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Lisbeth Ahlgren Jensen (b. 1953)
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Vienna: Wiener Notensatz (Score)
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| Publisher. Info.
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Vaerker, Series III: Vokalmusik, No.1: Cantatas, Bd.1 (pp.81-132)
Copenhagen: Carl Nielsen Udgaven / Kongelige Bibliotek, 2002.
Made available by courtesy of DCM.
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General Information
| Work Title
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Søvnen
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| Alternative. Title
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Sleep ; An den Schlaf
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| Composer
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Nielsen, Carl
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.18 ; CNW 101
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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ICN 180
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| Key
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E-flat major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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Andante tranquillo
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| Text Incipit
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Holder Schlaf, voll Muttertreue (German translation)
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1903–04
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| First Performance.
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1905-3-21 in Copenhagen, Odd Fellow Palæet
- Musikforeningen chorus, orchestra, Carl Nielsen (conductor)
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| First Publication.
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1905-06 - Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen
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| Librettist
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Johannes Jørgensen (1866-1956)
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| Language
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Danish
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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20 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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chorus, orchestra
- Mixed Chorus (SATB)
Orchestra
- 3 flutes (1 & 2 also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭), 2 bassoons
4 horns (F), 3 trumpets (F), 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, tam-tam, glockenspiel, strings
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| External Links
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Nielsen catalogue
Wikipedia article
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Navigation etc.
Nielsen had barely completed the Helios overture during a stay in Greece in the spring of 1903, before he began on the new piece, Søvnen. The work on the composition did not come easily to him, for six months later he had not got much further. During autumn 1903, he seems to have had a turning-point, however, and finished it in November the following year.
A German vocal score was published by 1910, incidentally (Monatsbericht (1910), p.11.
