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Niels Bo Foltmann
Peter Haugen
Elly Bruunshuus Petersen
Kirsten Flensborg Petersen
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| Publisher. Info.
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Vaerker, Series III, No.5
Copenhagen: Carl Nielsen Udgaven / Kongelige Bibliotek, 2009.
Made available by courtesy of DCM.
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General Information
| Work Title
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Island
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| Alternative. Title
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Iceland
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| Composer
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Nielsen, Carl
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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CNW 338
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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ICN 101
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| Key
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A major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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Lento
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1928–29
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| Librettist
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Otto Lagoni (1867-1944)
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| Language
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Danish
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Early 20th century
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| Instrumentation
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reciter, piano
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| External Links
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Nielsen catalogue
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Island (Iceland) for recitation and piano accompaniment was composed around New Year 1928–29. No evidence survives of any contact between Nielsen and the author of the text. No public performance of Island in its original version for piano and recitation is known in the composer’s lifetime; but in 1930 Emil Reesen made an orchestral version that was played in a radio concert on the occasion of the Iceland parliament’s millennial celebrations.
