Nielsen discovery
On completion of his Third Symphony, Sinfonia expansiva in 1911, Danish composer Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) sent the manuscript to the Leipzig publishing house Kahnt. This firm became bankrupt in the 1960s, and the score lay in a basement until 1977 and was then transferred to the Leipzig Staatsarchiv. Whilst researching Mahler's First Symphony in Leipzig in the mid-1980s, Danish Mahler scholar Knud Martner discovered the Sinfonia espansiva manuscript, but was unaware of its significance. The hand-written score remained unknown until October 2000, when Martner mentioned the discovery to Nielsen expert Niels Krabbe, who realised the importance to Danish national heritage. Krabbe, working on a long-term project to produce an authoritative Nielsen edition, had unfortunately just published the 3rd Symphony, working from the first printed edition, and expects to issue up to a page of errata as a result of the discovery.
Information: www.classicalmusicdaily.com/articles/n/c/carl-nielsen.htm
Posted: 27 October 2000
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