Nielsen

(nél’-sén), (1) Carl, NorreLyndelse, Fiinen Island, June 9, 1864 —Copenhagen, Oct. 2, 1931; important Danish composer; pupil of Gade, member of the Copenhagen court orch., and from 1904 a istant cond. Svendsen; a oc. dir., Copenhagen R. Cons.; c. 6 symph., No. 2 “The Four Seasons,” overture, “ Helios,’ opera “Saul and David’ (Copenhagen, 1902); chorus with orch., ‘“ Hymnus amoris”; chamber music, etc. (2) Ludolf, b. Nérre-Tolde, Zealand, Jan. 209, 1876; pupil Copenhagen and Leipzig Cons.; viola player in Andersen’s orch.; c. opera ‘‘Mascarade” (Copenhagen 1906), etc. (3) Alice, b. Nashville, Tenn., 1876; soprano; sang with Boston i ans Light Op. Co.; later in London; op. début at Naples, 1903 as “Marguerite”; also sang at Covent Garden; with Met. Op. Co., rg1o, and with touring companies.