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Carl Nielsen

Fest-præludium ved Aarhundredskiftet

Festival Prelude for the New Century

CNW 84
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) II/12
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 24

Dedicatee: J.F. Willumsen

Carl Nielsen Edition

Arrangements not by Nielsen:
See Appendix

Composition: 1900.

No documents survive with information on the genesis of Nielsen's work with the Festival Prelude. The piece was first published on the front page of Politiken on New Year's Day, 1901.

Instrumentation: pf.pianoforte (piano)
Tempo giusto

Score, facsimile of autograph fair copy

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, Complete]

Printed in Politiken, 1 Jan. 1901, p. 1.

Original lost.
CNU Source B.

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Copy, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1901.
Title page: TIL I.F. WILLUMSEN. / FEST-PRÆLUDIUM / AF / CARL-NIELSEN / WILHELM:HANSENs FORLAG / KIØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG.

  • Carl Nielsen's copy

    DK-Odense, Carl Nielsen Museet.
    CNU Source A.
4 Mar. 1901 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Dagmar Borup, piano). Dagmar Borup and Julius Borup. First performance.
Reviews: Politiken, 5 Mar. 1901 (Charles Kjerulf). Nationaltidende, 5 Mar. 1901.
9 June 1902 Nyborg Teater, Nyborg (performer: Dagmar Borup, piano). The Royal Theatre's summer tour on Funen and in Jutland.
10 June 1902 Svendborg Teater, Svendborg (performer: Dagmar Borup, piano). The Royal Theatre's summer tour on Funen and in Jutland.
11 June 1902 Odense Teater, Odense (performer: Dagmar Borup, piano). The Royal Theatre's summer tour on Funen and in Jutland.
12 June 1902 Vejle Teater, Vejle (performer: Dagmar Borup, piano). The Royal Theatre's summer tour on Funen and in Jutland.
13 June 1902 Horsens Teater, Horsens (performer: Dagmar Borup, piano). The Royal Theatre's summer tour on Funen and in Jutland.
14 June 1902 Aalborg Teater, Aalborg (performer: Dagmar Borup, piano). The Royal Theatre's summer tour on Funen and in Jutland.
4 Mar. 1906 Højskolehjemmet, Kolding (performer: Henrik Knudsen, piano). Kolding Højskoleforening.
7 Jan. 1915 Vor Frelsers Kirke, Copenhagen (performer: P. S. Rung-Keller, organ).
15 May 1918 Vor Frelsers Kirke, Copenhagen (performer: P. S. Rung-Keller, organ).
29 Dec. 1918 Lyngby Kirke, Copenhagen (performer: C. C. Gad, organ).
21 Sept. 1919 Skovshoved Kirke, Copenhagen (performer: Poul Schierbeck, organ).
1 Oct. 1919 Lyngby Kirke, Copenhagen (performers: Signe Becker, singer; C. C. Gad, organ).
9 June 1925 Tivoli, Glassalen, Copenhagen (Tivolis Harmoniorkester; conductor: Ferdinand Hemme).
23 Oct. 1925 Frue Kirke (performer: Karen Bestle, organ).
23 Jan. 1927 Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radiosymfoniorkestret); conductor: Johannes Andersen).
7 June 1927 Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radiosymfoniorkestret); performer: C. Gerson-Trier, piano(?)).
24 July 1927 Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radiosymfoniorkestret); conductor: Launy Grøndahl).
22 Nov. 1928 Axelborg, Copenhagen (The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radiosymfoniorkestret); conductor: Launy Grøndahl).
19 Mar. 1929 Børssalen, Copenhagen (Københavns Filharmoniske Orkester; conductor: Mogens Wöldike).
30 Aug. 1929 Forum, Copenhagen (Livgardens Orkester; conductor: Johan Hye).
3 Nov. 1929 Forum, Copenhagen (Band of the Royal Life Guards (Den kgl. Livgardes Musikkorps); conductor: Carl Nielsen).
1 June 1930 Rosenborg Have, Copenhagen (Militærorkester; conductor: Th. Dyring).
23 June 1931 Rådhuspladsen, Copenhagen (conductors: Hans J. Larsen; Th. Dyring).

Letters:

8 June 1902   from C. Petersen to Carl Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAb. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. II/211; CNL 147)
21 Sept. 1919   from Carl Nielsen to Alfred 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. VI/257)
8 June 1925   from Frits Eibe to Carl Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAb. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VIII/309)
28 July 1929   from Carl Nielsen to H.I. Hannover, DK-Kgs. Lyngby, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. X/673)
17 Aug. 1929   from Carl Nielsen to P.O. Pedersen, DK-Kgs. Lyngby, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. X/712)
13 Jan. 1930   from Thorvald Aagaard to Carl Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAb. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/16)

Diary entries:

3 Nov. 1929   DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen). (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. X/769; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 570)

Other other:

Politiken, 1 Jan. 1901. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 4)

Bengt Johnsson: 'Carl Nielsens pianomusik'. Musikvärlden, 4/6, June – Aug. 1948, pp. 176–80.

Mina F. Miller (ed.): The Complete Solo Piano Music of Carl Nielsen. Edition Wilhelm Hansen: Copenhagen 1982.


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