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Nancy Dalberg
12+ albums
art songClassical20th century romantic
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Nancy Dalberg (July 6, 1881 – September 28, 1949) was a Danish composer. Dalberg grew up on the Danish island of Funen (Fyn) where she learned to play the piano. Her father, a well-off industrialist, refused her wish to study at the Royal Conservatory in Copenhagen and in the end she took private composition lessons from Johan Svendsen, Fini Henriques and Carl Nielsen. Her output was not particularly large and most of her works were written between 1914 and 1935. Her compositions include around 40 songs, orchestral music and chamber works. She was the first Danish woman composer to write a symphony. It was premiered to critical acclaim although it was noted with surprise and perhaps a touch of condescension that Dalberg was a woman. The two strongest influences that can be heard in her music are those of Svendsen and Nielsen although she writes entirely with her own voice. Her chamber music has received the most attention and one of her three string quartets, her Second String Quartet in G minor, Op.14 has entered the repertoire of many Scandinavian ensembles and was recorded on a Dacapo CD in 1999. (Dacapo 8.224138)The parts and score to this work were republished by Edition Silvertrust in June 2007. Writing of Dalberg's String Quartet No.2 in Walter Willson Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music, Wilhelm Altmann, one of the most respected chamber music critics, states: “Nancy Dalberg published this work without giving her forename, and, had I not learned by chance
top songs
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String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: III. Adagio
5,3752String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: II. Scherzo. Allegretto gracioso
753String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: I. Allegro appassionate
594String Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 14: II. Allegro scherzando
445String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: IV. Finale. Vivace
396String Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 14: I. Moderato
387String Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 14: III. Andante con moto e cantabile
378String Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 14: IV. Allegro molto e con spirito
359String Quartet No. 3, Op. 20: II. Allegretto semplice
3110Andante serioso
29albums
Dalberg: The String Quartets
Dalberg : Capriccio
Andante serioso
The String Quartets
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Orchestral & Chamber Music (Rasmussen, Carl Nielsen Quartet, Bertelsen, Elbæk, Danish PO, DaCapo)
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Soenderjyllands Symfoniorkester/Saesonuddrag 2002
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Dansk musik i 1000 år - Senromantisk musik
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Mindful Mix - Chilled classical music for rest and rejuvenation
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Essential Classics - Celebrating classical greats
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Chamber Works
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Mindful Mix - Serene classical music for peace and positivity
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Essential Classics - A classical soundtrack for your morning