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This table of works by the Danish composer Carl Nielsen initially lists them by genre and composition date within a genre.

History

Nielsen wrote music in many genres, notably symphonies, concertos and choral music, but also operas and incidental music, chamber music, solo works for violin, piano and organ as well as a considerable number of songs.

Nielsen assigned an opus number only to selected compositions, from Op 1 for the Suite for String Orchestra in 1888 to Op 58 for the organ work Commotio (1930–1931). The opus number 59 was assigned posthumously to three piano pieces Tre Klaverstykker (1928).

The FS catalogue was first compiled in 1965 by Dan Fog and Torben Schousboe. It is arranged roughly in chronological order in accordance with the publication date of the works, initially up to FS 161. Compositions discovered after 1965 were assigned higher numbers, in connection with the publication of a Nielsen CD in 1998.

The CNW (Catalogue of Carl Nielsen's Works), compiled by the Royal Danish Library, covers all of Nielsen's known works (419 in all). The CNW catalogue numbers link to the individual catalogue entries. Each entry gives a brief description of the work in English together with links to background information and scores from the Carl Nielsen Edition. In contrast to FS, CNW numbers each of Nielsen's songs individually instead of numbering the publications in which they appeared.

Table of compositions

Details of collections

For some works, details are given below. The details of songs, such as collections and incidental music, are found in the List of songs composed by Carl Nielsen.

FS 3

Miscellaneous unpublished early manuscripts in the Royal Library, Copenhagen

• 3a Various brass trios and quartets (1879–1983, lost)
• 3b Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in G major (1881–1882)
• 3c Various movements for string quartet (1883–1887)
• 3d String Quartet in D minor (1882–1883).
• 3e Duo (in three movements) in A major for two violins (1882–1883).
• 3f Caractaerstykker (Two character pieces) for piano (1882–1883)
• 3g Vuggevise (Lullaby) (1883)
• 3h Fantasy Piece for clarinet and piano in G minor (1881 or 1883–1885)
• 3i Piano Trio in G major (1883)
• 3k String Quartet in F major (1887)
• 3l "Det bødes der for i lange Aar" (A moment of pleasure, an age of pain), song for men's choir, text by J. P. Jacobsen (1887)
• 3m "Længsel (I hvor jeg end slaaer Øjet hen)" (Jean (Of a' the airts the wind can blaw), song for men's choir, text by Robert Burns; translated by Caralis (1887)
• 3n-s Various songs on texts by E. Aarestrup, J. S. Welhaven, G. B. Byron, P. B. Shelley, J. J. Callanan, R. Burns; translated by Caralis, a pseudonym for C. Preetzman (1887)
• 3t "Byd mig at leve" (To Athenea, who may command him anything), song for men's choir, text by Robert Herrick; translated by Caralis (1887)
• 3u "For drømte jeg fast hver eneste Nat" (Earlier I dreamt every single night), song for men's choir, text by J. P. Jacobsen (1887)

FS 22

Humoreske Bagateller. For piano. (1894–1897)

1. "Goddag, Goddag ("How do you do?")
2. "Sprællemanden ("The Jumping Jack")
3. "Snurretoppen ("The Spinning-top")
4. "En lille langsom Vals ("A Little Slow Waltz")
5. "Dukkemarche ("Doll's march")
6. "Spilleværket ("The Musical Box")

FS 51

Songs arranged for unison chorus to be used at schools (FS 35, 42, 43, 44, 45, and Vi frie Folk, text by V. Rørdam, written for the Olympic Games in London, 1908)

See also

• List of songs composed by Carl Nielsen

Notes

1. Jens Petersen (1856–1902).
2. Jens Moldberg-Kjeldsen (1878–?).
3. Anders Wilhelm Holm (1878–1959).
4. Ove Bauditz (1871–1936).
5. Hansigne Lorenzen (1870–1952).
6. Johannes Wiberg (1894–?).
7. Alma Rogberg (1870?–1939).
8. Otto Lagoni (1882–1949).
9. S. P. Raben-Korch (1869–1957).
10. Vilhelm From Bartrumsen (1881–1967).
11. Karl Elnegaard (1871–1951).

References

1. ^ "CNW Catalogue of Carl Nielsen's Works". Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
2. Simpson 1979, pp. 251–257.
3. "List of Works". Carl Nielsen Society. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
4. "Jens Petersen (1856–1902)". VIAF. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
5. ^ Poroila 2013, p. 28.
6. "Holm, Anders W. (Anders Wilhelm), 1878-1959". VIAF. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
7. Poroila 2013, p. 24.
8. Hjordt-Vetlesen 2012.
9. Poroila 2013, p. 33.
10. Poroila 2013, p. 35.
11. ^ Poroila 2013, p. 36.
12. Poroila 2013, p. 37.
13. Jackson 1999.

