Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 movements |
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Composition Year | 1984, revised 1994 and 2017 |
Genre Categories | Suites; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; |
⇒ 4 more: 2. Tempo di Walzer / Allegro agitato • 3. Allegro robusto • 4. Andante lento / Allegretto mosso • 5. Quasi adagio / Allegro
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Work Title | Christmas Suite for Orchestra |
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Alternative. Title | Julesuite |
Composer | Iversen, Niels Johannes Legarth |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.7 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | INI 7 |
Key | A minor |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 5 movements:
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1984, revised 1994 and 2017 |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Modern |
Piece Style | Modern |
Instrumentation | Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭), 2 bassoons, 2 horns (F), trumpet (C or B♭), trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (2 players: triangle, cymbals, tam-tam, maracas, snare drum, 3 snareless drums, bass drum), strings |
Piano version from 1994, 1. mov. revised 2017. Orchestral version from 2017 (parts not written yet)
Christmas carols quoted: 1. mov: Dejlig er den himmel blå, Et barn er født i Bethlehem, Glade Jul, 2. mov.: Sikken voldsom trængsel og alarm, Jingle Bells, 3. mov.: Det kimer nu til julefest, Højt fra træets høje top, 4. mov.: Dejlig er jorden, 5. mov.: Højt fra træets høje top, Loftet sidder nissen med sin julegrød. Some other themes taken from unnumbered pieces written for people from 'Huset, Århus in Denmark