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29 smaa Præludier for Orgel eller Harmonium, opus 51

29 Little Preludes for Organ or Harmonium, Opus 51

Opus 51
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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) 3, 312b
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 136

Carl Nielsen Edition

Composition: 1929.

29 smaa Præludier for Orgel eller Harmonium was Nielsen's first organ work. The organist Johannes Hansen asked the composer to write some organ preludes for use in divine service. The preludes were composed over a relatively short period of time at the beginning of 1929, and it is likely that the whole collection was finished by the end of March.

Instrumentation: org.organo (organ)/arm.armonium (harmonium)

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Score, draft

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]

Score, draft, excerpt (Nos. 12–13)

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Excerpt]

Score, draft, excerpt (No. 27)

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Excerpt]

Score, autograph, ink fair copy (No. 29)

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Fair copy, Excerpt]

Facsimile in Povl Chr. Balslev: Thorvald Aagaard – Komponist og musikformidler i den folkelige sangs tjeneste. Odense Bys Museer: Odense 2010.

DK-Odense, Carl Nielsen Museet.

Score, partly autograph, fair copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Partly autograph, Score, Fair copy, Complete]

Score, proofs, excerpt (Peter Thomsen) (Nos. 7–8, 10, 17–18)

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Score, Fair copy, Excerpt]

Score, autograph, printer's manuscript (Nos. 23–29)

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, printer's copy, Excerpt]

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Copy, Score, First edition, Complete]
Skandinavisk og Borups Musikforlag, Copenhagen 1930.
Title page: Carl Nielsen / 29 smaa Præludier / for Orgel eller Harmonium / Op 51 / Ejendom for alle Lande / Skandinavisk og Borups Musikforlag / Bredgade 31 Aktieselskab København
CNU Source A.
23 Jan. 1930 Skovshoved Kirke, Copenhagen (performer: Poul Schierbeck, organ). First performance (excerpts).
Review: Nationaltidende, 24 Jan. 1930 (August Felsing).
19 Mar. 1930 Sankt Johannes Kirke, Copenhagen (performer: Peter Thomsen, organ). First performance (complete).
20 Oct. 1930 Luther Kirken, Copenhagen (performer: Frantz Klæbel, organ).
16 Apr. 1931 Vor Frelsers Kirke, Oslo (performer: W. Huus-Hansen, organ). Excepts only.
26 May 1931 Aarhus Domkirke, Copenhagen (performer: Jørgen Nielsen, organ). number 21 & 24 only.

Letters:

5 Feb. 1929   from Carl Nielsen to Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IIAa. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. X/446; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 559; CNL 675)
31 Mar. 1929   from Carl Nielsen to Johannes Hansen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen). (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. X/484)
25 June 1929   from Carl Nielsen to Lisa Mannheimer, S-GuUniversitetsbiblioteket, Göteborg. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. X/604)
22 Oct. 1929   from Carl Nielsen to Lisa Mannheimer, S-GuUniversitetsbiblioteket, Göteborg. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. X/760; CNL 687)
16 Jan. 1930   from Carl Nielsen to Irmelin Eggert Møller, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IIIAa1. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/22)
16 Jan. 1930   from Carl Nielsen to Poul Schierbeck, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/23)
18 June 1930   from Sigrid Holst-Kuosma 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/149)
6 July 1930   from Carl Nielsen to Thorvald Aagaard, 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. XI/168; M & MTorben Meyer & Irmelin Eggert Møller: Carl Nielsens Breve. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1954. 263)
17 Oct. 1930   from Carl Nielsen to Sven Kjellström, S-SkmaMusik- och teaterbiblioteket, Stockholm brevsamlingen/Musikmuseet. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/317)
17 Oct. 1930   from Carl Nielsen to P.S. Rung-Keller, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København NKS 4692, D1, 4°. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/319)
23 Oct. 1930   from Thorvald Nielsen 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/326)
24 Oct. 1930   from Peter Thomsen 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/327)
26 Oct. 1930   from Carl Nielsen to Peter Thomsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København NBD 2. rk., 1981/101. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/329; CNL 705)
26 Dec. 1930   from P.S. Rung-Keller 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/402)
25 Feb. 1931   from Carl Nielsen to Peter Thomsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København NBD 2. rk., 1981/101. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/497)
27 Feb. 1931   from Peter Thomsen 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/504)
2 Mar. 1931   from Carl Nielsen to Peter Thomsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København NBD 2. rk., 1981/101. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/513)
12 Aug. 1931   from Carl Nielsen to Hans Henny Jahnn, D-HsStaats- und Universitätsbibliothek Carl von Ossietzky, Musiksammlung, Hamburg NHHJ; Ni 161-167. XI/741
18 Aug. 1931   from Hans Henny Jahnn 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/746)

Diary entries:

1930   DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IC. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/412)
1930   DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IC. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/413)

Other other:

Carl Nielsen: ['29 smaa Præludier for Orgel, Op. 51']. Vor Ungdom, 53/1, pp. 46–47. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 191)

Rong (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Løftet, der ikke blev brudt'. Nationaltidende, 8 Jan. 1931. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 184)

Povl Hamburger: 'Ny Orgelmusik til Gudstjenestebrug'. Dansk Musiktidsskift, 5/8, 1930, pp. 165–68.

Peter Thomsen: 'Et orgelværk af Carl Nielsen'. Dansk Kirkemusiker-Tidende, 27/10, Oct. 1930, pp. 87–88.

Peter Thomsen: 'Carl Nielsens orgelpræludier'. Dansk Kirkemusiker-Tidende, 27/11, Nov. 1930, p. 98.

Knud Hjortø: '29 Præludier'. Vor Ungdom, 53/1, Apr. 1931, pp. 44–47.

Finn Viderø: 'Orgelværkerne', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen: i hundredåret for hans fødsel (Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1965), pp. 65–69.

Finn Viderø: 'The Organ Works', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen Centenary Essays (Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1965), pp. 69–73.

Torben Schousboe: 'Carl Nielsens præludier for orgel'. Organistbladet, 32/2, May 1966, pp. 20–27.

Torben Schousboe (ed.): Carl Nielsen: Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag: Copenhagen 1983.

Jan Crummenerl: 'Carl Nielsen and his Organ Preludes in the Context of Hans Henny Jahnn, Hugo Distler and Ernst Pepping'. Carl Nielsen Studies, 5, 2012, pp. 11–25.


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