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J.P.E. Hartmann

Cantate ved Universitetets Sörgefest over Kong Christian VIII

(Kong Christian har sit Folk forladt)

Cantata at the University's Mourning Ceremony for King Christian VIII

Opus 47
HartW 157
DF 140

Author: Johan Ludvig Heiberg

Composition: 25 Feb. to 11 March 1848.

King Christian VIII (1786-1848) had died on 20 January, but the mourning ceremony at the University did not take place until 15 march.

Instrumentation: Orchestra: 2 fl.flauto (flute) , 3 cl.clarinetto (clarinet) , 2 fg.fagotto (bassoon) , 4 cor.corno (horn) , 2 tr.tromba (trumpet) , trb.t.trombone tenore (tenor trombone) , trb.b.trombone basso (bass trombone) , timp.timpani , arp.arpa (harp) , gong., vl.1violino 1 , vl.2violino 2 , va.viola , vc.violoncello , cb.contrabbasso (double bass) Choir: T.tenore (tenor) , T.tenore (tenor) , B.basso (bass) , B.basso (bass) Soloists: Tenor, Tenor, Bass, Bass

Music

Sources

Score, vocal score and parts, autograph, fair copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score and parts, Fair copy, Incomplete]

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København C II, 7 Hartmanns Samling 007.

Score

76 pages; 25 x 32.5 cm.

Bound in purple cardboard with label in Hartmann's hand: "Cantate / ved Universitetets Sörgefest / over Kong Christian VIII. / d: 15^de Marts 1848. / Text af J.L. Heiberg. / Partitur. [added in pencil:] Op 47.". Written in brown ink. Paper: 20 staves. Sporadic pagination in Hartmann's hand. Pagination in pencil in foreign hand at top and bottom of each page. Above the first stave on p. 2: "beg. 25 Febr. 48". P.age 45 blank. Cancellations on pp. 18, 26, 47-48 and 63. On p. 76 end-dated: "I:P:E: Hartmann / d. 11 Marts 1848. / Op.: 47."

Vocal score

28 pages; 33 x 25 cm.

Title page: Cantate / ved / Universitetets Sørgefest / i Anledning af / Kong Christian den 8^des Død. / Texten af J.L. Heiberg, Musiken af I.P.E. Hartmann. / Claveer=Udtog.

Written in brown ink. Paper: 12 staves.

Solo parts

27,5 x 37 cm.

Written in brown ink. Paper: 10 staves.

Solo parts: Tenore Solo; Basso Solo; Solo T.1; Solo T.2; Solo B.1; Solo B.2

Choral parts

Choral parts: T.1 (11); T.2 (11); B.1 (13); B.2 (13).
Each part numbered. T. 1 no. 5 and T.2 no. 2 missing.

Instrumental parts

33 x 25 cm.

Written in brown ink. Paper: 12 staves.

Instrumental parts: vl.1 (2); vl.2 (2); va. (2); cb. (2); fl.1; fl.2; cl.1; cl.2; cl.3; fg1; fg.2; cor.1; cor.2; cor.3; tr.1; tr.2; trb.t; trb.b; timp.; arp.

Vocal score, print, first editon (No. 4 "Romance")

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Vocal score, First edition, Excerpt]

Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1880.

3 pages.

Title page: Romance af Kantate ved Universitetets Sørgefest over Christian den Ottende.

Pl. no.8153.

Vocal score, print, later edition (No. 4 "Romance")

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Vocal score, Later edition, Excerpt]

Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1885.

84 pages.

Title page: J.P.E. HARTMANN. / Romancer og Sange. / Ny af Komponisten revideret Udgave. / 1^ste Afdeling. / Forlæggerens Eiendom. / KJÖBENHAVN. / Wilhelm Hansens Musik-Forlag.

On pp. 45-47 in this edition.

Performances

Bibliography

Last changed 2022-12-02 by MerMEId

15 Mar. 1848	Universitetets Solennitetssal, Copenhagen (Studenter-Sangforeningen; Royal Danish Orchestra (Det Kongelige Kapel); Rasmus Faaborg, tenor; Ludvig Bernhard Sahlgreen, tenor; C. Tolstrup, tenor; N. Salomon, tenor; Theodor Julius Liebe, tenor; Hansen, bass). First performance. Review: Berlingske Politiske og Avertissementstidende, 68, 16 Mar. 1848, p. 1.
15 Dec. 1871	Universitetets Festsal, Copenhagen (Studenter-Sangforeningen; Julius Steenberg, tenor). No. 4 only.

HartW

J.P.E. Hartmann. Thematic-Bibliographic Catalogue of His Works

Cantate ved Universitetets Sörgefest over Kong Christian VIII

(Kong Christian har sit Folk forladt)

Cantata at the University's Mourning Ceremony for King Christian VIII

Music

No. 1. Chor

No. 2. Recitativ

No. 3. Qvartet med Chor

No. 4. Romance

No. 5. Chor

No. 6. Trestemmig Sang

No. 7. Chor