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Heise holds a place of honour in the pantheon of Danish music for his "romances" and for the national opera Drot og Marsk (King and Marshal). It is often overlooked that Heise was an internationally oriented composer, and that he also composed a symphony and a score of outstanding chamber works and concert pieces as Bergliot and Tornerose. In Heise's several hundred romances melody, harmony, accompaniment and the choice of texts together reach the zenith of this genre in Denmark. He died far too early at the age of 49. If Heise's romances had been written to German texts, he would have been sure of international fame.
Peter Arnold Heise: Tornerose
Introduction: 'I borgen hist hun hviler'
No. 1: 'Til bon enhver, hvem klokkens lyd har vakt af nattens hvile' (An Old Hermit)
No. 2: 'Jeg horer stemmer hist fra skoven' (The Old Hermit)
No. 3: 'Sa langt jeg kan mindes, dromte jeg om dig' (The Prince, The Old Hermit)
No. 4: 'Gamle, se, dit oje tykkes mig et klaret visdomsvaeld' (The Old Hermit, The Prince)
No. 5: 'Men du - har du mod til at kaste dit blinkende svaerd?' (The Old Hermit, The Prince)
II. At the Briar Castle: No. 6: 'Nu er jeg ene med min skjulte fjende' (The Prince, Briar Rose)
II. At the Briar Castle: No. 7: 'Stralende sol, hvor var du sa laenge?'
II. At the Briar Castle: No. 8: 'Alle mine duer, vagner, vagner' (Briar Rose, The Prince, The Old He
Peter Arnold Heise: Bergliot
No. 1 I dag Kong Harald ma hold tingfred
No. 2 Hvor sandet hvirvler ned over vejen!
No. 3 Kor frem med karmen
No. 4 Kaeden sig spraenger
No. 5 Falden er herligste hodvding i Norden
No. 6 Op! Op! Bondemaend! Han er falden!
No. 7 O bonder, hor mig, min husbond er falden
No. 8 Laeg ham pa karmen, ham og sonnen!
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Introduction: 'I borgen hist hun hviler'