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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

No. 1. Chor

Maestoso

Kong Christian har sit Folk forladt

OrchestraChoir

No. 2. Recitativ

Moderato - Andantino

Hvo fatter Styrelsens forborgne Raad?

OrchestraSoloist: Tenor

No. 3. Qvartet med Chor

Allegro moderato

Kongen var en Mand, det Ord skal lyde indtil fjerne Slægt med Sandheds Røst

OrchestraChoirSoloists: Tenor, Tenor, Bass, Bass

No. 4. Romance

Allegro moderato, grazioso

Høit stod han stillet paa Fjeldet

OrchestraSoloist: Tenor

No. 5. Chor

Moderato

Døden har vundet, Livet har tabt

OrchestraChoir

No. 6. Trestemmig Sang

Allegro moderato

Ingen var paa Danmarks Herskersæde Musers Yngling som vor tabte Drot

OrchestraSoloists: Tenor, Tenor, Bass

No. 7. Chor

Andantino, un poco Allegretto

O Konge! Din Fader i Døden gik

OrchestraChoir

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: 15de 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 8des 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. / 1ste Afdeling. / Forlæggerens Eiendom. / KJÖBENHAVN. / Wilhelm Hansens Musik-Forlag.

On pp. 45-47 in this edition.

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.

Richard Hove: J.P.E. Hartmann. Copenhagen 1934, p. 90.


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