Carl Nielsen's 'Aladdin' (VII)
Carl Nielsen's 'Aladdin' (VII)

(left) ‘Melpomene’ ~
part two of my listening guide to
Carl Nielsen’s score for ‘Aladdin’.

(The second evening of the 1919 production of
Adam Oehlenschlager's drama 'Aladdin ~ or
the Wonderful Lamp', for which Nielsen wrote
the music, was named after ‘Melpomene’
the classical muse of tragedy)

(right) 'Hindbad in the haunted wood'

Carl Nielsen's 'Aladdin' (VII)

(left) ‘Melpomene’ ~
part two of my listening guide to
Carl Nielsen’s score for ‘Aladdin’.

(The second evening of the 1919 production of
Adam Oehlenschlager's drama 'Aladdin ~ or
the Wonderful Lamp', for which Nielsen wrote
the music, was named after ‘Melpomene’
the classical muse of tragedy)

(right) 'Hindbad in the haunted wood'