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Kantate til Mindefesten i Anledning af 250-Aarsdagen for Stormen paa København

Cantata for the Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the Storming of Copenhagen

CNW 106
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/2
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 323
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 49

Author: L.C. Nielsen

Carl Nielsen Edition

Composition: 1909.

Nielsen composed Kantate til Mindefesten i Anledning af 250-Aarsdagen for Stormen paa København to a text by L.C. Nielsen while he was working on Kantate ved Aarhus Landsudstillings Aabnings-Højtidelighed 1909 (CNW 107). The cantata was performed at a grand ceremony at Copenhagen City Hall on 11 February 1909 as part of the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the storming of Copenhagen by the Swedish army.

Instrumentation: Choir: T.tenore (tenor), T.tenore (tenor), B.basso (bass), B.basso (bass)Soloist: reciter

1.

Magtfuldt skridende /Powerfully striding

Hvor Livet ikke løfter

2.

Tempo giusto

Fra Klokkernes Malme

Score, draft

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

Vocal score, dyeline print of manuscript copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Vocal score, Fair copy, Complete]
CNU Source A.

Text, autograph (L.C. Nielsen), fair copy

[Classification: Text, Manuscript, Autograph, Fair copy, Complete]

Text, print

[Classification: Text, Print, First edition, Complete]
Title on first page: 1659 * 11. FEBRUAR * 1909
CNU Source C.
11 Feb. 1909 Town Hall (Københavns Rådhus) (The Students' Choral Society (Studenter-Sangforeningen); conductor: Salomon Levysohn; performer: Nicolai Neiiendam, reciter). First performance.
Review: Dannebrog, 12 Feb. 1909.
11 Feb. 1909 Town Hall (Københavns Rådhus), Copenhagen (The Students' Choral Society (Studenter-Sangforeningen); conductor: Salomon Levysohn; performer: Nicolai Neiiendam, reciter). First performance.
Review: Dannebrog, 12 Feb. 1909.

Letters:

10 Feb. 1909   from Carl Nielsen to Svend Godske-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. III/643)

Diary entries:

27 Jan. 1909   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. III/633; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 178)

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