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Carl Nielsen

Ved en ung Kunstners Baare

for strygeorkester

(Andante doloroso)

At the Bier of a Young Artist

for String Orchestra

CNW 36
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) II/8
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 49
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 58

Carl Nielsen Edition

Composition: 1910.

The short piece for string orchestra, Ved en ung Kunstners Baare, was composed following the death of the painter Oluf Hartmann. He had died on Sunday, 16 January 1910, and already by the following Wednesday Nielsen end-dated the pencil draft. The composition was premiered at Hartmann's funeral and also played at Nielsen's own funeral service at the Copenhagen Cathedral on 9 October 1931.

Instrumentation: vl.1violino 1, vl.2violino 2, va.viola, vc.violoncello, cb.contrabbasso (double bass)
Andante lamentoso

Score, manuscript copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Score]

Score, manuscript copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Score]

Score, draft

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

Instrumental parts, manuscript copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Parts, Fair copy, Complete]
21 Jan. 1910 Holmens Kirkegårds kapel, Copenhagen (Gade-kvartetten). First performance for string quartet.
26 Feb. 1912 Østerbros Teater, Copenhagen (conductor: Carl Nielsen). Østerbro Kammermusikforening. Performed under the title "Andante Doloroso". First (?) performance for string orchestra.
7 Apr. 1912 Vor Frue Kirke, Copenhagen (conductor: Carl Nielsen). Performed under the title "Andante Doloroso".
7 Apr. 1912 Vor Frue Kirke, Copenhagen (Musicians from the Royal Danish Orchestra (Det Kongelige Kapel); conductor: Carl Nielsen). Performed under the title "Andante Doloroso".
31 Oct. 1912 Vor Frue Kirke, Copenhagen (conductor: Carl Nielsen). Louise-Foreningen.
23 Oct. 1913 The National Theatre, Helsinki (conductor: Carl Nielsen).
31 Oct. 1913 Kungliga Teatern, Stockholm (Kungliga Hovkapellet; conductor: Carl Nielsen). Extra Symphony-Concert.
25 Feb. 1923 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (Københavns Filharmoniske Orkester; conductor: Carl Nielsen).
14 Aug. 1928 Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radiosymfoniorkestret); conductor: Launy Grøndahl).
7 Dec. 1928 Radiostudie(?), Stockholm (Radioorkester; conductor: Carl Nielsen).
2 Jan. 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radiosymfoniorkestret); conductor: Launy Grøndahl).
13 Mar. 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radiosymfoniorkestret); conductor: Launy Grøndahl).
6 Oct. 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radiosymfoniorkestret); conductor: Launy Grøndahl).
17 Dec. 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radiosymfoniorkestret); conductor: Launy Grøndahl).
12 June 1930 Axelborg, Copenhagen (The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radiosymfoniorkestret); conductor: Launy Grøndahl).
20 Oct. 1930 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (Telmányis Kammerorkester; conductor: Emil Telmányi).
9 Oct. 1931 Københavns Domkirke, Copenhagen (Emil Telmányi's Chamber Orchestra). Performance at Carl Nielsen's funeral.

Letters:

20 Jan. 1910   from Carl Nielsen to Alfred Wilhelm Hansen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København WHA. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. III/813)
10 Sept. 1913   from Carl Nielsen to Robert Kajanus, FIN-HySuomen Kansalliskirjasto, Helsinki Robert Kajanus-arkiv. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. IV/733)
1 Oct. 1913   from Carl Nielsen to Robert Kajanus, FIN-HySuomen Kansalliskirjasto, Helsinki Robert Kajanus-arkiv. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. IV/751)
6 Oct. 1913   from Carl Nielsen to Bror Beckman, S-SkmaMusik- och teaterbiblioteket, Stockholm Bror Beckmans arkiv. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. IV/762)
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)
26 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/427)
11 Feb. 1924   from Carl Nielsen to Sverre Jordan, N-BoOffentlige Bibliotek, Bergen. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VIII/14)
11 Aug. 1925   from Carl Nielsen to Emil Telmányi, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen). (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VIII/408; CNL 563)
8 Nov. 1928   from Carl Nielsen to Julius Rabe, S-SkmaMusik- och teaterbiblioteket, Stockholm Julius Rabes arkiv. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. X/337)
17 Nov. 1928   from Carl Nielsen to Julius Rabe, S-SkmaMusik- och teaterbiblioteket, Stockholm Julius Rabes arkiv. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. X/348)
12 Dec. 1928   from Carl Nielsen to Emil Telmányi, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen). (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. X/384; M & MTorben Meyer & Irmelin Eggert Møller: Carl Nielsens Breve. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1954. 257; CNL 666)

Diary entries:

28 Feb. 1912   DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IC. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. IV/253)
18 July 1928   DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IC. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. X/247; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 551)

Finn Høffding: 'Carl Nielsen idag'. Levende Musik, 3/4, May 1944, pp. 87–92.


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