Images – Volume 1

Carl Nielsen, 1890
Carl Nielsen, 1890
1.1. Agnes Bauditz, 1875-1947. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.1. Agnes Bauditz, 1875-1947. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.2. 'One day, when we were young and had gone to Nykøbing to have our photograph taken together, we got him to play his roles in front of the camera'. Emilie Demant Hatt: [k]Foraarsbølger, Copenhagen, 2002, p. 41. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.2. 'One day, when we were young and had gone to Nykøbing to have our photograph taken together, we got him to play his roles in front of the camera'. Emilie Demant Hatt: [k]Foraarsbølger, Copenhagen, 2002, p. 41. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.3. Summer holiday in Selde 1887; Sisters Marie and Emilie Demant Hansen (right) with their boyfriends Frederik Brandt and Carl Nielsen. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.3. Summer holiday in Selde 1887; Sisters Marie and Emilie Demant Hansen (right) with their boyfriends Frederik Brandt and Carl Nielsen. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.4. Silhouette of Carl Nielsen, enclosed [1:5]. Illustr.: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.4. Silhouette of Carl Nielsen, enclosed [1:5]. Illustr.: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
. 1.5. 23-year-old Carl Nielsen  with the photographer in the summer of 1888.  Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
. 1.5. 23-year-old Carl Nielsen  with the photographer in the summer of 1888.  Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.6. 15-year-old Emilie Demant Hansen with the photographer in the summer of 1888.  Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.6. 15-year-old Emilie Demant Hansen with the photographer in the summer of 1888.  Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.7. Marie Demant Nielsen, "Aunt Marie", 1836-1909. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.7. Marie Demant Nielsen, "Aunt Marie", 1836-1909. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.8. Merchant Jens Georg Nielsen, "Uncle Jens", 1820-1901. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.8. Merchant Jens Georg Nielsen, "Uncle Jens", 1820-1901. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.9. Anton Svendsen, 1846-1930. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.9. Anton Svendsen, 1846-1930. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.10. On the back of the picture, the musicians have written: "In kind remembrance of Carl Nielsen, Joh. Schiørring, P. E. Jensen, Julius Borup, Vald. Unmack. Concert in Vejle on 21 March 1890". The music was by Schubert, Grieg and Mendelssohn. Photo: Music History Museum & Carl Claudius Collection.    
1.10. On the back of the picture, the musicians have written: "In kind remembrance of Carl Nielsen, Joh. Schiørring, P. E. Jensen, Julius Borup, Vald. Unmack. Concert in Vejle on 21 March 1890". The music was by Schubert, Grieg and Mendelssohn. Photo: Music History Museum & Carl Claudius Collection.    
1.11. Carl Nielsen surrounded by from left Peter Ejler Jensen, Julius Borup, Valdemar Unmack and Johannes Schiørring at the concert in Vejle Musikforening. Photo: Music History Museum & Carl Claudius Collection.  
1.11. Carl Nielsen surrounded by from left Peter Ejler Jensen, Julius Borup, Valdemar Unmack and Johannes Schiørring at the concert in Vejle Musikforening. Photo: Music History Museum & Carl Claudius Collection.  
1.12. Portrait of Carl Nielsen, enclosed letter, no. 34. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.12. Portrait of Carl Nielsen, enclosed letter, no. 34. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.13. Orla Rosenhoff, 1844-1905. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.13. Orla Rosenhoff, 1844-1905. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.14. Composer Victor Bendix, 1851–1926. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.14. Composer Victor Bendix, 1851–1926. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.15. Emil B. Sachs, 1855–1920. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.15. Emil B. Sachs, 1855–1920. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.16. Composer and lawyer in the Ministry of Culture Hother Ploug, 1856-1932. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.16. Composer and lawyer in the Ministry of Culture Hother Ploug, 1856-1932. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.17. The back of the image reads: "To Mr Carl Nielsen in friendly memory of happy times spent together. Johannes Schubert. Dresden d. 28/10 90." Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.17. The back of the image reads: "To Mr Carl Nielsen in friendly memory of happy times spent together. Johannes Schubert. Dresden d. 28/10 90." Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.18. The back of the image reads: “Gedenken Sie oft und gern der schönen Zeit in Dresden und Ihrer Melita Schubert. Im Oct. 1890”. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.18. The back of the image reads: “Gedenken Sie oft und gern der schönen Zeit in Dresden und Ihrer Melita Schubert. Im Oct. 1890”. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.19. Composer and violinist Fini Henriques photographed in 1901. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.19. Composer and violinist Fini Henriques photographed in 1901. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.20. The young girl in Odense that Carl Nielsen was unhappily in love with was called Gerda Caroline Paulsen and was born on 14 March 1867. She was the daughter of the theatre painter at Odense Theatre, where Carl Nielsen met her when the military musician was on theatre duty. The rich leather merchant was nine years older than the young military musician and his name was Wiggo Sophus Dreyer. From Gerda Dreyer's letter to Carl Nielsen on 21 July 1930, we can see that he had visited Gerda and Wiggo in Odense that summer. Photo: Private property.  
