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The book series "Danske Komponister" (Danish composers) are now available in Dacapo's webshop

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The book series "Danske Komponister" (Danish composers) are now available in Dacapo's webshop

The book series "Danske Komponister" (Danish composers) makes an interesting reading about the history of the Danish musical life, and focuses among other things on overlooked female composers. The book series can now be purchased at Dacapo's webshop, and are available in Danish only.

New release
15 July 2021

The book series “Danske Komponister” (Danish composers) presents a number of composers, who in spite of their talent have remained relatively unknown for most people. The series is currently consisting of four titles, with more to come.

An overlooked female composer in a male dominated field

The newest addition to the series is a about the two female composers Hilda Sehested (1858-1936) and Nancy Dalberg (1881-1949). In spite of their unquestionable musical talent, they both had a lot of difficulties in becoming recognized in a male dominated world.

In September last year, Dalberg's three string quartets was released in a new recording by the acclaimed Nordic String Quartet. The recording was very well received in Denmark and abroad, and has recently been nominated for the P2 Music Award 2020 which will be awarded on 8 February 2020.

Rediscoveries of remarkable composers

The book series also presents another interesting woman in the Danish musical life: the electronic pioneer Else Marie Pade (1924-2016). Dacapo has released four recordings with the major works by this remarkable composer, who in 2001 experienced an unexpected rediscovery and new-found recognition around the world.

In addition, the book series also contains a portrait of Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939), one of the last Danish romantics and composer of the large-scale symphonic poem The Tower of Babel among others, and August Enna (1859-1939), the colourful and once very popular composer mainly known for the operas Kleoptra and The little match girl.

The books are only available in Danish. 

Dacapo has released a large number of works by the five interesting Danish composer portrayed in the book series.
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    Tekla Griebel Wandall, Thomas Husted Kirkegaard

    Danske Komponister – Tekla Griebel Wandall

    Tekla Griebel Wandall var en farverig og bredtfavnende kunstner og en pioner i dansk musik.

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    Thorvald Aagaard, Oluf Ring, Povl Christian Balslev

    Danske Komponister – Thorvald Aagaard og Oluf Ring

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    J.P.E. Hartmann, Carl Nielsen, Thomas Laub, Thorvald Aagaard, Poul Schierbeck, Peter Heise, Bo Holten, Oluf Ring, Harald Balslev, Bo Gunge, Marianne Søgaard, Ernst A. Kiørboe, N.K. Madsen-Stensgaard, Haakon Elmer, Henrik Rung, Emil Hornemann

    Songs from the Borderland

    The history of the Danish-German borderland can be told through songs, here sung by Danish elite vocal ensemble Musica Ficta and conducted by Bo Holten.

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    Otto Malling, Mikael Garnæs

    Danske Komponister – Otto Malling

    Dansk musiks førstemand var i sin ungdom en progressiv skikkelse, der var interesseret i nye tendenser fra udlandet, men Otto Mallings senere konservatisme præger hans eftermæle.

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    Otto Malling, Ludolf Nielsen, P.E. Lange-Müller, August Enna, Carl Nielsen, Louis Glass, Niels W. Gade, Johan Svendsen

    Romance

    A personal selection of rarely heard items from the classical Danish repertoire for violin from the decades around the turn of the 20th century

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    Lisbeth Ahlgren Jensen, Hilda Sehested, Nancy Dalberg

    Danske Komponister – Hilda Sehested og Nancy Dalberg

    Nok havde de en begunstiget social baggrund til fælles, men at de også begge oplevede personlige tragedier, der påvirkede deres muligheder for at komponere.

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    Nancy Dalberg

    De tre strygekvartetter

    The acclaimed Nordic String Quartet here presents the first complete recording of Dalberg's quartets – as a conversation with great statements and good arguments.

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    Henrik Marstal, Else Marie Pade

    Danske Komponister – Else Marie Pade

    Bogen om Else Marie Pade, den elektroniske pionér i 1950’erne, der siden blev næsten totalt glemt, men i 2001 fik en uventet genopdagelse, der gjorde hende anerkendt i ind- og udland.

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    Else Marie Pade

    Aquarellen über das Meer; Illustrations

    World premiere of two colourful works by the \grandmother of electronic music\\, Else Marie Pade\

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    Jens Cornelius, Ludolf Nielsen

    Danske Komponister – Ludolf Nielsen

    Bogen om en af Danmarks kendte komponister i begyndelsen af 1900-tallet – et stort talent, der fornyede den romantiske musiktradition i Danmark.

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    Ludolf Nielsen

    The Tower of Babel

    A visionary large-scale work by the Symbolist composer in a world premiere recording

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    Steen Chr. Steensen, August Enna

    Danske Komponister – August Enna

    Berømt for operaer som Heksen, Kleopatra og Aucassin og Nicolete, men efter hans død gik August Enna mere eller mindre i glemmebogen.

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    Alexander Zemlinsky, August Enna

    The Little Match Girl; Die Seejungfrau

    Zemlinsky meets Danish opera in a double tribute to Hans Christian Andersen

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    Bertel Krarup, Niels Viggo Bentzon

    Danske Komponister – Niels Viggo Bentzon

    Bogen om Niels Viggo Bentzon, en af Danmarks kendteste og mest farverige kunstnere. Som komponist producerede han nærmest uafbrudt og nåede op på godt 660 opusnumre inden for stort set alle genrer.

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    Niels Viggo Bentzon

    The Tempered Piano

    Per Salo here turns to Bentzon’s huge-scale piano cycle The Tempered Piano. Everywhere Bentzon broke new ground – ground far from the golden mean.

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    Paul von Klenau, Steen Chr. Steensen

    Danske Komponister – Paul von Klenau

    Paul von Klenau har befundet sig i et mørke efter sin død, på grund af holdninger der flugtede med den nazistiske ideologi. Denne bog peger på kvaliteterne i Klenaus musik og giver mulighed for refleksion over et menneske, hans kunst og eftermæle.

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    Paul von Klenau

    Symphony No. 9

    The magnificent symphony that was found in a plastic bag in Vienna after 50 years

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    Bent Lorentzen, Lars Ole Bonde

    Danske Komponister – Bent Lorentzen

    Bent Lorentzen var en sjælden kombination af avantgardist og pædagog. En folkelig modernist, som besad både alvor og stor humor, og som fandt inspiration usædvanlige steder.

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    Bent Lorentzen

    Erotic Hymns

    Intense music for baritone and organ, where the religious and the erotic meet to texts from three centuries.

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    Emil Hartmann, Inger Sørensen

    Danske Komponister – Emil Hartmann

    Den første bog om Emil Hartmann – en af dansk musiks mest usædvanlige personligheder, som var født ind i Danmarks største musikdynasti, men kæmpede for at komme ud af sin berømte fars skygge.

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    Emil Hartmann

    Chamber Music

    The perfect showcase for the romantic flair of Emil Hartmann

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    Victor Bendix, Jens Cornelius

    Danske Komponister – Victor Bendix

    Victor Bendix var elev af Liszt og en karismatisk berømthed i dansk musik, men hans privatliv var offentligt kendt og blev betragtet som skandaløst.