Carl Nielsen
Fynsk Foraar, opus 42
Lyrisk Humoreske for soli, kor og orkester
Springtime on Funen, Opus 42
Lyrical Humoresque for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra
Opus 42
CNW 102
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/1
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
309
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
96
Author: Aage Berntsen
Composition: 1921.
Nielsen composed Fynsk Foraar during an enforced break from the work on the Fifth Symphony (CNW 29) during summer 1921. Pressure of time and failing health forced him to ask his pupil Nancy Dalberg to lend a helping hand with the instrumentation and the fair-copying.
Music
Som en græsgrøn Plet
[Aa se, nu kommer Vaaren]
[Den milde Dag er lys og lang]
De gamle Ungkarle
The Old Bachelors
Allegretto moderatoDer har vi den aldrende Sol igen
Den blinde Spillemand
The Blind Musician
Andantino con moto
[Nu vil vi ud og lege]
De Gamle
The Old Folks
Andantino moderatoSaa sætter vi Piben i Ovnens Krog
Dansevisen
Dance Song
Allegro moltoKom her, kom her
Sources
Piano score, draft
Score, autograph (Nancy Dalberg), fair copy
Piano score, autograph (Nancy Dalberg), fair copy
Parts, manuscript copy
Piano score, print
Choral parts, print
Performances
| 8 July 1922 | 3die Landssangstævne, Odense Kvæghal (conductor: Georg Høeberg; performers: Dagny Møller, soprano; Albert Høeberg, baritono; Poul Wiedemann, tenore). First performance. Reviews: Politiken, 9 July 1922 (Hugo Seligmann). Fyns Tidende, 9 July 1922 (N.O. Raasted). Musik, 6/10, 1922, pp. 136–137 (N.O. Raasted). Fyens Stiftstidende, 10 July 1922. Fyns Socialdemokrat, 10 July 1922 (N-n.). |
| 21 Nov. 1922 | The Music Society (Musikforeningen), Copenhagen (conductor: Carl Nielsen). Reviews: Politiken, 22 Nov. 1922 (Axel Kjerulf). Nationaltidende, 22 Nov. 1922 (-st-ts). |
| 25 Feb. 1923 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (Musikforeningens Kor; Københavns Filharmoniske Orkester; conductor: Carl Nielsen; performers: Sylvia Schierbeck, singer; Anders Brems, singer; Albert Høeberg, singer). |
| 13 Mar. 1923 | Tanges store Sal, Vordingborg (conductor: J. L. Emborg; performers: Nora Elé, singer; Vilhelm Michelsen, singer; Niels Rudolph Gade, singer). A choir, a children's choir and an orchestra participated in the performance as well. |
| 25 Mar. 1923 | Fyens Forsamlingshus, Odense (Odense Korforening; Faaborg Musikforening; Nyborg Korforening; Bogense blandede Kor; conductor: Christian Danning; performers: Fru dr. phil. Rønberg, singer; Otto Nielsen, singer; N. Orla Nielsen, singer). |
| 17 June 1923 | Strib Badehotel, Strib (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Mary Horneman, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 21 June 1923 | Skyttehuset (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Mary Horneman, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 25 June 1923 | Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (performers: Christian Gottschalch, singer; Carl Schnedler-Meyer, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 7 July 1923 | Teatret, Aalborg (performers: Elisabeth Stuhr, singer; Albert Høeberg, singer). The parts for choir were sung by choirs from Jutland. |
| 27 Aug. 1923 | Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (performers: Christian Gottschalch, singer; Carl Schnedler-Meyer, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 3 Sept. 1923 | Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (performers: Christian Gottschalch, singer; Carl Schnedler-Meyer, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 31 Jan. 1924 | Hjørring Musikforening, Hjørring (performer: Thøger Rasmussen, singer). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 12 Mar. 1925 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Nora Elé, singer; Anders Brems, singer; Gunnar Johansen, piano). Aa se, nu kommer Vaaren only. |
| 3 June 1925 | Kjøbenhavns Radiofonistation, Copenhagen (performers: Christian Gottschalch, singer; Carl Schnedler-Meyer, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 9 June 1925 | Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (conductor: Frederik Schnedler-Petersen/Carl Nielsen; performers: Anders Brems, singer; Anders Høeberg, singer; Sylvia Schierbeck, singer). |
