Carl Nielsen's early work, the Fantasy Piece for Clarinet and Piano, was likely written in 1881 when he had just been appointed as a regimental musician in Odense.
Composition History
The seeds for Nielsen's Wind Quintet were sown in late 1921 after he listened to the Copenhagen Wind Quintet playing Mozart, a composer he greatly admired.
Composition History
Nielsen wrote Serenata in Vano (Serenade in vain) in 1914 at the request of musicians from Det Kongelige Kapel who planned a tour with Beethoven's Septet.
Historical Context
The play Moderen (The Mother), for which Nielsen composed music, was directly linked to Denmark recovering part of Southern Jutland from Germany in 1920 after World War I.
Composer's Artistic Vision
In the variation movement of his Wind Quintet, Nielsen sought to reproduce the characters of the various instruments, using one of his own hymns as the theme.
Composition History
The Canto Serioso (1913) was an occasional piece written for a musical competition to find a new hornist for Det Kongelige Kapel, the orchestra at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen.
Composition History
Nielsen's Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano, his Opus 2, were written in 1889, the year after his successful debut as a composer with the Little Suite for Strings.
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