Composer

Carl Nielsen

1865–1931 · Danish

22 catalogued orchestral works — all with instrumentation confirmed against a source.

YearWorkInstrumentationDur.
1888Little Suite for Strings, op. 1str17'
1888Symphonic Rhapsody2 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 0 — tmp — str12'
1892Symphony No. 1 in G minor, op. 73[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp — str35'
1897Hymnus amoris, op. 12 · chorus3[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 0 — tmp — str24'
1902Symphony No. 2, op. 16 “The Four Temperaments”3[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp — str35'
1903Helios Overture, op. 173[1.2.3/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp — str12'
1906Maskarade — Dance of the Cockerels2 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 0 — tmp+perc — str5'
1906Overture to Maskarade3[1.2.3/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+1 — str5'
1908Saga-Dream (Saga-Drøm), op. 392 2 2 2 — 4 0 0 0 — tmp — str10'
1910At the Bier of a Young Artiststr5'
1911Symphony No. 3, op. 27 “Sinfonia espansiva”3[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — str38'
1911Violin Concerto, op. 332 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 0 — tmp — str36'
1916Symphony No. 4, op. 29 “The Inextinguishable”3[1.2.3/pic] 3 3 3 — 4 3 3 1 — 2tmp (antiphonal) — str36'
1918Pan and Syrinx, op. 493[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 0 — tmp+perc — str9'
1919Aladdin Suite, op. 343[1.2.pic] 2 3[1.2.bcl] 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — str20'
1922Springtime on Funen (Fynsk Foraar), op. 42 · chorus2 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 0 — tmp+perc — str22'
1922Symphony No. 5, op. 503[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+3 — cel — str35'
1925Symphony No. 6 “Sinfonia semplice”3[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — str35'
1926Flute Concerto0 2 2 2 — 2 0 1 0 — tmp — str19'
1927An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands (Rhapsody Overture)3[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — str8'
1928Bohemian-Danish Folk Tunestr6'
1928Clarinet Concerto, op. 570 0 0 2 — 2 0 0 0 — 1perc — str24'

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