Carl Nielsen

To karakterstykker for klaver

Two Character Pieces for Piano

CNW 73
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) IV/1, Add. 16
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 7
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 3f

Carl Nielsen Edition

Composition: 1881–83 (?).

The two character pieces probably date from Nielsen's time in Odense and thus are among his earliest works. He made fair ink copies of the pieces and must therefore have considered them quite successful.