Helios Overture
Carl Nielsen's ''Helios Overture'', Opus 17, is a concert overture which was first performed by the Royal Danish Orchestra, conducted by Johan Svendsen, on 8 October 1903 in the large hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion, Copenhagen, Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen. Overview Besides his well-known Carl Nielsen#2.1, six symphonies, the Danish composer Carl Nielsen wrote many short orchestral works, one of the most famous being the ''Helios Overture''. In 1902, Nielsen signed a contract with the publisher Edition Wilhelm Hansen, Wilhelm Hansen, which allowed him to go to Athens, Greece, to join his wife Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, who was one of the first sculptors allowed to make copies of the bas-reliefs and statues in the Acropolis Museum. Anne Marie, who had been granted the Ancker Award, was studying Greek art, while Nielsen, being a man of many interests, was interested in archaeology.
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Carl Nielsen In 1901
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