Carl Nielsen
Suite, opus 45
Suite, Opus 45
Opus 45
CNW 88
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
II/12
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
16
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
91
Dedicatee: Artur Schnabel
Composition: 1919.
According to Nielsen's letters, Suite for piano was composed during August 1919. He composed the work partly in his recently purchased summer cottage in Skagen.
Music
1.
Allegretto un pochettino
2.
Poco moderato
3.
Molto adagio e patetico
4.
Allegretto innocente
5.
Allegretto vivo
6.
Allegro non troppo ma vigoroso
Sources
Score, autograph, draft and partial fair copy
Score, autograph, fair copy and manuscript copy (first, second and fifth movements)
Score, autograph (Nancy Dalberg), manuscript copy
Score, autograph, printer's manuscript
Score, print
Performances
| 14 Mar. 1921 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (Dansk Koncertforening; performer: Johanne Stockmarr, piano). First performance. Reviews: Nationaltidende, 15 Mar. 1921 (Gustav Hetsch). Politiken, 15 Mar. 1921 (Axel Kjerulf). Ekstrabladet, 15 Mar. 1921 (M.S.). Berlingske Tidende, 15 Mar. 1921. København, 16 Mar. 1921. |
| 22 Apr. 1922 | Musikkonservatoriets Sal, Copenhagen (performer: Johanne Stockmarr, piano). |
| 1 Oct. 1925 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 28 Nov. 1925 | (performer: Christian Christiansen, piano). Reviews: København, 29 Nov. 1925. Nationaltidende, 29 Nov. 1925 (Gunnar Hauch). |
| 11 Nov. 1926 | Oslo (performer: Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 19 Oct. 1927 | Börse, Prague (performer: Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 5 May 1930 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Johanne Stockmarr, piano). |
| 27 Oct. 1930 | Copenhagen Academy of Music (Københavns Musikkonservatorium), Copenhagen (performer: Herman Koppel, piano). |
| 19 Nov. 1930 | Silkeborg Musiforening, Silkeborg (performer: Robert Goldsand, piano). |
| 10 Dec. 1930 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Gitte Hassenkam, piano). |
Documents
Letters:
Other other:
HJ [Hjorth Clausen] (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Carl Nielsens Koncert i Morgen'. Politiken, 8 Feb. 1923. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 76)
Carl Nielsen: Suite, op. 45, Klavier zu 2 Händen. C.F. Peters: Leipzig 24 Apr. 1923. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. )
Bibliography
Christian Christiansen: 'Carl Nielsen's klaverstil'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 7/1, Jan. 1932, pp. 42–43.
Flemming Weis: 'Carl Nielsen og de unge'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 7/1, Jan. 1932, p. 54.
Frede Schandorf Petersen: 'Nu maa der gøres noget!!'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 22/9, 1947, pp. 198–99.
Kirsten Poulson: Carl Nielsens klaverværker: bibliografisk, klaverteknisk og stilistisk belyst. University of Aarhus: 1965.
Mina Florence Miller: The Solo Piano Music of Carl Nielsen: An Analysis for Performance. New York University: 1978. Ph.D. dissertation.
Mina F. Miller: The Complete Solo Piano Music of Carl Nielsen. Edition Wilhelm Hansen: Copenhagen 1982.
Öyvind Sörum: Mellom ild og vann: en dialektisk analyse av Carl Nielsens Suite op. 45 sett fra en utövers synspunkt. Göteborgs universitet: 1999. C-uppsats, diss.
Niels Krabbe: 'Two newly discovered sources for the String Quartet in F Major, Opus 44, and the Suite for Piano, Opus 45'. Carl Nielsen Studies, 5, 2012,
pp. 382–84. 
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