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I thought that for the premiere of Symphony No. 1 in G minor Nielsen played in the second violin section. The booklet for the Blomstedt set of Symphonies 1 - 3 states that the work was premiered by the Royal Danish Orchestra in 1894, then it says that "Nielsen himself played among the second violins." Does that mean that he stayed in the second violins for the premiere of his own Symphony, or does it just mean that he normally played in that section? Del_arte

I think you're right, I made a mistake. According to Kenneth Thompson's A Dictionary of 20th Century Composers, Nielsen didn't conduct the premiere of his first symphony, Johan Svendsen did. Possibly I got my wires crossed and mistakenly looked at the entry for the second symphony or something when I first wrote the article. Anyway, it's fixed now. --Camembert

"I would like the picture that Carl Nielsen saw and later on inspired him to compose his Symphony No. 2 - The Four Temperaments"" Does anyone have this picture..

You can contack me on this adress... jacoblarsen@stofanet.dk www.academicbrass.dk

Thank you

Regarding Nielsen's birthplace, I have liner notes that say he was born in the village of Norre-Lyndelse, on the island of Fyn. Is this within Sortelung, or simply erroneous?--Ancientautumn 03:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Nielsen's autobiography "My childhood" begins:

On the 9th of June, 1865, my mother had a bad but, I suppose, a happy day. My parents lived in a little cottage in the middle of a field in the parish of Nørre-Lyndelse in Funen [Fyn's English name]. The district is called Sortelung.