Holger Danskes Sange

The Songs of Ogier the Dane

NWGW Coll. 23
DF 162

Author: B.S. Ingemann

Includes:

Holger Danskes Hilsen til Frænderne NWGW 347
Holgers Barndom NWGW 348
Holgers Bortsendelse NWGW 349
Holger Danskes Vei NWGW 350
Holgers Kamp med Burmand NWGW 351
Prindsesse Gloriant NWGW 352
Ved Kejserens Hof NWGW 353
De elleve Jævningers Jordefærd NWGW 354
Holgers Orlov og Hjemfart NWGW 355
Holger Danskes Mærke NWGW 356
Hos Feen Morgana NWGW 357

Composition: July 1863.

Instrumentation: voice, pf.pianoforte (piano)

Sources

Score, autograph, draft without text

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]

12 pages; 35 x 26 cm.

3 bifolios. Written in ink. Paper: 20 staves. 2 bifolios notated on 4 staves with all 11 songs with vocal part without text and piano accompaniment. At the end of no. 10: Gade's musical signature and "Juli 1863." 1 bifolio with piano accompaniments only except for no. 7 where the vocal part with text has been added.

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København C II, 6 Gades Samling 296 (Kapsel F - J).

Score, print, first edition

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]

Horneman & Erslev, Copenhagen 1863.

14 pages.

Title page: HOLGER DANSKES / SANGE. / Ordene af Bernh. Sev. Ingemann. / MUSIKEN / af / NIELS W. GADE. / Forlæggerens Eiendom. / KJØBENHAVN. / HORNEMAN & ERSLEV. / Stockholm: Elkan & Schildknecht. / Priis: 1 Rdlr.

Pl. no.538.

Gade's personal copy

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København C II, 6 Gades Samling 205 i, D204.

Arrangement for male choir and piano (nos. 1, 4, 5, 6 and 11), score, manuscript copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Score, Fair copy, Excerpt]

34 pages; 34 x 25.5 cm.

Bound in marbled cardboard cover. On the paste-down: "xxvii". Written in ink. Paper: 12 staves. Paginated 1-6. Heading on p. 1: "N^o 13. Holger Danskes Sange". / af B.S. Ingemann

On pp. 1-6 in this manuscript which also comprises J.P.E. Hartmann's "Danmark Kjæmpehøie" and Peter Heise's "Volmerslaget".

DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København D240. mu 6512.1698.

Performances

2 Aug. 1868	Rosenborg Slotshave, Copenhagen (Jydske og Kjøbenhavnske Sangforeninger (1000 singers); conductor: A.W. Lanzky). With orchestra.
26 Mar. 1871	Haandværkersangforeningen, Viborg.
23 May 1872	Raadhussalen, Horsens. Version for choir.
7 Mar. 1873	Casino, Copenhagen (Sangforeningen "Odeon"; conductor: A.W. Lanzky). Version for choir and orchestra.
8 June 1874	Aarhus. Version for choir.
5 May 1876	Horsens (Haandværker- og Sangforeningen).
7 Dec. 1878	Horsens (Haandværker- og Sangforeningen).
9 Dec. 1888	Aalborg Theater, Aalborg (Sangforeningen "Brage"; conductor: R. Mønsted). Version for choir and orchestra.
30 July 1889	Kristiansminde, Svendborg.

Documents

Bibliography

Last changed 2022-12-02 by MerMEId

4 Oct. 1863, Sorø	from Peter Heise to Niels W. Gade, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København NKS 1716 fol.folio A no. 221. (Niels W. Gade og hans europæiske kreds no. 428)
7 Oct. 1863, Copenhagen	from Niels W. Gade to Peter Heise, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København NKS 4994 4º. (Dagmar Gade, pp. 296-297; Niels W. Gade og hans europæiske kreds no. 429)

NWGW

Niels W. Gade. Thematic-Bibliographic Catalogue of His Works