Shakespeare, CNW 15 (Nielsen, Carl)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	5 movements
Composition Year	1916
Genre Categories	Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For 3 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; Danish language
Related Works	Grosserer-Societetets Centenary Cantata, Op.31 Pieces for 'Melodier til Sangbogen Danmark', FS 111

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Scores

Complete score
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Preface and Critical Commentary
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Editor	Kirsten Flensborg Petersen
Publisher. Info.	Vaerker, Series I, No.6 Copenhagen: Carl Nielsen Udgaven / Kongelige Bibliotek, 2007. Made available by courtesy of DCM.
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General Information

Work Title	Shakespeare
Alternative. Title	Music for Helge Rode's Prologue
Composer	Nielsen, Carl
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	CNW 15
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	ICN 170
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	5 movements 1. Tempo giusto (F major) 2. Andante quassi allegretto (A minor) 3. Andante (E♭ minor) 4. Ariel's song. Andantino quassi allegretto (E minor) 5. Moderato (F major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1916
First Performance.	1916-6-24, in Helsingør (Elsinore), Kronborg Slot Carl Nielsen (conductor)
Librettist	Helge Rode (1870-1937)
Language	Danish
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	Voices: soprano, tenor, bass; mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra: 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭/A), 2 bassoons 2 horns (F), 2 trumpets (F), trombone, strings
Related Works	Grosserer-Societetets Centenary Cantata, Op.31 Pieces for 'Melodier til Sangbogen Danmark', FS 111
External Links	Nielsen catalogue

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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).