Carl Nielsen: Five Piano Pieces Op.3

Carl Nielsen is perhaps the best known Danish composer and this volume contains his Five Piano Pieces Op. 3. There is an interesting range of feeling and sentiment in the 5 intimate miniatures composed in 1890.  Includes the following movements: Folk Tune Humoresque Arabesque  Mignon and Elf-Dance. With Carl Nielsen Danish musical life moved into the 20th century. Composing works in almost every genre - opera and music for the stage orchestral music concertos choral works chamber music Organ and Piano music and songs - he created a prominent position for himself in international musical life. Carl Nielsen stands out as one of the most significant symphonists of this century. His concertos and chamber music also have an important place in the international repertoire and his two operas have won considerable recognition not only in Denmark but throughout the world.

The purpose of this critical revision of Carl Nielsen's Five Piano Pieces is to present a score which accurately reflects the composer's intentions and musical ideas and to provide a guide for understanding the composition within the context of Nielsen's artistic and intellectual development. The piece is scored for Piano solo.

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) was a Danish musician often seen as his country’s greatest composer who now occupies a distinguished platform in the national and cultural heritage of his native Denmark. The Carl Nielsen Edition is an independent project which aims to publish all of his finished works in the version last approved by the composer. Each piece has an introduction which tells the story behind the work and its place in his oeuvre and a critical commentary which gives an account of the source material and any editorial changes both given in the same volume as the music. Piano And Organ Works contains: Piano works:Five Piano Pieces Op.3; Symphonic Suite Op.8; Humoresque-Bagatelles Op.11; Festival Prelude for the New Century; A Dream about 'Silent Night'; Chaconne Op.32; Theme and Variations Op.40; Suite Op.45; Three Piano Pieces; Piano Music for Young and Old I Op.53; Piano Music for Young and Old II Op.53; Piano Piece. Organ works: 29 Little Preludes Op.51; Two Preludes; Melody; Commotio Op.58.

Volume 1 in this fantastic collection of 24 Five-tone pieces in all keys from Opus 53. This critical edition is designed to accurately reflect Nielsen's intentions and musical ideas and to provide a guide to understanding the composition within the context of his artistic and intellectual development.