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Sheet Music
Scores
| Editor
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Lisbeth Ahlgren Jensen
Lisbeth Larsen
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| Publisher. Info.
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Vaerker, Series IV, No.1
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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Polka
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| Alternative. Title
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Polka for Violin
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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 44
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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ICN 155
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| Key
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A major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1 [no tempo]
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1870-81
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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violin
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| External Links
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Nielsen catalogue
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Polka for Violin is one of Nielsen's earliest compositions. In his autobiography Min fynske Barndom, he mentions that the piece was played at a party where he was substituting his father. The work survives in later sources only.
