Images – Volume 7
Carl Nielsen c. 1921
Ferruccio Busoni, 1 April 1866-27 July 1924, German postcard, picture side of no. 10 (KB, HA CNA).
Herman Sandby, 21 March 1881-14 December 1965, photographed in the early 1900s.
Carl Nielsen and his daughter Irmelin in the apartment Nørrebrogade 20.
Carl Nielsen and Carl Johan Michaelsen in Tibberup near Humlebæk, March 1921. The woman in the centre is probably Vera Michaelsen's mother, Ida Michaelsen.
The same people at Villa Højtofte.
At Villa Højtofte, March 1921, Vera Michaelsen, Carl Nielsen and presumably Vera's mother, Ida Michaelsen.
At Villa Højtofte.
Apparently in Jyderup, March 1921, Carl Johan Michaelsen; Vera Michaelsen, her mother(?) and Carl Nielsen as nos. 3, 4 and 5 from left and two unknown women.
Georg Schnéevoigt, 8 November 1872-28 November 1947. Photograph from 1932.
Conductor Mikhail Press and Carl Nielsen flanked by Lisa Mannheimer and her son Bertil Mannheimer, drawn and signed by Helga Stenhammar. (Private property).
Vera Michaelsen and Carl Nielsen at Højtofte on Whit Sunday, 15 May 1921.
This and the next picture: Nancy Dalberg and Carl Nielsen aboard the steamship Ariadne between Stockholm and Helsinki, May 1921, the man on the left is unknown.
The Nordic Music Festival in Helsinki, 20-28 May 1921, with Carl Nielsen standing in the centre with hat. On either side of him are Johan Halvorsen and Victor Bendix. Frederik Schnedler-Petersen (with hat in hand) and Poul Schierbeck are standing near the post on the right. On the far right is Peder Gram.
Carl Nielsen and Johan Halvorsen, probably at the Nordic Music Festival, May 1921.
Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius in Helsinki, May 1921. The peculiarity of the image is due to a double exposure.
"On the terrace of Saimaa" is written on the back of this photo. Saimaa is Finland's largest lake and the Imatra waterfall is 5 kilometres away on the course of the Vuoksi River. On the edge of the table sits Poul Schierbeck with hat. To the right are Victor Bendix, Sylvia Schierbeck and Carl Nielsen, standing Peder Gram.
Harald Balslev, 7 May 1867-7 December 1952.
Harald Sæverud, 17 April 1897-27 March 1992.
Carl Nielsen with dedication to Lisa Mannheimer. See also 6:317. (Private property).
Carl Johan and Vera Michaelsen, two of their children and Carl Nielsen at Villa Højtofte. On the reverse dated "Febr. 1922", i.e. in the week when Carl Nielsen was in Copenhagen for the Musikforening concert, cf. 190.
This and next picture: Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen with her husband and daughter Irmelin and an unidentified visitor, perhaps in her studio at Gothersgade Electricity Works - but probably not in March 1922 as noted on the back of the photographs.
The Mannheimers' family music room, photographed in 1927. This is where Carl Nielsen's Wind Quintet was first played on 30 April 1922 on Lisa Manheimer's birthday. See 6:145 and 321. (Private property).
Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen with her Mermaid at the Free Exhibition in spring 1922.
Ove Jørgensen, 5 September 1877-31 October 1950.
Adolf Riis-Magnussen, 26 June 1883-11 August 1950. Photograph from 1943.
Rudolph Simonsen, 30 April 1889-28 March 1947.
Violinist Thorvald Nielsen, 14 January 1891-26 August 1965, at the grand piano.
Choir and orchestra under the direction of Georg Høeberg prior to the first performance of Fynsk Foraar on Saturday 8 July 1922 in Odense during the Danish Choral Society's third national singing convention. Around 900 singers took part in the performance, which took place in the cattle market hall on Rugårdsvej. Press photo in Fyens Stiftstidende on Monday 10 July 1922.
Damgaard's main building seen from the garden side. When Carl Nielsen stayed at Damgaard, he lived in the rooms to the left of the garden room with the terrace.
Fritz Busch, 13 March 1890-14 September 1951. German postcard.
Copenhagen Wind Quintet with its original members: Knud Lassen, Aage Oxenvad, Paul Hagemann, Svend Christian Felumb and Hans Sørensen. Later in the 1920s, Holger Gilbert-Jespersen replaced Paul Hagemann on the flute, and the ensemble performed under the name The Royal Chapel Wind Quintet.
On Tuesday 10 October 1922, Politiken published P.E. Johannesen's drawing with this text: "The musical event of the evening was the "New Music" concert with the performance of Carl Nielsen's new quintet for wind instruments. The above picture shows a rehearsal in Mr Poul Hagemann's music salon in the mansion in Grønningen. In addition to Mr Hagemann himself, the musicians are. Hagemann himself, who plays the flute, the oboist Mr Svend Felumb. Svend Felumb, clarinetist Aage Oxenvad, bassoonist Hr. Knud Lassen and horn player Mr Hans Sørensen. Hans Sørensen. In the foreground, the master of the work, Mr Carl Nielsen. Mr Carl Nielsen, in the foreground, in the process of giving his selected staff the last hints." (MMCCS).
Poul and Sylvia Schierbeck, 8 June 1888-9 February 1949 and 30 March 1896-2 February 1977 respectively.
The plaster horse is now assembled but is not yet fully moulded. The king is also missing his right forearm. Autumn 1922 in the power station's boiler house in Gothersgade.
Wilhelm Furtwängler, 25 January 1886-30 November 1954.
This and next image: Emil and Anne Marie Telmányi moved in early 1923 to Markvej 8, in the newly built terraced housing estate Bakkehusene near Bellahøj in Copenhagen. Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen visiting her daughter.
Menton March 1923, Carl Nielsen top right. He was also in Menton in March 1927 and was photographed in connection with the "Flower Crusade".
Find our man in Menton yourself!
Menton March 1923, but sent as a postcard from Berlin, cf. 480 (KB, HA CNA).
This and next image: The sculptress on her horse. The image is part of Berlingske Tidende's report on 18 March 1923.
Alfred Wilhelm Hansen, 29 October 1854-15 March 1923.
Knud Jeppesen, 15 August 1892-14 June 1974, photographed in East Prussia ca. 1912-14.
Louis Glass, 23 March 1864-22 January 1936.
Vera Michaelsen, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen and Carl Nielsen on board the British battle cruiser HMS Hood, cf. 519.
This and next picture: Vera Michaelsen, Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Finis terræ, Skagen, July 1923.
Carl Nielsen and William Behrend in Fredensborg on 14 September 1923.
Carl Nielsen visiting William Behrend, same day as the previous picture.
Margrete Rosenberg at work in Damgaard's nut orchards.
Margrete Rosenberg at Damgaard's beach house, where she lived for many years and where Carl Nielsen also composed.
Carl Nielsen, Vera Michaelsen and her husband's sister's son Poul Hannover in Parc Monseau in Paris. Poul Hannover worked as a young cand.polyt. for a car company in Paris.