# Carl Nielsen

> Denmark's most prominent composer spent sixteen years playing second violin in the national orchestra while writing symphonies that wouldn't crack the international repertoire until decades after his death.

*Danish composer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Born:** 1865-06-09
- **Died:** 1931-10-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born to poor but musical parents on Funen in 1865, Nielsen played in a military band before entering the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1884. He premiered his Suite for Strings at 23, then took a second violin chair in the Royal Danish Orchestra in 1889, playing under Johan Svendsen for sixteen years while composing on the side. The works from 1897 to 1904 — his "psychological" period — reflected a turbulent marriage to sculptor Anne Marie Brodersen. He taught at the Academy from 1916 until his death, writing six symphonies, a Wind Quintet, and concertos that broke from Brahms and Grieg into progressive tonality and stranger territory. His final symphony, Sinfonia semplice, came in 1924–25. He died of a heart attack in 1931, a musical outsider in life, buried in Vestre Cemetery while the world caught up later.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 17.6 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 24.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 89.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://carlnielsen.dk
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0630753/ (@nm0630753)
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## Topics
#Musicians, #Singer / Musician, #Classical, #Stand Up, #19th Century

## Sources
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