1.20. The young girl in Odense that Carl Nielsen was unhappily in love with was called Gerda Caroline Paulsen and was born on 14 March 1867. She was the daughter of the theatre painter at Odense Theatre, where Carl Nielsen met her when the military musician was on theatre duty. The rich leather merchant was nine years older than the young military musician and his name was Wiggo Sophus Dreyer. From Gerda Dreyer's letter to Carl Nielsen on 21 July 1930, we can see that he had visited Gerda and Wiggo in Odense that summer. Photo: Private property.  
1.21. Gerda von Fock later sent her portrait to Carl Nielsen with the inscription: "Zur freundlichen Erinnerung an Gerda v. Fock. Berlin 5-8-91". The following year, Gerda von Fock married the German singer Max Freund-Waldau. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department (HA, CNA).  
1.21. Gerda von Fock later sent her portrait to Carl Nielsen with the inscription: "Zur freundlichen Erinnerung an Gerda v. Fock. Berlin 5-8-91". The following year, Gerda von Fock married the German singer Max Freund-Waldau. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department (HA, CNA).  
1.22. Professor at the Leipzig Conservatory of Music, Russian violinist Adolf Brodsky, 1851-1929. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.22. Professor at the Leipzig Conservatory of Music, Russian violinist Adolf Brodsky, 1851-1929. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.23. Chamber music at Østrupgård by Odense Fjord, summer 1890. The string quartet consists of Carl Nielsen, Julius Borup, Holger Møller and Georg Seligmann. Photo: Carl Nielsen Museum, Odense.
1.23. Chamber music at Østrupgård by Odense Fjord, summer 1890. The string quartet consists of Carl Nielsen, Julius Borup, Holger Møller and Georg Seligmann. Photo: Carl Nielsen Museum, Odense.
1.24. The Hungarian composer Ottokar Nováček, 1866-1900.  Photo: Carl Nielsen: Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (Diaries and correspondence with Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen), I-II, published by Torben Schousboe, Copenhagen, 1983.  
1.24. The Hungarian composer Ottokar Nováček, 1866-1900.  Photo: Carl Nielsen: Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (Diaries and correspondence with Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen), I-II, published by Torben Schousboe, Copenhagen, 1983.  
1.25. Carl Nielsen photographed in Berlin 21 February 1891. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.25. Carl Nielsen photographed in Berlin 21 February 1891. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.26. Adolf Paul has written on the back of the picture: "Till vännen Carl Nielssen Charlottenburg 16/2-91". Photo: Carl Nielsen: Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (Diaries and correspondence with Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen), I-II, published by Torben Schousboe, Copenhagen, 1983.  
1.26. Adolf Paul has written on the back of the picture: "Till vännen Carl Nielssen Charlottenburg 16/2-91". Photo: Carl Nielsen: Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (Diaries and correspondence with Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen), I-II, published by Torben Schousboe, Copenhagen, 1983.  
1.27. Anne Marie Brodersen before she and Carl Nielsen met in Paris. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.27. Anne Marie Brodersen before she and Carl Nielsen met in Paris. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.28. Drawing in Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's sketchbook, Florence 20 April 1891. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department (HA, CNA).  
1.28. Drawing in Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's sketchbook, Florence 20 April 1891. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department (HA, CNA).  
