Carl August Nielsen

Synopsis

Danish composer

• 9 Jun 1865 born in Nørre Lyndelse, Funen, Denmark
• 1879, Odense, bugler and alto trombonist in 16th Battalion
• 1884-86, Copenhagen, attended Royal Conservatory
• 1889-1905, Copenhagen, violinist in Royal Danish Orchestra
• 1905-14, Copenhagen, second conductor for the Royal Theatre
• 1914-26, Copenhagen, conducted orchestra of Musikforeningen, or the Music Society.
• 1916-31, Copenhagen, teacher at Royal Danish Academy of Music
• 1925, Hamburg, attended Orgeltagung, or Organ Meeting organized by Hans Henny Jahnn
• 3 Oct 1931 died in Copenhagen, Denmark

Commotio is considered by the composer to be a particularly important work, if not one of his most important

For details, see the Wikipedia article on Carl August Nielsen.

List of Organ Works

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Fog Catalogue	Opus	Title (Danish)	Title (English)	Year
FS 136	Op. 51	29 smaa Praeludier	29 Small Preludes	1929
FS 137	Op. ??	2 efterladte Praeludier	2 Additional Preludes	1930
FS 155	Op. 58	Commotio	Commotio	1930-31

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Registration and Organs

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Fingering and Pedaling

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Ornamentation

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Tempo and Meter

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Scores and Editions

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Recordings

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Free Online

• Commotio as performed by Robert Bennesh on YouTube

Pay to Listen

• Carl Nielsen: The Complete Organ Works as performed by Elisabeth Westenholtz on NAXOS
• Commotio as performed by Philip Schmidt-Madsen on NAXOS
• Carl Nielsen: Organ Works as performed by Friedhelm Flamme on NAXOS

Other Resources

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Notes

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