The Carl Nielsen Correspondence (A Digital Resource for the Complete Letters and Diaries)

This extensive body of digitized and searchable material offers a unique, first-hand perspective on more than half a century of European musical and cultural history, seen through the eyes of one of the most significant composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The website functions as a research-oriented web application, allowing users to:

• read letters and diary entries from the 1880s until Nielsen’s death in 1931

• follow Nielsen’s correspondence with specific individuals

• trace discussions of particular compositions across the correspondence

• access contextual information on works mentioned (including CNW numbers, links to scores, contemporary commentary, and performance history), with links to additional information from The Royal Danish Library

• view original facsimiles alongside Danish texts and English translations

The Carl Nielsen Correspondence is based on Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven, the twelve-volume scholarly edition edited by John Fellow and published by Multivers between 2005 and 2015. The digital project was directed by Henrik Borberg, with translations by John Mason, Anne-Marie Reynolds, David Fanning, Catherine Venner, and Nanna Staugaard Villagomez, and editorial consultation from Michael Fjeldsøe and Peter O’Connell Hauge.

The project has been generously supported by the Augustinus Foundation, the Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen Foundation, and the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Foundation.

We hope this open-access resource will be of interest to scholars, musicians, educators, journalists, and all those engaged with classical music and modern European cultural history worldwide. We would be grateful if you would consider sharing or referencing the project within your networks or coverage.