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Peter Heise
Peter Heise (11 February 1830 – 12 September 1879) was a Danish composer, best known for the opera Drot og Marsk (King and Marshal). Heise's parents tried to press him into becoming a lawyer, but he scored highly in music at school, so he changed direction. He began writing songs at the age of 19. As a young man he collected several hundred folk songs directly from ordinary people. He used these tunes in Tornerose (Sleeping Beauty) and Bergliot (A Danish historical romance). He studied under Niels Wilhelm Gade, who was a major influence on his style. From 1857 to 1865 he was a teacher and organist at Sorø Academy. He did a setting of Hans Christian Andersen's poem Jylland mellem tvende Have (Jutland between two seas) in 1860. The opera Drot og Marsk tells the story of the murder of a medieval king, and contains some folk ballads. It shows a Wagnerian influence. His setting of the Shakespeare song When I was and a little tiny boy and Five Erotic songs are also in print. Many of his songs, usually for soprano and piano, concern dreams, folk-tales and the Middle Ages. Although his instrumental works are almost uniformly excellent, because of the tremendous popularity of his songs, they were overlooked. Among his chamber music works are 6 string quartets, a piano trio, a piano quintet, and a number of instrumental sonatas His Piano Quintet in F Major, composed in 1869, was widely regarded as a major work. Unfortunately, the work remained in manuscript for 140 years. However, in 2009, the world premiere edition of the parts to the Quintet was published by Edition Silvertrust. They have also reprinted his Cello Sonata (1867) and his Two Fantasy Pieces for Cello and Piano. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 11, 1830 (Copenhagen), Died September 12, 1879 (Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1906 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-4100 | 10-in. | 12/6/1906 | Gold er den Jord | Johannes Herskind | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-4101 | 10-in. | 12/6/1906 | Liden Karen | Johannes Herskind | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-19026 | 10-in. | 1/9/1917 | Der var en Svend | Axel Jorgensen | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19453 | 10-in. | 4/6/1917 | Arme Hjerte! er du traet | Mischa Léon | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19920 | 10-in. | 5/18/1917 | Liden Karen | Mischa Léon | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19952 | 10-in. | 5/24/1917 | Arnes sang | Inga Örner | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19961 | 10-in. | 5/29/1917 | Vaagn of din slummer | Mischa Léon | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-20277 | 10-in. | 8/2/1917 | Vaagn af din Slummer | Carsten Woll | Male vocal solo, with orchestra and piano | composer | |
Victor | B-23542 | 10-in. | 12/22/1919 | Herre konge, bliv her! | Poul Björnskjold | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-23876 | 10-in. | 3/31/1920 | Liden Karen | Carl Struve | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-43700 | 10-in. | 4/4/1928 | Dans, ropte felen | St. Olaf Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer | |
Victor | BS-065619 | 10-in. | 5/16/1941 | Skoveensomhed | Lauritz Melchior ; Ignace Strasfogel | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BS-065620 | 10-in. | 5/16/1941 | Foraarssang (Spring song) | Lauritz Melchior ; Ignace Strasfogel | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1915-09-16-06] | Not documented | 9/16/1915 | Vaagn af din stummer | Aage Wang-Holm | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 39642 | 10-in. | 11/27/1914 | Liden Karen | Inga Örner | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39771 | 10-in. | 1/13/1915 | Örnen löfter med starke slag | Per Biorn | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 39773 | 10-in. | 1/13/1915 | Bergmanden | Per Biorn | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 45799 | 10-in. | 6/21/1915 | Husker du i most? | Enrico Palmetto | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 84441 | 10-in. | approximately June 1918 | Jylland mellem tvende have | Poul Björnskjold | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 446ah | 10-in. | Aug. 1910 | Jylland mellem tvende have | Herrekoret Bel Canto | Male vocal chorus | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Heise, Peter," accessed September 4, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104623.
Heise, Peter. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 4, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104623.
"Heise, Peter." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 September 2024.
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LCNAR: Heise, Peter, 1830-1879 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84130331
Wikidata: Peter Heise - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2075603
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/22331983
MusicBrainz: Peter Heise - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c5a37833-842b-4fc3-a7c8-6a6c29814c74
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