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Carl Nielsen

Benedictus, benedictus Dominus, opus 55.3

Opus 55.3
CNW 347
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 299
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 308
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 139

Text source: Psalms 31:21

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Contained in:
Tre Motetter, opus 55  CNW Coll. 24

Composition: 28 June 1929.

According to his diary, Nielsen finished the piece on 28 June 1929. The same dating appears on the autograph draft.

Instrumentation: Choir: S.soprano, S.soprano, A.alto, T.tenore (tenor), B.basso (bass)
Allegro non troppo

Benedictus, benedictus Dominus

Edition:
Carl Nielsen Edition

Sketch

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Short score, Sketch, Fragment]

Sketch

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Short score, Sketch, Fragment]

Score, draft

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

Score, autograph, fair copy

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

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Skandinavisk og Borups Musikforlag, Copenhagen 1931.
Title page: CARL NIELSEN / TRE / MOTETTER / FOR / A-CAPPELLA / KOR / OP.55. / TILEGNET / MOGENS WÖLDIKE / OG / PALESTRINA KORET / Forlæggerens Ejendom for alle Lande / Eigentum des Verlegers für alle Länder / SKANDINAVISK OG BORUPS MUSIKFORLAG / Bredgade 31 KØBENHAVN K / III Net
CNU Source A.
11 Apr. 1930 Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteket, Copenhagen (Palestrina-Koret; conductor: Mogens Wöldike). First performance.
Reviews: Politiken, 12 Apr. 1930 (Hugo Seligmann). Berlingske Tidende, 12 Apr. 1930 (William Behrend).
30 Apr. 1930 Sct. Nicolai Kirke, Kolding (Palestrina-koret; conductor: Mogens Wöldike).
1 May 1930 Haandværker- og Industriforeningens Festsal, Horsens (Palestrina-koret; conductor: Mogens Wöldike).
2 May 1930 Sct. Nicolaj Kirke, Vejle (Palestrina-koret; conductor: Mogens Wöldike).
7 May 1930 Royal College of Music, London (Palestrina-koret; conductor: Mogen).
30 Sept. 1931 St. Marien-Kirche , Lübeck (Palestrina-Koret ; conductor: Mogens Wöldike ).

Letters:

4 July 1929   from Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen to Irmelin Eggert Møller, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IIIAa2. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. X/629)

Diary entries:

28 June 1929   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. X/613)

Other other:

Epson (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Samtal med Carl Nielsen'. Göteborg-Tidningen, 27 Nov. 1928. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 157)

Nitita (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Klarinetten'. Nya Dagligt Allehanda, 3 Dec. 1928. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 159)

Henrik Palsmar: 'Nielsens Tre Motetter – et bud på en 7. symfoni?'. Dansk Musik Tidsskrift, 84, June 2010, pp. 29–33.


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