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1 January 1906

Dear Prof. Bloch!

Today a new year begins. I want to send you a thank you for the old one. You have truly brought me great joy with WitchcraftWilliam Bloch's staging of Ludvig Holberg's Witchcraft or False Alarm [Hexerie eller Blind Alarm] was premiered at The Royal Theatre on 3…

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Bryndum School 14 January 06

Dear Carl.

Do you think you could find the issue no. 8 of Land og RigeIn Land og Rige no. 8 of Sunday 19 November 1905, there is an article by Alfred Tofft about Carl Nielsen. Here Tofft depicted Carl Nielsen as a fairy tale boy with a magic stick, who got lost in a thicket…

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Carl Nielsen's article 'Mozart and our Time' ('Mozart og vor Tid'). was initiated by Politiken, who had commissioned a feature from him on the occasion of Mozart's 150th birthday, but the material took on greater dimensions for Carl Nielsen and the extended article was published in the March edition of Tilskueren. Cf. Samtid no. 14.

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Most honoured Madame!More likely the secretary than Vedel's wife.

On the occasion of Mozart's 150th birthday, I have conceived the desire to write a little dissertation about his art, which I wanted to ask Dr Vedel whether he thinks there might be space for in Tilskueren. But as Dr Vedel is in Germany…

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Instead of the long article about Mozart spread over two days, as suggested by Carl Nielsen, Politiken published on 23 January an article by Grieg. From Grieg' Diaries, we can see that the article is 'a reworking and summarising of an article about Mozart that I wrote 10 years ago for The Century Magazine' (Edvard Grieg, Dagbøker,…

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My dear brother and family!

It's already been long since I received your letter and I thank you for it {...}

You wrote about visiting Mr Otterström. I'd be…

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12 February 06.

Dear friend!

So now you've lost your old mother. I know that your home and your life have been overshadowed by her prolonged illness for the many years during which she has suffered, and so I say: it is good that your old mother has gone to her rest, and I wish for you that you may find consolation in the thought…

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14 February 06

Dear friend!

Dear Alfred, I'm leaving for Schleswig where my wife is already due to the death of my brother-in-law.

Many thanks for the invitation. I'm very sorry not to be able to come; I had even been very much looking forward to it. I guess it is presumptuous to ask you to postpone till…

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15 February 1906

Dear Dr Vedel! Looking at my loose notes for the article about Mozart here on board the ferry, I see that, towards the end, it says that his opponents laid him in his grave. If this also appears…

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Stockholm 21 February 06.

Dear Mr Nielsen!

First and foremost, I am to send you many greetings on behalf of both Bror Beckman and Forsell. They both regard you very highly and hope to see you here on a little visit sometime in the months to come. I have talked quite a bit with Forsell about Saul and David [CNW 1] and I am…

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1 March 06.

Dear Madame!

Thank you so much for your kind invitation, but I have to travel to Kolding for a few days and will not be back before…

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7 March 06

Dear Mr William Behrend!

Just returned from a journey, I hasten to send you my best thanks for your letter, which gave me much joy, not only because it came from you and also contained kind and encouraging words, but also because, throughout your letter, there runs a tone of real and deeply felt love for the art of…

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Holmenkollen Sanatorium nr. Christiania. 7 March 06.

Dear Carl Nielsen!

Thank you for Mozart!The March issue of Tilskueren, in which Carl Nielsen's article 'Mozart and our Time' ['Mozart og vor Tid'] (Samtid, 14) was published.You make many pertinant observations. Indeed so many that it is a pity for you…

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Copenhagen 13 March 06

Dear Mr Michaelsen!

Many thanks for your kind letter and for the trouble you take for me and on account of my works. I am pleased to hear that you have been to see Forsell and that he will do what he can. During his time here as guest performer, he showed me a rare interest and we became very good friends.

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Kommandantgaarden in Nyborg, 14 March 06.

Dear Mr Carl Nielsen!

The sweet and considerate attention you have shown me by sending me your Helios Overture [CNW 34] 4H made me very happy, and I thank you heartily for that. I have instantly been refreshing the lovely memory I had of it and am looking forward to going through it…

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Copenhagen 15 March 06

Dear Bror!

Thank you so much for your letter, which, unfortunately, I have not been able to thank you for until now. Henrik Knudsen and I have both received a grant and we have agreed to come to Stockholm at Whitsun or whenever suits you best. I'm hugely looking forward to seeing you again, and I really feel quite moved at…

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Camille Saint-Saëns' opera Samson and Delilah, which had had first been performed in Vienna in 1877, had its premiere at The Royal Theatre on 18 March 1906. Wilhelm Behrend wrote about the performance that it was meaningless for the theatre to present the public with a third-rate work with 30 years' delay. If they could not manage to put on that…

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Sunday 8 April 1906. Vienna

Dear Mr Composer!

It is now almost a month since you delighted me with Helios [CNW 34] and I have not yet thanked you, but the fact is that I have been living in the hope of finding a man to perform it; however – unfortunately it is only in our imagination that such men live. That you have not given an…

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10 April 06

Dear Mr Levysohn!

Enclosed draft: transcription for the first and second acts of Masquerade [CNW 2].

When we last spoke, we both thought that it would be good to get together at some point and look through the whole piece. If, therefore, once you have received the whole opera, you will…

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19 April 06.

Dear Agerholm!

The final casting of the roles for Masquerade [CNW 2] is the result of much thought; I'm sorry, therefore, not to be able to spare you from the small part you have been assigned. Moreover, for several reasons, I would like you to get to know the opera through rehearsals.

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29 April 06

Dear Bror!

Thank you so much for your letter and for the encouraging news regarding the academy. I am sure you will understand that it was an extremely pleasant surprise, but I have no idea how I have come to this unexpected honour.On 26 April 1906, Carl Nielsen was elected member of The Royal…

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Ny Toldbodgade 5III

Dear Mrs Jonna!

Now we shall soon be having rehearsals for Masquerade [CNW 2]. The idea is that we should be able to get an overview of the music, note the difficulties, so the singers know how they should work with the roles during the course of the summer. In that way, it will progress quickly at the beginning…

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Ny Toldbodgade 5^III 10 May 1906.

Dear Dr Mantzius!

I tried to catch you yesterday. I came to see you for the purpose of asking you to begin to take a little look at the first act of Masquerade [CNW 2] up to the line 'I'll wed your daughter' (we will not be starting on the finale this season). Nor is it the idea,…

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Copenhagen 16 May 1906

Dear friend! Thank you so much for your letter! You have no idea how I am also looking forward to seeing you, my dear friend, and the same goes for Henrik Knudsen. It will be wonderful!

I cannot get the business regarding getting coverage to Copenhagen about the music festival sorted before tomorrow; I shall then write to…

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Ny Toldbodgade 5III 17 May 1906.

Dear Bror!

I have today spoken with Politiken; I may write a report myself, but at any rate someone will come from Politiken and the invitation should be sent to Politiken's editorial offices, Copenhagen. Then they will take the final decision there. – We will be arriving on…