapitlet. 25 June 1925. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 102)
Other other:
Hl [Kj. Helweg-Larsen] (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Opsigtsvækkende Musik til "Ebbe Skammelsøn"'. Berlingske Tidende, Aften, 25 May 1925. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 92)
Hl [Kj. Helweg-Larsen] (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Carl Nielsen spillede med Synkoper, allerede da han var Dreng'. Berlingske Tidende, Aften, 3 June 1925. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 94)
Josef Petersen (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): '60 Aar'. Social-Demokraten, 9 June 1925. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 100)
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