Grosserer-Societetets Centenary Cantata, Op.31 (Nielsen, Carl)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 2 parts
Composition Year 1917
Genre Categories Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For narrator, 3 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring a narrator; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the baritone voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; Danish language; For female chorus (arr); Scores featuring female chorus (arr); For unaccompanied chorus (arr)
Related Works Shakespeare, CNW 15
Pieces for 'Melodier til Sangbogen Danmark', FS 111

Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#430325 - 17.34MB, 74 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 157×⇩ - IS

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 Preface and Critical Commentary
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Editor Kirsten Flensborg Petersen
Publisher. Info. Vaerker, Series III, No.3
Copenhagen: Carl Nielsen Udgaven / Kongelige Bibliotek, 2008.
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Vocal Scores

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 9. Hymne til Danmark
#247239 - 0.30MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 704×⇩ - Coulonnus

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Publisher. Info. Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen, 1917. Plate 16708.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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 2 songs (7, 9)
#429971 - 0.91MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 76×⇩ - IS

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Editor Niels Bo Foltmann
Peter Haugen
Elly Bruunshuus Petersen
Kirsten Flensborg Petersen
Publisher. Info. Vaerker, Series III, No.4
Copenhagen: Carl Nielsen Udgaven / Kongelige Bibliotek, 2009.
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Misc. Notes 1. Købmands-Vise, CNW 225 (E major)
2. Hymne til Danmark, CNW 226 (E major)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Female Chorus (Nielsen)

 No. 9
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Arranger composer
Editor Niels Bo Foltmann
Peter Haugen
Elly Bruunshuus Petersen
Kirsten Flensborg Petersen
Publisher. Info. Vaerker, Series III, No.6
Copenhagen: Carl Nielsen Udgaven / Kongelige Bibliotek, 2009.
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Misc. Notes Danmark, i tusend Aar (F major)
The choral voicing is SA.
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General Information

Work Title Kantate ved Grosserer-Societetets Hundredaarsfest
Alternative. Title Cantata for the Centenary of the Chamber of Commerce
Composer Nielsen, Carl
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.31 ; CNW 111
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ICN 79
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 9 pieces in 2 parts
  • Part I
1. Tempo di marcia [Skov stod og stængte] (D minor)
2. Allegro [Glad Kong Christian, Kunstner, Kriger] (E major)
3. Allegro [Kong Christians Bud blev hørt og spurgt] (C major)
4. Andante [Flaaden ranet, Kampen uden Vaaben fristet] (C minor)
5. Intermezzo. Andantino (C-sharp minor)
6. Andante [Langsomt rejste sig vor Moder] (B-flat major)
  • Part II
7. A Danish Merchant’s Song. Moderato non troppo En dansk Købmandsvise (D major)
8a. Allegro non troppo [Handlen er en Stormagt] (G major)
8b. Allegretto [Spolen spinder] (C minor)
9. Moderato. Danmark, i tusend Aar (F major)
Appendix, No. 7 Andante [Molok og Mammon regjerer] (B major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1917
First Performance. 1917-4-23 in Copenhagen, The Stock Exchange (Børsen).
Carl Nielsen, conductor
Librettist Valdemar Rørdam (1872-1946)
Language Danish
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation Voices: reciter, soprano, tenor, baritone; mixed chorus (SATB)
Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭/A), 2 bassoons
3 horns (F), 2 trumpets (F/C), timpani, strings
Related Works Shakespeare, CNW 15
Pieces for 'Melodier til Sangbogen Danmark', FS 111
External Links Nielsen catalogue

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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, while concentrating on the cantata which had its first performance on 27 April 1917. The melody for the song Hymne til Danmark was re-used from the music to the play, Shakespeare, which Nielsen had composed the previous year.

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