Carl Nielsen
Kvintet for fløjte, obo, klarinet, horn og fagot, opus 43
Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon, Opus 43
Opus 43
CNW 70
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
II/11
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
43
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
100
Dedicatee: Københavns Blæserkvintet (Svend Felumb, Paul Hagemann, Knud Lassen, Aage Oxenvad, Hans Sørensen)
Carl Nielsen Edition
Facsimile edition of all sources
Composition: 1922.
Nielsen composed the quintet during one of his frantic periods. He started shortly after finishing the Fifth Symphony (CNW 29) in the beginning of 1922, and completed it in April while staying as a guest conductor in Gothenburg. It is said that Nielsen was inspired to compose the quintet when he heard Københavns Blæserkvintet (Copenhagen Wind Quintet). He dedicated the work to the ensemble's five members. In the final movement, Nielsen employs his hymn tune, Min Jesus, lad mit Hjerte faa (CNW 184), as theme for the set of variations.
Music
1.
Allegro ben moderato
2. Menuet
Minuet
3. Præludium. Tema med variationer
Prelude. Theme and Variations
Adagio. Un poco andantino
Sources
Score, draft
Part (cor.), autograph, fair copy
Score, autograph, printer's manuscript
Parts, partly autograph, printer's manuscript
Pocket score, print
Parts, print
Performances
| 30 Apr. 1922 | Herman and Lisa Mannheimer's home, Gothenburg. Private performance. |
| 9 Oct. 1922 | Foreningen Ny Musik, Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Paul Hagemann, flute; Svend Christian Felumb, oboe; Aage Oxenvad, clarinet; Hans Sørensen, French horn; Knud Lassen, bassoon). First public performance. Reviews: Berlingske Tidende, 10 Oct. 1922 (Rudolph Simonsen). Nationaltidende, 10 Oct. 1922 (Gustav Hetsch). |
| 19 Oct. 1922 | Industribygningens Festsal, Copenhagen (performers: Paul Hagemann, flute; Svend Christian Felumb, oboe; Aage Oxenvad, clarinet; Hans Sørensen, French horn; Knud Lassen, bassoon). |
| 14 Feb. 1923 | Polyteknisk Læreanstalt, Copenhagen (performers: Paul Hagemann, flute; Svend Christian Felumb, oboe; Aage Oxenvad, clarinet; Hans Sørensen, French horn; Knud Lassen, bassoon). |
| 29 Mar. 1923 | Singakademie, Berlin (performers: Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, flute; Svend Christian Felumb, oboe; Aage Oxenvad, clarinet; Hans Sørensen, French horn; Knud Lassen, bassoon). International Music Week. |
| 20 June 1923 | Musikbygningens Sal, Bückeburg. |
| 16 Feb. 1925 | Kjøbenhavns Radiofonistation, Copenhagen (performers: Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, flute; Aage Oxenvad, clarinet; Hans Sørensen, horn; Svend Christian Felumb, oboe; Knud Lassen, bassoon). Second movement only. |
| 2 May 1925 | Kjøbenhavns Radiofonistation, Copenhagen (Københavns Blæserkvintet). |
| 3 Dec. 1925 | University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Københavns Blæserkvintet). |
| 7 Dec. 1925 | Akademisalongen, Stockholm (performers: Gösta Larsson, flute; Mauritz Andersson, clarinet; Sigurd Rydberg, oboe; Erik Strömblad, bassoon; Nils Henriksson, horn). |
| 22 Apr. 1926 | Industribygningens Festsal, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Hagemann, flute; Henry Munch, oboe; Ole Frøsig, clarinet; Carl Bloch, bassoon; C. Mikkelsen, horn). |
| 1 Dec. 1926 | Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performers: Paul Haagemann, flute; Henry Munck, oboe; Ole Frøsig, clarinet; Carl Bloch, bassoon; Ernst Mikkelsen, horn). |
