| Work Title
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Seven Danish Songs
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Delius, Frederick
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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DCW Coll. 4; RT III/4
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IFD 14
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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7 songs
- Silken Shoes / Silkesko over gylden Læst
- Irmelin Rose
- Summer Nights / Lyse Nætter, DCW 61
- In the Seraglio Garden / I Seraillets Have, DCW 62
- Wine Roses / Løft de klingre Glaspokaler, DCW 63
- Through Long, Long Years / Det bødes der for, DCW 64
- Let Springtime Come / Lad Våren komme, DCW 65
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1890-97
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| First Publication.
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1906 (Nos.1, 2, 4), 1915 (No.7), 1973 (Nos.3, 5-6)
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| Librettist
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1-2, 4-7. Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847–1885) 3. Holger Drachmann (1846–1908)
- Composer, English text
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| Language
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Danish, English
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Early 20th century
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voice, orchestra or piano
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| Related Works
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5 Lieder
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| External Links
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DCW catalogue
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| Extra Information
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Delius assembled this collection in 1897 for voice and orchestra, with the songs in the composer's English translation above the Danish. The performance and publication history is quite complicated. See pages for individual songs for details.
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