Work Title
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Shakespeare
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Alternative. Title
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Music for Helge Rode's Prologue
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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 15
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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ICN 170
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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5 movements:
- 1. Tempo giusto (F major)
- 2. Andante quassi allegretto (A minor)
- 3. Andante (Eâ™ minor)
- 4. Ariel's song. Andantino quassi allegretto (E minor)
- 5. Moderato (F major)
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1916
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First Performance.
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1916/06/24, in Helsingør (Elsinore), Kronborg Slot
- Carl Nielsen (conductor)
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Librettist
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Helge Rode (1870–1937)
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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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soprano, tenor, bass; mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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InstrDetail
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[more...] 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, strings
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Related Works
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Grosserer-Societetets Centenary Cantata, Op.31 Pieces for 'Melodier til Sangbogen Danmark', FS 111
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External Links
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Nielsen catalogue
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Extra Information
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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).
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