J. P. E. Hartmann: Guldhornene (The Gold Horns) op. 11.
Music and Theatre Department, Hartmann’s Collection Tv 2º

P. 3: The beginning of The Gold Horns	P. 4: Continued

P. 23: Here the finding of the first gold horn is described	P. 24: Continued

In the Danish poet Adam Oehlenschläger’s Digte, 1803 (Poems, 1803) one can find the poem “Guldhornene” (The Gold Horns), that describes the finding, theft, and melting down of the two gold horns from the Iron Age – a famous incident in Danish criminal history. It was perpetrated by a goldsmith with financial troubles, who had previously been convicted of forgery of banknotes, Niels Heidenreich, in 1802.
To his recitation of Oehlenschläger’s poem in 1832 the actor N.P. Nielsen wanted suitable musical accompaniment. He contacted the composer C.E.F. Weyse, who referred him to the young J.P.E. Hartmann (1805-1900). Hartmann turned out to have a pronounced sense of the changing moods in the text. The melodrama can be said to herald romanticism in Danish music.

23.8 x 30.7 cm.

See the entire manuscript on the website of the Music and Theatre Department J.P.E. Hartmann: The Gold Horns, op. 11 (only in Danish) or visit the website Hartmann Online (only in Danish).

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