| 6 Dec. 1926 | Industriforeningens Sal, Rønne (performers: Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, flute; Svend Christian Felumb, oboe; Aage Oxenvad, clarinet; Hans Sørensen, horn; Knud Lassen, bassoon). |
| 16 Jan. 1927 | Slagelse Musik- og Sangforening, Slagelse (performers: Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, flute; Svend Christian Felumb, oboe; Aage Oxenvad, clarinet; Hans Sørensen, horn; Knud Lassen, bassoon). |
| 10 Jan. 1928 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, flute; Svend Christian Felumb, oboe; Aage Oxenvad, clarinet; Hans Sørensen, horn; composer: Knud Lassen, bassoon). |
| 19 Jan. 1928 | Industribygningens Festsal, Copenhagen (performers: Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, flute; Svend Christian Felumb, oboe; Aage Oxenvad, clarinet; Hans Sørensen, horn; Knud Lassen, bassoon). |
| 4 Feb. 1928 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, flute; Svend Christian Felumb, oboe; Aage Oxenvad, clarinet; Hans Sørensen, horn; Knud Lassen, bassoon). |
| 21 Jan. 1930 | Radiostudie(?), Gothenburg(?) (performers: Hermann Muchow, flue; Z. Gati, oboe(?); Edvin Andersson, clarinet; Robert Haeffner, horn; Franz Hon, bassoon). |
| 7 Apr. 1930 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, flute; Svend Christian Felumb, oboe; Aage Oxenvad, clarinet; Hans Sørensen, horn; Knud Lassen, bassoon). |
| 14 Oct. 1930 | Hamburg (Kiels Blæserforening). |
| 11 Dec. 1930 | Parkhaus, Bochum (Städtische Bläservereinigung). |
| 7 Mar. 1931 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, flute; Svend Christian Felumb, oboe; Aage Oxenvad, clarinet; Hans Sørensen, horn; Knud Lassen, bassoon). |
Documents
Letters:
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:
Programme for undated concert (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 204)
Bibliography
Flemming Weis: 'Carl Nielsen og de unge'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 7/1, Jan. 1932, p. 54.
Corno: 'Dansk musik på grammofon, I: Carl Nielsen'. Levende Musik, 1/2, Mar. 1942, pp. 34–36.
Jan Maegaard: 'Den sene Carl Nielsen'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 28/4, 1953, pp. 74–79.
Svend Christian Felumb: '"De gamle blæsere" – og Carl Nielsen'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 33/2, Apr. 1958, pp. 35–39.
Torben Schousboe: '"Barn af huset" – ? Nogle tanker og problemer omkirng et utrykt forord til Carl Nielsens "Salmer og aandelige Sange"', in: Dansk Kirkesangs Aarsskrift, vol.21 ( 1969–70), pp. 75–84.
Richard S. Parks: 'Pitch Structure in Carl Nielsen's Wind Quintet', in: Mina Miller (ed.): The Carl Nielsen Companion (London 1994), pp. 541–96.
Marcia Louise Spencer: Carl Nielsen's quintet for winds, op. 43: a critical edition. University of NorthTexas: 1995. DMA diss.
Michael Fjeldsøe: Den fortrængte modernisme – den ny musik i dansk musikliv 1920-1940. Hr. Nilsson: Copenhagen 1999. Ph.D. diss. (University of Copenhagen)
Daphne Tan: Anachronistic impulses in Carl Nielsen's Woodwind Quintet (1922). McGill University: Montréal 2007. MA diss.
Melanie Ragge: 'Nielsen's Wind Quintet – A New Perspective'. Horn Call: Journal of the International Horn Society, 40/2, Feb. 2010, pp. 88–90.
Marcia Spencer: 'Nielsen's Wind Quintet – A Critical Performance Edition'. Horn Call: Journal of the International Horn Society, 40/2, Feb. 2010, pp. 91–95.
James M. Keller: Chamber Music: a listnener's guide. New York 2011, pp. 361–63.
Niels Krabbe (ed.): Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon, Opus 43 (= Selected Sources for Carl Nielsen’s Works, vol. 2). The Royal Library: Copenhagen 2016. (Facsimile edition)
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