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Carl Nielsen

Solnedgang, opus 4.1

(Svømmende Skyer, dejlige Cyclader)

Sunset, Opus 4.1

(Clouds floating by you, cyclades of beauty)

Opus 4.1
CNW 116
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 1
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 233
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 12

Author: J.P. Jacobsen

Carl Nielsen Edition (External Texts)

Contained in:
Musik til fem Digte af J.P. Jacobsen  CNW Coll. 1
Adaptation:
Solnedgang  CNW 287
Arrangements not by Nielsen:
See Appendix

Composition: [1890].

The exact date of composition is unknown but Solnedgang was presumably written in the late 1880s when Nielsen was engaged with setting music to texts by J.P. Jacobsen. The song's first performance pre-dates the publication with two years. In 1893, Nielsen composed a new melody to the same text (CNW 287 ).

Instrumentation: voice, pf.pianoforte (piano)
Andante tranquillo

Svømmende Skyer, dejlige Cyclader

Clouds floating by you, cyclades of beauty

Edition:
Carl Nielsen Edition

Score, manuscript copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Score, Fair copy, Complete]
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Emilie Demant Hatts Samling, Tilg. 391.
CNU Source D.

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1892.
Title on cover: Til Anne Marie: / CARL=NIELSEN / Musik / TIL / FEM DIGTE / AF / J.P. JACOB / =SEN. / Wilhelm Hansen. / Musik=Forlag / :Kiøbenhavn Leipzig:
Title page: MUSIK / TIL / FEM DIGTE / AF / J. P. JACOBSEN, / Solnedgang. / I Seraillets Have. / Til Asali. / Irmelin Rose. / Har Dagen sanket al sin Sorg. / AF / CARL NIELSEN. / Op. 4. / FORLÆGGERENS EIENDOM FOR ALLE LANDE. / KJØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG. / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG. / Trykt i Wilhelm Hansens Etabl., Kjøbenhavn.
CNU Source B.

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, Later edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1892.
MUSIK / TIL / FEM DIGTE / af / J. P. JACOBSEN / Solnedgang / I Seraillets Have / Til Asali / Irmelin Rose / Har Dagen sanket al sin Sorg / af CARL NIELSEN / Op. 4 / FORLÆGGERENS EJENDOM FOR ALLE LANDE / KØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG / KRISTIANIA & BERGEN / NORSK MUSIK-FORLAG / GÖTEBORG - STOCKHOLM - MALMÖ / A.B. NORDISKA MUSIKFÖRLAGET / II
CNU Source A.

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Printed in: Musikbladet / 9/8-9 (1892).
CNU Source C.

Text, print

[Classification: Text, Print, First edition, Complete]
Copenhagen 1886.

Printed in: J.P. Jacobsen, Digte og Udkast.

CNU Source F.
23 Aug. 1890 Klubbens Festsal, Odense (Musikforeningens Kvartet; performers: Oda Nielsen, singer; Carl Nielsen, violin; Orpheline Olsen, piano; Bella Edwards, piano). First performance.
28 Apr. 1892 Koncertpalæet, Copenhagen (performers: Orpheline Olsen, piano; Marie Nielsen, singer). Performance of four songs from Opus 4.
Reviews: Berlingske Tidende, 9 Apr. 1892. Dagens Nyheder, 30 Apr. 1898.
18 Mar. 1898 Koncertpalæet, Copenhagen (performers: Gerda Heyman, singer; Victor Bendix, piano).
25 Nov. 1899 Koncertpalæet, Copenhagen (performers: Vilhelm Herold, singer; Carl Nielsen, piano). The Royal Danish Ochestra (Det Kongelige Kapel).
27 Feb. 1901 Hornung & Møllers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Agnes Børge Janssen, singer; Margrethe Luplau-Møller, piano).
14 Feb. 1905 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Gerda Heyman, singer; Victor Bendix, piano). Gerda Heyman.
15 Dec. 1906 Studenterforeningen, Copenhagen (performers: Ida Møller, singer; Carl Nielsen, piano).
9 Mar. 1907 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Knud Wiinstedt, singer; Holger Dahl, piano).
14 Jan. 1909 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Ida Brincker, singer; Oscar Lembcke, piano). Ida Brincker.
19 Jan. 1909 City Selskabslokalers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Stella Petersen, singer; Louis Clausen, piano).
22 July 1910 Hotel Vigen, Ebeltoft (performers: Knud Wiinstedt, singer; fru Wiinsted, piano).
4 Apr. 1913 Casinos Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Mimi Klein, singer; Rudolph Simonsen, piano). Mimi Klein.
14 Feb. 1914 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Johanne Karstens, singer; Axel Schnohr, piano).
6 Apr. 1915 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Ella Frederiksen, singer; Agnes Adler, piano). Ella Frederiksen.
13 Oct. 1916 Hornung & Møllers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Niels-Rudolph Gade, singer; Karen Bentzon, piano). Niels-Rudolph Gade.
8 Nov. 1916 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Emil Friis, singer; Axel Skjerne, piano). Emil Friis.
24 Apr. 1918 Casinos Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Methling, singer; Gudrun Seligmann, piano).
22 Nov. 1919 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Karen Kayser, singer; Margrethe John-Hansen, piano).
4 Dec. 1919 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Margrethe L. C. Nielsen, singer; Axel Schnohr, piano).
8 Apr. 1920 Paladsteatret, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Methling, singer; Hertha Paludan Nielsen, piano).
21 Mar. 1925 Copenhagen Academy of Music (Kjøbenhavns Musikkonservatorium), Copenhagen (performers: Ellen Løber, singer; Ove Peters, piano).
13 Sept. 1925 Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (performer: Ella Probst, singer).
23 Oct. 1925 Borgerforeningens Festsal, Svendborg (performers: Ellen Løber, singer; Ove Peters, piano).
18 Jan. 1926 Industripalæet, Odense (performers: Poul Methling, singer; Margrethe Aarestrup Chononitsch, piano).
18 Oct. 1926 Hotel Phønix, Thisted (performers: Poul Methling, singer; Hertha Poulsen, piano).
8 Mar. 1927 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Methling, singer; Jenny Olsen/Elof Nielsen, piano).
31 Oct. 1928 Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Johanne Karstens, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano).
1 Mar. 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Ellen Løber, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano).
28 May 1930 Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Knudsen, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano).

Diary entries:

15 Dec. 1906   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/168; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 231)

Dannebrog, 18 Jan. 1893 ( Robert Henriques). Article on Nielsen's Opus 4.

Anne-Marie Reynolds: 'The Early Song Collections: Carl Nielsen finds his Voice', in: The Carl Nielsen Companion (London 1994), pp. 399–453.

Anne-Marie Reynolds: Carl Nielsen's Voice. His Songs in Context. Museum Tusculanum Press: Copenhagen 2010, pp. 67–119.


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