1.29. Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's sister, Lucie Brodersen, 1866-1920. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.29. Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's sister, Lucie Brodersen, 1866-1920. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.30. Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's ancestral farm "Thygesminde", built in 1873 by Poul Julius Brodersen. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.30. Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's ancestral farm "Thygesminde", built in 1873 by Poul Julius Brodersen. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.31. The returning couple in Copenhagen 1891. Photo: Carl Nielsen Museum, Odense.  
1.31. The returning couple in Copenhagen 1891. Photo: Carl Nielsen Museum, Odense.  
1.32. The parents-to-be with the photographer in Copenhagen. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.32. The parents-to-be with the photographer in Copenhagen. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.33. Carl Nielsen's third childhood home in Nr. Lyndelse around 1890. From left are his brother Valdemar, his sister Julie, his parents' foster child Thorvald Kallehave, and his parents Niels Jørgensen and Maren Kirstine Jørgensen. Photo: Carl Nielsen Museum, Odense.  
1.33. Carl Nielsen's third childhood home in Nr. Lyndelse around 1890. From left are his brother Valdemar, his sister Julie, his parents' foster child Thorvald Kallehave, and his parents Niels Jørgensen and Maren Kirstine Jørgensen. Photo: Carl Nielsen Museum, Odense.  
51.34. The daughter Irmelin was born 9.12.1891. Here is presumably a picture from the baptism, unfortunately we don't have a better one. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
51.34. The daughter Irmelin was born 9.12.1891. Here is presumably a picture from the baptism, unfortunately we don't have a better one. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.35. Father, mother and Irmelin. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.35. Father, mother and Irmelin. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.36. Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's parents Poul Julius Brodersen, 1827-1899, and Frederikke Johanne Kirstine Brodersen, 1825-1904. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.36. Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's parents Poul Julius Brodersen, 1827-1899, and Frederikke Johanne Kirstine Brodersen, 1825-1904. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.37. Carl Nielsen, presumably in 1894. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.37. Carl Nielsen, presumably in 1894. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.38. Music publisher Alfred Wilhelm Hansen, 1854-1923. Photo: Edition Wilhelm Hansen AS, Axel Kjerulf: Hundrede år mellem noder (A Hundred Years Between Notes), Copenhagen, 1957, p. 351.  
1.38. Music publisher Alfred Wilhelm Hansen, 1854-1923. Photo: Edition Wilhelm Hansen AS, Axel Kjerulf: Hundrede år mellem noder (A Hundred Years Between Notes), Copenhagen, 1957, p. 351.  
1.39. In the back of the diary, Carl Nielsen drew a sketch of Der Sündenfall by Hugo van der Goes, which he mentions in the diary, no. 516. The painting is still part of the permanent exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.39. In the back of the diary, Carl Nielsen drew a sketch of Der Sündenfall by Hugo van der Goes, which he mentions in the diary, no. 516. The painting is still part of the permanent exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.40. Regimental musician C. Nielsen. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.40. Regimental musician C. Nielsen. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.41. The family in Chicago circa 1893. From left, back: Sophus, Anders and his wife, Julie, Albert and his wife, Louise's husband. Front: Sophus' son and wife, Carl Nielsen's mother, foster child Thorvald Kallehave, Carl Nielsen's father and Louise with son Arthur. Photo: Carl Nielsen Museum, Odense.  
1.41. The family in Chicago circa 1893. From left, back: Sophus, Anders and his wife, Julie, Albert and his wife, Louise's husband. Front: Sophus' son and wife, Carl Nielsen's mother, foster child Thorvald Kallehave, Carl Nielsen's father and Louise with son Arthur. Photo: Carl Nielsen Museum, Odense.  
