Carl Nielsen
Symphonisk Suite, opus 8
Symphonic Suite, Opus 8
Opus 8
CNW 82
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
II/12
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
17
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
19
Dedicatee: Victor Bendix
Composition: 1894.
Following the hugely successful premiere of the First Symphony (CNW 25) in March 1894, Nielsen composed Symphonisk Suite. The second movement is dated 23 May 1894, whilst the rest of the Suite was finished towards the end of August.
Music
1. Intonation
Maestoso
2.
Quasi allegretto
3.
Andante
4. Finale
Allegro
Sources
Score, draft and sketches
Score, autograph, fair copy (first movement)
Score, autograph, printer's manuscript
Score, print
-
Carl Nielsen's copy
DK-Odense, Carl Nielsen Museet.CNU Source A.
Score, print, excerpt (second movement)
Printed in: Die Musik, vol. 5/15 (1906), Musikbeilage.
Performances
| 4 May 1895 | Koncertpalæet, Copenhagen (performer: Louis Glass, piano). Symphonia. First performance. Reviews: Politiken, 5 May 1895 (B.). Avisen, 5 May 1895. Aftenbladet, 6 May 1895 (M.). Adresseavisen, 6 May 1895. Berlingske Tidende, 6 May 1895 (H.W. Schytte). København, 7 May 1895 (Sophus Andersen). |
| 3 Feb. 1898 | Koncertpalæet, Copenhagen (performer: Adolfa Johnsson, piano). Carl Nielsen. Reviews: Nationaltidende, 4 Feb. 1898 (Gustav Hetsch). Dannebrog, 4 Feb. 1898 (Nanna Liebmann). Politiken, 4 Feb. 1989 (Charles Kjerulf). |
| 4 Mar. 1901 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Dagmar Borup, piano). Dagmar Borup and Julius Borup. |
| 30 Nov. 1907 | (performer: Henrik Knudsen, piano). Reviews: Politiken, 1 Dec. 1907 (Charles Kjerulf). Berlingske Tidende Aftenblad, 2 Dec. 1907 (Alfred Tofft). |
| 18 Nov. 1907 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Henrik Knudsen). Private Chamber Music Society (Privat Kammermusikforening). |
| 22 Nov. 1907 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Henrik Knudsen). Private Chamber Music Society (Privat Kammermusikforening). |
| 30 Nov. 1907 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Henrik Knudsen, piano). Carl Nielsen. |
| 13 Feb. 1918 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Johanne Stockmarr, piano). |
| 10 Apr. 1918 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Johanne Stockmarr, piano). |
| 21 Jan. 1920 | Casinos Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performer: Thoralf Løsekraut, piano). 1. and 2. movement. |
| 22 Oct. 1925 | Copenhagen Academy of Music (Kjøbenhavns Musikkonservatorium), Copenhagen (performer: Hans Klitgaard, piano). |
| 2 Nov. 1929 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (conductor: Agnete Foght, piano). |
| 2 Oct. 1930 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Bent Froda, piano). |
| 27 Oct. 1930 | Copenhagen Academy of Music (Københavns Musikkonservatorium), Copenhagen (performer: Herman Koppel, piano). |
| 3 Feb. 1931 | Studentermusikforeningen, Copenhagen (performer: Herman Koppel, piano). |
| 11 Mar. 1931 | Lahti (performer: Sigrid Holst-Kuosma, piano). Finnish radio? |
Documents
Letters:
Diary entries:
Other other:
Helge Wamberg (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Hvad siger Kunstnerne om Kritiken?'. Pressens Magasin, 11, 1 June 1918. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 60)
Hans Tørsleff (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Carl Nielsen og "Modernismen"'. Dagbladet, 6 Oct. 1931. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 199)
Motiv Fortegnelse Carl Nielsen: Symphonisk Suite. Programme for Symphonia's second subscription concert at Koncertpalæet . 4 May 1895. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 2)
Bibliography
Charles Kjerulf: 'Carl Nielsen'. Nordisk Musik-Revue, 1/2,3, Nov., Dec. 1900, pp. 17–22, 34–38.
Rudolph Bergh: 'Fra opera og koncertsal'. Tilskueren, 19, 1902, pp. 262–68.
Richard Hove: 'Dansk musik idag'. Tidsskrift for dansk Folkeoplysning, 4/2, Dec. 1930, pp. 65–81.
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Harold Truscott: 'The Piano Music of Carl Nielsen'. The Chesterian, 34/202, Spring 1960, pp. 103–10.
Arne Skjold Rasmussen: 'Klaverværkerne', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen: i hundredåret for hans fødsel (Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1965), pp. 55–64.
Arne Skjold Rasmussen: 'The Piano Works', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen: Centenary Essays (Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1965), pp. 55–64.
Torben Schousboe: 'Foreningen symfonia – sin tids DUT'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 46/6, June 1970, pp. 156–59, 161–68.
Mina Florence Miller: The Solo Piano Music of Carl Nielsen: An Analysis for Performance. New York University: 1978. Ph.D. dissertation.
Sarah Johnston Reid: Tonality's Changing Role: A Survey of Non-concentric Instrumental Works of the Nineteenth Century. University of Texas at Austin: 1980. Ph.D. dissertation.
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