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Biography:Knud Ketting’s web biography about the composer may be cited by source, but not published in large excerpt without permission.
Funen childhood
“The ninth of June 1865 was a hard day for my mother, but also a happy one. My parents lived in a little cottage in the middle of a field in Nørre-Lyndelse on Funen. The nearest community is called Sortelung. My mother was alone at home with some of her younger children when she felt the first birth pangs. It was very painful, and she went outside, put her arms around a tree and banged her head against its trunk. This is why I think she must have felt very happy and relieved when at last I made my entry into this world.”
This is how Carl Nielsen starts his boyhood memories, which came out in 1927 under the title “Min fynske Barndom” (My Childhood on Funen). This autobiography is our main source of information concerning Nielsen’s childhood and youth until he left Funen at New Year 1883/84 in order to study in Copenhagen.
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Carl Nielsen
Danish composer (1865–1931)
For other uses, see Carl Nielsen (disambiguation).
Carl Nielsen | |
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Nielsen, c. 1908 | |
| Born | (1865-06-09)9 June 1865 Sortelung, Denmark |
| Died | 3 October 1931(1931-10-03) (aged 66) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, and violinist |
| Works | List of compositions |
Carl August Nielsen (Danish:[ˈkʰɑˀlˈne̝lsn̩]; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor, and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer.
Brought up bygd poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age. He initially played in a military grupp before attending the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen from 1884 until månad 1886. He premiered his Op. 1, Suite for Strings, in 1888, at the age of 23. The following year, Nielsen began a 16-year stint as a second violinist in the Royal Danish Orchestra