Carl Nielsen Monument

Monument in Copenhagen, Denmark

Carl Nielsen Monument

Location| Copenhagen, Denmark
Designer| Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen
Type| Equestrian statue
Material| Bronze and granite
Opening date| 17 December 1939
Dedicated to| Carl Nielsen

The Carl Nielsen Monument, located at the corner of Grønningen and Store Kongensgade in central Copenhagen, Denmark, is a monument to Danish composer Carl Nielsen created by his wife Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. It depicts a young man playing pan-pipes on a wingless Pegasus and is also known as The Genius of Music (Danish: Musikkens Genius). The original plaster model is owned by the Carl Nielsen Museum in Odense.

## Description[edit]

The monument with Grønningen in the background

The monument is an allegorical equestrian statue. Horse and man are depicted in a dynamic pose. The naked young man with pan-pipes represents Pan, god of music in Greek mythology. His face strongly resembles that of a young Carl Nielsen.[1] The Pegasus figure had wings in Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's earlier models but the wings were left out in the final design.

Carl-Nielsen has commented on the design that "What I wanted to show in my figure is the forward movement, the sense of life, the fact that nothing stands still."[2]

## History[edit]

Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen and Pegasus – first model of her Carl Nielsen monument in her studio in Civiletatens Materialgård

Carl Nielsen died on 3 October 1931. The monument was a donation from the Committee for the Creation of a Monument to the Composer Carl Nielsen and the Foundation for the Advancement of Artistic Purposes (Fonden til kunstneriske Formaals Fremme).[3]

Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen was commissioned to design the monument. She worked on it in her studio in Civiletatens Materialgård at Frederiksholms Kanal 26\. She wrote: "I wanted to take the winged horse, eternal symbol of poetry, and place a musician on its back. He was to sit there between the rushing wings blowing a reed pipe out over Copenhagen". Dispute about her design and a shortfall in funding meant that the monument was delayed and that Anne Marie herself ended up subsidising it. It was finally unveiled on 17 December 1939.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Fokus på billedhuggeren Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens produktion". Odense Museum (in Danish). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
2. ^ Lawson 1997, pp. 216–217.
3. ^ "Monument for komponisten Carl Nielsen". sites.itera.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
4. ^ Holmen 1985, pp. 29–31.

Citations

* Holmen, Grethe (1985). "Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen and Anne Marie Telmànyi: Mother and Daughter". Woman's Art Journal. 5 (2): 28–33. doi:10.2307/1357963. JSTOR 1357963.
* Lawson, Jack (1997). Carl Nielsen. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 0-7148-3507-2.

## External links[edit]

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* Image of earlier design
* Kildemoes, Nana (2018). "Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, Musikkens Genius – et hjertebarn". museum odense. Odense. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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Symphonies|

* Symphony No. 1 (1892)
* Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments (1902)
* Symphony No. 3, Sinfonia espansiva (1911)
* Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable (1916)
* Symphony No. 5 (1922)
* Symphony No. 6, Sinfonia semplice (1925)

Concertante|

* Violin Concerto (1911)
* Flute Concerto (1926)
* Clarinet Concerto (1928)

Opera|

* Saul and David (1902)
* Maskarade (1906)

Stage|

* Aladdin (1919)
* The Mother (1920)

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* Hymnus amoris (1896)
* The Sleep (1905)
* Springtime on Funen (1921)

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* Little Suite for Strings (1888)
* Helios Overture (1903)
* Saga Dream (1908)
* At the Bier of a Young Artist (1910)
* Pan and Syrinx (1918)
* An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands (1927)

Chamber|

* String Quartet No. 1 (1889)
* Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano (1890)
* String Quartet No. 2 (1890)
* String Quartet No. 3 (1898)
* String Quartet No. 4 (1906)
* Serenata in vano (1914)
* Wind Quintet (1922)

Miscellaneous|

* Chaconne (1917)
* Three Piano Pieces (1928)
* Three Motets (1929)
* Commotio (1931)
* Songs (list)

Family & friends|

* Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (wife)
* Anne Marie Telmányi (daughter)
* Emil Telmányi (son-in-law)
* Victor Bendix
* Ferruccio Busoni

Teachers|

* Niels Gade
* J. P. E. Hartmann
* Orla Rosenhoff
* Valdemar Tofte
* Royal Danish Academy of Music

Pupils|

* Thorvald Aagaard
* Harald Agersnap
* Emilius Bangert
* Jørgen Bentzon
* Nancy Dalberg
* Knud Jeppesen
* Herman Koppel
* Poul Schierbeck
* Rudolph Simonsen
* Mogens Wöldike

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* Herbert Blomstedt
* Douglas Bostock
* Launy Grøndahl
* Thomas Jensen
* Michael Schønwandt
* Erik Tuxen

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