1.42. Parents Niels and Maren Kirstine after returning from the USA, 1895. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.42. Parents Niels and Maren Kirstine after returning from the USA, 1895. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.43. Sofie Olrik, 1855-1911, and her husband, folklorist Axel Olrik, 1864-1917. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.43. Sofie Olrik, 1855-1911, and her husband, folklorist Axel Olrik, 1864-1917. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.44. One-year-old Hans Børge, born 5 September 1895, with his father. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.44. One-year-old Hans Børge, born 5 September 1895, with his father. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.45. The members of the Nielsen family taken by J.F. Willumsen in his studio in the autumn of 1896. Carl Nielsen, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen and the children from the left are Hans Børge, Anne Marie, called Søs, and Irmelin. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.45. The members of the Nielsen family taken by J.F. Willumsen in his studio in the autumn of 1896. Carl Nielsen, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen and the children from the left are Hans Børge, Anne Marie, called Søs, and Irmelin. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
 1.46. The members of the Nielsen family taken by J.F. Willumsen in his studio in the autumn of 1896. Carl Nielsen, Anne Marie Car-Nielsen and the children from the left are Hans Børge, Anne Marie, called Søs, and Irmelin. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
 1.46. The members of the Nielsen family taken by J.F. Willumsen in his studio in the autumn of 1896. Carl Nielsen, Anne Marie Car-Nielsen and the children from the left are Hans Børge, Anne Marie, called Søs, and Irmelin. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.47. The members of the Nielsen family taken by J.F. Willumsen in his studio in the autumn of 1896. Carl Nielsen, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen and the children from the left are Hans Børge, Anne Marie, called Søs, and Irmelin. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.47. The members of the Nielsen family taken by J.F. Willumsen in his studio in the autumn of 1896. Carl Nielsen, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen and the children from the left are Hans Børge, Anne Marie, called Søs, and Irmelin. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.48. The members of the Nielsen family taken by J.F. Willumsen in his studio in the autumn of 1896. Carl Nielsen, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen and the children from the left are Hans Børge, Anne Marie, called Søs, and Irmelin. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.48. The members of the Nielsen family taken by J.F. Willumsen in his studio in the autumn of 1896. Carl Nielsen, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen and the children from the left are Hans Børge, Anne Marie, called Søs, and Irmelin. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.49. Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen taken by J.F. Willumsen in his studio in the autumn of 1896.  Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.49. Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen taken by J.F. Willumsen in his studio in the autumn of 1896.  Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.50. Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen taken by J.F. Willumsen in his studio in the autumn of 1896.  Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.50. Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen taken by J.F. Willumsen in his studio in the autumn of 1896.  Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.
1.51. Maren Kirstine at the age of 30, two years before she gave birth to Carl on 9 June 1865. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.51. Maren Kirstine at the age of 30, two years before she gave birth to Carl on 9 June 1865. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.52. The picture of the Swedish composer Bror Beckman whom Carl Nielsen thanks on 3 March 1897. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.52. The picture of the Swedish composer Bror Beckman whom Carl Nielsen thanks on 3 March 1897. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.53. The author Gustav Wied, 1858-1914. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.53. The author Gustav Wied, 1858-1914. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.54. With members of the Royal Danish Orchestra. Kapel, Carl Nielsen was also on an excursion. From left: Otto Allin, Kristian Sandby, J.F. Andersen Marke, Ernst Høeberg, Christian Petersen, P. Brøndum, Frederik Hilmer, Johannes Schiørring, Axel Gade, E.A.W. Michelsen, Axel Guldbrandsen, Julius Borup, Carl Nielsen (without beard) and Ludvig Holm. Photo: Carl Nielsen Museum, Odense.  
1.54. With members of the Royal Danish Orchestra. Kapel, Carl Nielsen was also on an excursion. From left: Otto Allin, Kristian Sandby, J.F. Andersen Marke, Ernst Høeberg, Christian Petersen, P. Brøndum, Frederik Hilmer, Johannes Schiørring, Axel Gade, E.A.W. Michelsen, Axel Guldbrandsen, Julius Borup, Carl Nielsen (without beard) and Ludvig Holm. Photo: Carl Nielsen Museum, Odense.  
1.55. Marie Møller at the age of 30, 1869-1953. Photo: Private property.  
1.55. Marie Møller at the age of 30, 1869-1953. Photo: Private property.  
1.56. The painter Suzette Holten, née Skovgaard, called Cali, 1863-1937. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.56. The painter Suzette Holten, née Skovgaard, called Cali, 1863-1937. Photo: The Royal Library, Map and Picture Department.  
1.57. Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's title page for Hymnus amoris. Photo: Music History Museum & Carl Claudius Collection.  
1.57. Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's title page for Hymnus amoris. Photo: Music History Museum & Carl Claudius Collection.