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Ludolf Nielsen
12+ albums
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Ludolf Nielsen (January 29, 1876 – October 16, 1939) was a Danish composer, violinist, conductor, and a pianist. Today he is considered as one of the most important Danish composers of the early 1900s (together with the more famous Carl Nielsen). Nielsen was born in Nørre Tvede, Denmark, although his family lacked any musicians Ludolf took to music at a very young age. After a few years of taking violin lessons from local fiddlers, when he was eight he played at local festivals and other country occasions. In his mid-teens, he moved to Copenhagen, which exposed to a much more musical society. When he was 19, Ludolf won a scholarship to the Danish Royal Academy of Music from a contest. There, he studied violin, piano, and music theory. Supposedly, his composing talents were self-taught. When he was about 20, Nielsen started composing music, and Tivoli Orchestra hired him as a violinist. Some of his works were performed in 1899, but his first major success was with the symphonic poem Regnar Lodbrog which gained him an additional scholarship that let him spend time in the musically rich city of Leipzig, there he composed a few string quartets and had them published. He returned to Copenhagen and was conductor of the Trivoli Orchestra. In 1902, he composed his First Symphony, and between 1903 – 1905 a tone poem From the Mountains. Just after his marriage in 1907 Nielsen composed a Romance for Violin (1908) and his Second Symphony (1907 – 1909). Like many other artists, World War
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Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 3: III. Andante lento, pastorale
622String Quartet No. 3 in C Major, Op. 41: I. Allegretto pastorale
503Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 3: IV. Andante lento. Allegro maestoso
414Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 3: II. Allegretto agevole
365Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 3: I. Andante con moto. Poco piu moto
346String Quartet No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 5: III. Andante lento
277Hjortholm. Tonebillede, Op. 53
258Nocturne lyrique, Op. 48
229Symphony No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 3: I. The Castle Ruin
2010Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 3: I. Andante con molto. Poco più moto
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Nielsen: String Quartets 2 & 3
Nielsen: Symphony No. 3
Nielsen: Tower of Babel (The) / Forest Walk
Nielsen, L.: Symphony No. 3 / Hjortholm
L. Nielsen: Orchestral Works
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Nielsen, L.: Symphony No. 2 / Concert Overture
Nielsen, L.: Symphony No. 1 / From the Mountains
Ludolf Nielsen: Lackschmi, Op. 45
Nielsen: Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 1 & From The Montains (perf. Frank Kramer: Danish Philharmonic Orchestra)
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6 - Andante tranquillo e Scherzo
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