Carl Nielsen
Sats for to violiner, bratsch og cello
Movement for Two Violins, Viola and Cello
CNW 50
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) IV/1, Add. 9
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 32.1
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 3k
Composition: 1887–88.
The movement (and CNW 51 ) was probably part of an early string quartet performed in January 1888. In a letter, Nielsen refers to a quartet that he showed to his teacher, Orla Rosenhoff, in late 1887.
Instrumentation: string quartet
AllegroKey: F major
Score, manuscript copy
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Score, Fair copy, Complete]
Part (viola), manuscript copy
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Parts, Fair copy, Complete]
| 25 Jan. 1888 | Copenhagen (performers: Carl Nielsen, violin; Frederik Schnedler-Petersen, violin; Julius Borup, viola; Anton Bloch, cello). The Private Chamber Music Society (Privat Kammermusikforening). First performance. A string quartet was performed at this event; however, it has not been possible to determine which of the surviving movements were part of the quartet performed. |
| 1 Oct. 1931 | Industribygningens Festsal, Copenhagen (performers: Thorvald Nielsen, violin; Erling Bloch, violin; Hans Kassow. viola; Louis Jensen, cello). A string quartet was performed at this event; however, it has not been possible to determine which of the surviving movements were part of the quartet performed. |
Letters:
| 5 Mar. 1896 | from Carl Nielsen to Jean Louis Nicodé, D-DlSächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB), Dresden. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. I/557) |
| 30 Oct. 1900 | from Carl Nielsen to Ministeriet for Kirke- og Undervisningsvæsenet, DK-København, Rigsarkivet. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. II/165; CNL 142) |
| 3 Mar. 1905 | from Carl Nielsen to Knud Harder, privately owned. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. II/445) |
| 20 Jan. 1913 | from Carl Nielsen to Svend Godske-Nielsen, 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. IV/531; M & MTorben Meyer & Irmelin Eggert Møller: Carl Nielsens Breve. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1954. 130) |
Diary entries:
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