Bibliography

Catalogues

• Foltmann, Niels Bo; et al. (2016). Catalogue of Carl Nielsen's Works. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 978-87-635-4405-4. Also online: "Catalogue of Carl Nielsen's Works". 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2018..
• Jackson, Andrew (9 May 1999). "Chronological Catalogue of Compositions". Archived from the original on 6 November 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2010. List compiled from Simpson (1979, pp. 251–257) and Lawson (1997, pp. 222–227).
• Lawson, Jack (1997). Carl Nielsen. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-0-7148-3507-5. See pages 222–227, listed by genre with FS and opus numbers.
• Poroila, Heikki (2013). Unified Carl Nielsen: Teosten yhtenäistettyjen nimekkeiden ohjeluettelo [Unified Carl Nielsen: Works in the harmonized list of titles] (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen musiikkikirjastoyhdistys . ISBN 978-952-5363-65-4. Retrieved 3 July 2016. Listed by FS number.
• Simpson, Robert (1952). Carl Nielsen, Symphonist, 1865–1931 (1st ed.). London: J. M. Dent. ASIN B0000CIDKO. See pages 212–230, chronological list with opus numbers compiled by Torben Meyer. Reprinted by Hyperion Press ISBN 978-0-88355-715-0.
• Simpson, Robert (1979). Carl Nielsen, Symphonist (2nd ed.). London: Kahn & Averill. ISBN 978-0-900707-46-9. See pages 251–257, listed by FS number with opus numbers.

Other citations

• Hjordt-Vetlesen, Inger-Lise (2012). "Lorenzen, Hansigne". In Mai, Anne-Marie (ed.). Hansigne Lorenzen. The History of Nordic Women's Literature (Digital ed.). Copenhagen: KVINFO.

External links

• "Nielsen Works". Carl Nielsen 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015. Complete list of Nielsen's works compiled for his 150th anniversary.

v t e Carl Nielsen
List of compositions Discography of symphony cycles
Symphonies	Symphony No. 1 (1892) Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments (1902) Symphony No. 3, Sinfonia espansiva (1911) Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable (1916) Symphony No. 5 (1922) Symphony No. 6, Sinfonia semplice (1925)
Concertante	Violin Concerto (1911) Flute Concerto (1926) Clarinet Concerto (1928)
Opera	Saul and David (1902) Maskarade (1906)
Stage	Aladdin (1919) The Mother (1920)
Chorus & orchestra	Hymnus amoris (1896) The Sleep (1905) Springtime on Funen (1921)
Other orchestral	Little Suite for Strings (1888) Helios Overture (1903) Saga Dream (1908) At the Bier of a Young Artist (1910) Pan and Syrinx (1918) An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands (1927)
Chamber	String Quartet No. 1 (1889) Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano (1890) String Quartet No. 2 (1890) String Quartet No. 3 (1898) String Quartet No. 4 (1906) Serenata in vano (1914) Wind Quintet (1922)
Miscellaneous	Chaconne (1917) Three Piano Pieces (1928) Three Motets (1929) Commotio (1931) Songs (list)
Family & friends	Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (wife) Anne Marie Telmányi (daughter) Emil Telmányi (son-in-law) Victor Bendix Ferruccio Busoni
Teachers	Niels Gade J. P. E. Hartmann Orla Rosenhoff Valdemar Tofte Royal Danish Academy of Music
Pupils	Thorvald Aagaard Harald Agersnap Emilius Bangert Jørgen Bentzon Nancy Dalberg Knud Jeppesen Herman Koppel Poul Schierbeck Rudolph Simonsen Mogens Wöldike
Select interpreters	Herbert Blomstedt Douglas Bostock Launy Grøndahl Thomas Jensen Tor Mann Gennady Rozhdestvensky Esa-Pekka Salonen Ole Schmidt Michael Schønwandt Edward Serov [ru] Bryden Thomson Erik Tuxen
Related articles	Carl, My Childhood Symphony Carl Nielsen International Music Competition Carl Nielsen Edition Carl Nielsen Monument Carl Nielsen Museum Danish National Symphony Orchestra David Fanning (biographer) My Childhood on Funen (autobiography) Robert Simpson (biographer) Royal Danish Orchestra
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