Hans Nielsen (1580–1626) was a Danish composer. He was sent with Melchior Borchgrevinck,

Truid Aagesen Truid Aagesen ( fl. 1593–1625) was a Danish composer and organist. His only known published music is a set of secular ''Cantiones'' for three voices which were published in Hamburg in 1608 under his Latinized name, Theodoricus Sistinus. He was al ...

, Wilhelm Egbertsen, and

Mogens Pedersøn Mogens Pedersøn (also ''Mogens Pedersen'', ''Magno Petreo''; c. 1583 – January or February 1623) was a Danish instrumentalist and composer. He is considered the most important Danish-born composer before Buxtehude. Life Early in his career he e ...

to study with

Giovanni Gabrieli Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – 12 August 1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift f ...

in Venice 1599–1600. A result of his studies was his Opus 1 madrigal collection of 1606, published under his Italianized name Giovanni Fonteio. This set of 21 madrigals was the first such collection by a Danish composer, two years before Pedersøn's. He served as

lutenist A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lute" can re ...

at the court of

Christian IV Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years, 330 days is the longest of Danish monarchs and Scandinavian monar ...

as after Pedersøn's death in 1623 Nielsen was promoted to Deputy Kapellmeister, but left the court the following year.Frederick Key Smith ''Nordic Art Music: From the Middle Ages to the Third Millennium'' 2002 Page 6 "... death, the position of deputy Kapellmeister, to which he had been appointed in 1618, was filled by Hans Nielsen"

Works, editions and recordings

* Il primo libro di madrigali, 1606 * T'amo, mia vita from Il primo libro di madrigali, 1606 – on ''Music from the time of Christian IV – Madrigals from the South to the North''.

Emma Kirkby Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby, (; born 26 February 1949) is an English soprano and early music specialist. She has sung on over 100 recordings. Education and early career Kirkby was educated at Hanford School, Sherborne School for Girls in Dorse ...

Consort of Musicke The Consort of Musicke is a British early-music group, founded in 1969 by lutenist Anthony Rooley, the ensemble's Artistic Director. Members of the group have included such well-known artists as sopranos Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb, alto Mary Ni ...

Anthony Rooley Anthony Rooley (born 10 June 1944 in Leeds) is a British lutenist. Career In 1969, Rooley founded and directed the early music ensemble The Consort of Musicke, which continues to be one of the chief vehicles for his inspiration, among many o ...

. BIS

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nielsen, Hans Danish composers Male composers Danish lutenists 1580 births 1626 deaths