Shakespeare, CNW 15 (Nielsen, Carl)

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Editor Kirsten Flensborg Petersen
Publisher. Info. Vaerker, Series I, No.6
Copenhagen: Carl Nielsen Udgaven / Kongelige Bibliotek, 2007.
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For Horn, Trumpet and Euphonium (Messerschmidt)

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Arranger Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt (b. 1944)
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General Information

Work Title Shakespeare
Alternative. Title Music for Helge Rode's Prologue
Composer Nielsen, Carl
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. CNW 15
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ICN 170
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements:
1. Tempo giusto (F major)
2. Andante quassi allegretto (A minor)
3. Andante (E minor)
4. Ariel's song. Andantino quassi allegretto (E minor)
5. Moderato (F major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1916
First Performance. 1916/06/24, in Helsingør (Elsinore), Kronborg Slot
Carl Nielsen (conductor)
Librettist Helge Rode (1870-1937)
Language Danish
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation soprano, tenor, bass; mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail
2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, strings
Related Works Grosserer-Societetets Centenary Cantata, Op.31
Pieces for 'Melodier til Sangbogen Danmark', FS 111
External Links Nielsen catalogue
Extra Information Nielsen composed music for the play Shakespeare in 1916. The following year, he re-used the melody for the fifth and last song in his Kantate ved Grosserer-Societetets Hundredaarsfest (CNW 111).