Carl Nielsen

Kantate ved Studentersamfundets Bygnings Indvielse

Cantata for the Inauguration of the Student Union Building

CNW 104
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/2
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 325
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 31

Author: Holger Drachmann

Carl Nielsen Edition

Composition: 1901.

For the inauguration of the new building of the student union, Drachmann was asked to write the text for a cantata and Nielsen was requested to compose the music. The cantata was premiered on 1 June 1901 by musicians from The Royal Danish Orchestra (Det Kongelige Kapel), among others.