| 15 Sept. 1925 | Nærum Hotel, Nærum (performers: Christian Gottschalch, singer; Carl Schnedler-Meyer, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 20 Apr. 1926 | Paladshotellet, Esbjerg (performer: Poul Knudsen, singer). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 26 Aug. 1926 | Tivoli, Copenhagen (performers: Aage Thygesen, singer; Matilde Fog, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 6 Feb. 1927 | Grundtvigs Hus, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Wiedemann, singer; Emil Selmar/Johanne Stockmarr, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 3 Oct. 1927 | Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performer: Aage Thygesen, singer). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 14 May 1927 | Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien, Stockholm (performers: Kerstin Lindberg, singer; Einar Wärniö, singer; Joel Berglund, singer). Musikföredrag IX, 757. First performance abroad. |
| 23 Oct. 1927 | Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performers: Christian Gottschalch, singer; Carl Schnedler-Meyer, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 17 Nov. 1927 | Hotel Phønix, Thisted (performers: Aage Thygesen, singer; Elof Nielsen, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 2 May 1928 | Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Knudsen, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 19 Sept. 1928 | Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performers: Aage Thygesen, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 29 Nov. 1928 | Teatersalen, Fredericia (performers: Aage Thygesen, singer; Carl Schnedler-Meyer, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 23 Mar. 1931 | Folkehjem, Aabenraa (Haderslev Korforening; Musikforeningens blandede kor; conductor: M. Ottosen; performer: Frk. Thulstrup, piano). |
| 24 Mar. 1931 | Gammelting, Haderslev (Haderslev Korforening; Musikforeningens blandede kor; conductor: M. Ottosen; performer: Frk. Thulstrup, piano). |
| 30 Mar. 1931 | Fyns Forsamlingshus, Odense (Odense Korforening; Kerteminde Korforening; Children's Choir; conductor: Kai Senstius; performers: Ingeborg Steffensen, singer; Poul Wiedemann, singer; Holger Byrding, singer). |
| 2 May 1931 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Charly A. Pedersen; Folmer Jensen). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
| 25 June 1931 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: G. Thune Stephensen, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano). Den milde Dag er lys og lang only. |
Documents
Letters:
Other other:
Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Carl Nielsen om sin nye Symfoni'. Nationaltidende, 19 Jan. 1922. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 68)
G.F. (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): '"Mascarade" skal op i Antwerpen'. Politiken, 3 Nov. 1922. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 73)
Bibliography
Søren Sørensen: 'Korværkerne', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen: i hundredåret for hans fødsel (Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1965), pp. 97–109.
Søren Sørensen: 'The Choral Essays', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen: Centenary Works (Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1965), pp. 103–15.
Torben Schousboe: 'Samtale med Emil Telmányi'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 40/4, May 1965, pp. 95–100.
Thomas Bradley Krenek: An Examination and Analysis of the Choral Music of Carl Nielsen. University of Cincinnati: 1984. DMA dissertation.
Karsten Eskildsen: 'Carl Nielsen's fynske forår', in: Fynske minder ( 1996), pp. 95–109, 170–71, 177–78.
Lisbeth Ahlgren Jensen: 'Carl Nielsen and Nancy Dalberg. Nancy Dalberg as Carl Nielsen's pupil, assistant and patron'. Carl Nielsen Studies, 2, 2005, pp. 36–59.
Daniel M. Grimley: Carl Nielsen and the Idea of Modernism. The Boydell Press: Woodbridge 2010.
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