| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Allegretto |
|---|---|
| Composition Year | 1886/7-88 |
| Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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| Work Title | Til mit Hjertes Dronning |
|---|---|
| Alternative. Title | To the Queen of my Heart |
| Composer | Nielsen, Carl |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | CNW 276, from FS 3 |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ICN 206 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Allegretto |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1886/7-88 |
| Librettist | Caralis (Caspara Preetzman, 1792-1876)
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| Language | Danish |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | voice, piano |
| External Links | Nielsen catalogue The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive |
During his student years, Nielsen composed 5songs to texts by English poets, in a Danish translation by Christian Preetzmann. It is probable that his music theory teacher Orla Rosenhoff was the instigator.
The set FS 3 contains these 5 and settings of Jacobsen and Aarestrup.
The original poem here is no longer regarded as being by Shelley (at least according to the notes to a collected Delphi edition.) It is by St. John, who successfully perpetrated a hoax: see The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
