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General Information
| Work Title
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Serenade
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| Alternative. Title
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See! Luften er stille (The blue waves are sleeping)
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| Composer
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Nielsen, Carl
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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CNW 277
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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ICN 167
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| Key
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B-flat major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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Allegretto
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1886-88
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| Librettist
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Caralis (Caspara Preetzman, 1792-1876)
- after Jeremiah Joseph Callanan (1795⋅1829)
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| Language
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Danish
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voice, piano
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| External Links
|
Nielsen catalogue
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During his student years, Nielsen composed songs to texts by English poets in a Danish translation by Christian Preetzmann. It is probable that his music theory teacher Orla Rosenhoff was the instigator.