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Carl Nielsen

Kantate ved Grosserer-Societetets Hundredaarsfest, opus 31

Cantata for the Centenary of the Chamber of Commerce, Opus 31

Opus 31
CNW 111
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/3
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 319
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 86

Author: Valdemar Rørdam

Carl Nielsen Edition

Arrangement of:
Musik til Helge Rodes prolog "Shakespeare" (No. 5)  CNW 15
Arrangement:
Købmands-Vise  CNW 225
Hymne til Danmark  CNW 226

Composition: 1917.

In 1917, the Chamber of Commerce (Grosserer-Societetet) commissioned Nielsen to compose a festive cantata with a text by Valdemar Rørdam. Details were laid down at a meeting in March 1917. Nielsen laid aside the composing of the piano piece, Thema med Variationer (CNW 87), while concentrating on the cantata which had its first performance on 27 April 1917. The melody for the song Hymne til Danmark (CNW 226) was re-used from the music to the play, Shakespeare (CNW 15), which Nielsen had composed the previous year.

Instrumentation: 2 fl.flauto (flute), 2 ob.oboe, 2 cl.clarinetto (clarinet), 2 fg.fagotto (bassoon), 4 cor.corno (horn), 2 tr.tromba (trumpet), timp.timpani, vl.1violino 1, vl.2violino 2, va.viola, vc.violoncello, cb.contrabbasso (double bass)Choir: S.soprano, A.alto, T.tenore (tenor), B.basso (bass)reciter
Soloists: S.soprano, T.tenore (tenor), Bar.baritono (baritone)

  • 1.

    Tempo di marcia

    Skov stod og stængte for de raske Svende

  • 2.

    Allegro

    Glad Kong Christian

  • 3.

    Allegro

    Kong Christians Bud blev hørt og spurgt

  • 4.

    Andante

    [Skib efter Skib...] blev kapret eller sprængt med Gods og Flag

  • 5. Intermezzo

    Andantino

    Danmark? Blæst og Regn og Taage

  • 6.

    Andante

    Langsomt rejste sig vor Moder

Score, autograph, fair copy

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Piano score, autograph, fair copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Piano score, Fair copy, Complete]

Score, manuscript copy

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Vocal parts, manuscript copy

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Instrumental parts, manuscript copy

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Instrumental part (vl. solo), manuscript copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Parts, Fair copy, Incomplete]

Vocal score, autograph, printer's manuscript

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Piano score, autograph, printer's manuscript

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Piano score, printer's copy, Complete]

Vocal score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Vocal score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1917.
Title on first music page: Kantate ved Grosserersocietetets 100 Aars-Fest / 23de April 1917.
CNU Source I.

Text, print

[Classification: Text, Print, Copy, First edition, Complete]
1917.
Title page: GROSSERER-SOCIETETETS / KOMITE / 1817 – 23 APRIL – 1917 / KANTATE: / TEXT AF VALDEMAR RØRDAM / MUSIK AF CARL NIELSEN
CNU Source J.
23 Apr. 1917 The Stock Exchange (Børsen), Copenhagen (conductor: Carl Nielsen; performers: Emilie Ulrich, soprano; Helge Nissen, tenore; Anders Brems, baritono; Peder Møller, violin; Peter Jerndorff, reciter). First performance.
1 June 1917 Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (conductor: Carl Nielsen). First public performance.
Reviews: Berlingske Tidende, 2 June 1917. Nationaltidende, 2 June 1917. Politiken, 2 June 1917.
4 June 1917 Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (conductor: Carl Nielsen).
13 June 1928 Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performers: Aage Thygesen, singer; Emil Selmar, piano). A Danish Merchant's Song (En dansk Købmandsvise), Number 9. (Danmark i Tusind Aar) only.
19 Mar. 1929 Børssalen, Copenhagen (Palestrinakoret; Københavns Filharmoniske Orkester; conductor: Mogens Wöldike; performers: Henry Skjær, singer; Thorkild Rose, reciter). Exerpts only.
10 Aug. 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Knudsen, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano). A Danish Merchant's Song (En dansk Købmandsvise) and excerpts.

Letters:

5 Mar. 1917   from Carl Nielsen to Henrik Cavling, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Acc. 1988/174. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/482)
22 Mar. 1917   from Carl Nielsen to Irmelin Nielsen, 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. V/488; CNL 387)
18 Apr. 1917   from Irmelin Nielsen to Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAa2. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/494)
24 Apr. 1917   from Irmelin Nielsen to Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IIAa2. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/497)
3 May 1917   from Carl Nielsen to Grosserersocietetets Komité, DK-Aarhus, Erhvervsarkivet, Århus Grosserersocietetets arkiv. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/499)
29 May 1917   from Carl Nielsen to Asger Wilhelm Hansen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København WHA. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/506)
11 June 1917   from Carl Nielsen to Irmelin Nielsen, 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. V/512; CNL 391)
9 June 1925   from Peter Jerndorff 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/338)

Diary entries:

22 Mar. 1917   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. V/487; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 413)

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