CNW 51
Carl Nielsen
Sats for to violiner, bratsch og cello
Movement for Two Violins, Viola and Cello
CNW 51
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) IV/1, Add. 10
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 32.2
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 3k
Composition: 1887–88.
The movement (and CNW 50 ) 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
Allegro moltoKey: F major
Score, autograph, fair copy
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Fair copy, Complete]
| 25 Jan. 1888 | The Private Chamber Music Society (Privat Kammermusikforening), Copenhagen (performers: Carl Nielsen, violin; Frederik Schnedler-Petersen, violin; Julius Borup, viola; Anton Bloch, cello). 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. |
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