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Carl Nielsen

Kvadet om Nordens Harpe

(Nordens herlige Harpe!)

Lay of the Nordic Harp

(Nordic harp, how resplendent!)

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CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 332
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 299
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 158

Author: Aage Berntsen

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: Apr. 1931.

In May 1931, the men's choir Bel Canto celebrated its silver jubilee with a Scandinavian male choir rally. For this occasion, Nielsen composed his last choral work. Aage Berntsen's text is dated 1 April 1931, and Nielsen's fair copy is end-dated two days later.

Instrumentation: Choir: T.tenore (tenor), T.tenore (tenor), B.basso (bass), B.basso (bass)
Stolt og fast, ikke for langsomt

Nordens herlige Harpe!

Nordic harp, how resplendent!

Edition:
Carl Nielsen Edition

Score, draft and enclosed text

[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]
1931.
Title page: Skandinavisk Mandskorstævne / København 29–31 Maj 1931 / i Anledning af Selskabet, Herrekoret / ‘Bel Canto’s 25 Aars Jubilæum. / Kvadet om Nordens Harpe. / Ordene af Aage Berntsen. / Tonerne af / Carl Nielsen.
CNU Source A.

Text, typewritten

[Classification: Text, Manuscript, Copy, Fair copy, Complete]
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Torben Schousboes Samling, XIV, 2.
CNU Source D.
29 May 1931 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (Bel Canto and other choirs from the Nordic countries; conductor: Anders Rachlew). First performance.
Reviews: Nationaltidende, 30 May 1931. Berlingske Tidende, 30 May 1931. Kristeligt Dagblad, 30 May 1931.
31 May 1931 Copenhagen Town Hall (Københavns Rådhus), Copenhagen (Bel Canto and other choirs from the Nordic countries; conductor: Anders Rachlew).

Letters:

25 May 1931   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/604)

Diary entries:

29 May 1931   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/607; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 603)
31 May 1931   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/609; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 603)

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