Carl Nielsen
Thema med Variationer, opus 40
Theme and Variations, Opus 40
Opus 40
CNW 87
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
II/12
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
81
Composition: 1917.
According to a letter, Nielsen embarked on Thema med variationer barely two months after finishing the Chaconne (CNW 86). Though the work interested him enormously, he had to put it aside for a while in order to complete Kantate ved Grosserer-Societetets Hundredaarsfest (CNW 111).
Sources
Score, print
Performances
| 29 Nov. 1917 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Alexander Stoffregen, piano). First performance. Reviews: Vort Land, 30 Nov. 1917 (B.W.G.). Hovedstaden, 30 Nov. 1917 (Emilius Bangert). København, 30 Nov. 1917 (Sophus Andersen). Politiken, 30 Nov. 1917 (Charles Kjerulf). |
| 27 Mar. 1919 | Casinos Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performer: Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 14 Feb. 1923 | Beethoven-Saal, Berlin (performer: Rudolph Schmidt, piano). |
| 27 Nov. 1923 | Paris (performer: Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 12 Jan. 1925 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Carl Vorm, piano). |
| 18 Mar. 1925 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Alma Glöy, piano). |
| 30 June 1925 | Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (performer: Anna Høy, piano). |
| 28 Oct. 1925 | Haandværkerforeningens Festsal, Aarhus (performer: Hr. Skytte Birkefeldt, piano). |
| 3 Dec. 1925 | University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (performer: Christian Christiansen/Johanne Stockmarr, piano). |
| 23 Jan. 1926 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Rudolph Schmidt, piano). |
| 20 Mar. 1926 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Holger Lund-Christiansen, piano). |
| 24 Apr. 1926 | Domus Medica, Copenhagen (performer: Carl Worm, piano). |
| 23 Oct. 1926 | Musikkonservatoriets sal, Copenhagen (performer: Helge Nørgaard, piano). |
| 28 Nov. 1926 | Folmer Bonnéns Maleskole, Sjæleboderne, Copenhagen (performer: Johanne Stockmarr/Carl Worm, piano(?)). |
| 14 May 1927 | Konservatoriet, Stockholm (performer: Gunnar de Frumerie, piano). |
| 12 Nov. 1928 | Industripalæet, Odense (performer: Olga Rasmussen, piano). |
| 14 Nov. 1928 | Radiostudie(?), Warsaw (Radioorkester (?)). |
| 10 Apr. 1929 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Rudolf Jensen, piano). |
| 17 Mar. 1930 | Musikkonservatoriets Sal, Copenhagen (conductor: Herman D. Koppel, piano). |
| 15 Oct. 1930 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Haraldur Sigurdsson, piano). |
| 23 Oct. 1930 | Copenhagen Academy of Music (Københavns Musikkonservatorium), Copenhagen (performer: Haraldur Sigurdsson, piano). |
| 27 Oct. 1930 | Copenhagen Academy of Music (Københavns Musikkonservatorium), Copenhagen (performer: Herman Koppel, piano). |
| 8 Jan. 1931 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Agnete Foght, piano). |
| 19 Mar. 1931 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Hans Hammer, piano). |
Documents
Letters:
Diary entries:
Other other:
Ax. K. [Axel Kjerulf] (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Carl Nielsens Symfoni-Koncert'. Politiken, 27 Nov. 1917. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 56)
HJ [Hjorth Clausen] (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Carl Nielsens Koncert i Morgen'. Politiken, 8 Feb. 1923. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 76)
Bibliography
Knudåge Riisager: 'Carl Nielsen og samtiden'. Musik: Tidsskrift for Tonekunst, 9/6, June 1925, pp. 79–81.
The Grammophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music. 1948, pp. 372–74. 3rd edn.
Peter Weis: 'At spille Carl Nielsen'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 37/2,4, Mar., May 1962, pp. 29–32, 110–16.
Kirsten Poulson: Carl Nielsens klaverværker: bibliografisk, klaverteknisk og stilistisk belyst. University of Aarhus: 1965. Specialeopgave.
Arne Skjold Rasmussen: 'Klaverværkerne', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen: i hundredåret for hans fødsel (Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1965), pp. 55–64.
Arne Skjold Rasmussen: 'The Piano Works', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen Centenary Essays (Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1965), pp. 57–67.
Gabriel DiPiazza: 'Thema med Variationer', Opus 40 by Carl Nielsen: A Lecture-Recital. North Texas State University: 1971. DMA dissertation.
Mina Florence Miller: The Solo Piano Music of Carl Nielsen: An Analysis for Performance. New York University: 1978. Ph.D. dissertation.
Mina F. Miller (ed.): The Complete Solo Piano Music of Carl Nielsen. Edition Wilhelm Hansen: Copenhagen 1982.
Daniel M. Grimley: Carl Nielsen and the Idea of Modernism. The Boydell Press: Woodbridge 2010.
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