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CARL BERGSTRØM-NIELSEN

CATALOGUE OF PUBLISHED WORKS

ALL WORKS HAVE TEXT IN ENGLISH AS WELL AS IN DANISH. WORKS WITH TEXT IN DANISH ONLY ARE NOT LISTED HERE (PLEASE SEE DANISH LIST).

WITH "ENSEMBLE AD LIB." THE COMPOSER IS PRIMARILY THINKING OF A GROUP SIZE BETWEEN 3 AND 12 MUSICIANS. NOTE HOWEVER, THE INDIVIDUAL REMARKS FOR EXCEPTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. SINGERS ARE NOT EXCLUDED.

WORKS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE SOCIETY FOR PUBLISHING DANISH MUSIC. FOR INQUIRIES AND ORDERS: CLICK HERE FOR E-MAIL TO THE SOCIETY.

ENQUIRIES TO THE COMPOSER, ALSO INFORMATION ABOUT WORKS NOT PUBLISHED ETC: CLICK HERE FOR E-MAIL.

LAST REVISION: 5/4 2001.

Works on CD, vinyl and cassette

ESPECIALLY RECOMMENDED:

THE COLLECTION "POSTCARD-COMPOSITIONS" - EIGHT DIFFERENT PIECES PRINTED ON POSTCARDS.
See it and listen to an excerpt here from www.open-space.dk!
THE COLLECTION "FROM THE DANISH SEASONS". 50 DIFFERENT IMPROVISATIONAL PIECES ARRANGED IN DIFFERENT SERIES

PLEASE LOOK RIGHT BELOW!

TITLES OF COLLECTIONS ARE MARKED WITH

YELLOW

TITLE	INSTRUMENTS	NOTATION	DURATION	YEAR
POSTCARD-COMPOSITIONS:
POSTCARD-MUSIC See it and listen to an excerpt here from www.open-space.dk!	ENSEMBLE AD LIB. (CONTRASTING PARTS RECOMM.)	MIXED	AD LIB.	1976
	ENSEMBLE AD LIB.	MIXED	AD LIB.	1976
SEA-GAME	ENSEMBLE AD LIB.	SYMBOLS AND TEXT	AD LIB. (RECOMM.: MEDIUM TO LONG)	1976
TEXTMUSIC III	ENSEMBLE AD LIB.	TEXT. PLAYING CARDS REQUIRED.	AD LIB.	1975
CONTRAST-GAME	ENSEMBLE AD LIB.	TEXT GRAPHICALLY ARRANGED	AD LIB.	1980
ONE NOTE-GAME	ENSEMBLE AD LIB.	TEXT GRAPHICALLY ARRANGED	AD LIB.	1980
PUZZLE-GAME	ENSEMBLE AD LIB.	TEXT GRAPH. ARR. - PART TO BE PUT TOGETHER BY INDIV. MUSICIAN	AD LIB.	1980
FILL OUT-GAME	ENSEMBLE AD LIB.	GRAPHIC FRAMEWORK TO BE FILLED OUT BY INDIV. MUSICIAN	AD LIB.	1980

Postcard-Compositions: from Postcard-Music and Sea-Game

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TITLE	INSTRUMENTS	NOTATION	DURATION	YEAR
FROM THE DANISH SEASONS	Solo or ensemble ad lib.	Graphic and verbal	Ad lib.	1996/1999
Contains an introduction and 50 different pieces: Twelve months 1-12; New Year; Intonations 1-3; Sforzandopiano 1-3; Beyond the Edge 1-3; Music States 1-11; Balancing 1-3; Clean and Dirty 1-4; Graphic Journeys 1-3; From a Centre 1-7.	(Please see illustration underneath) *"Ein gelungenes Buch. Anschaffen!! / A book that succeeds. Purchase it!!"* Matthias Schwabe, Ringgespräch über Gruppenimprovisation , März 2000.	*"Very interesting, with thoughtful ways of promoting creative music making"* (Barry Guy)	*"Fortunately, you do not only have much fantasy, but also much humor"* (Erhard Karkoschka)

From the Danish Seasons: From Graphic Journeys 2

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FROM HERE ON, ENTRIES ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER (COLLECTIONS, HOWEVER, BY FIRST YEAR):

TITLE	INSTRUMENTS	NOTATION	DURATION	YEAR
ONE-CELLED ORGANISMS	ORGAN	TRADITIONAL	10'	1971
QUADRIVIUM	PIANO SOLO	MIXED	C. 10	1972
BASSOONISMS	THREE BASSOONS	TRAD. W. SOME EXPANSIONS	C. 5'	1972
SONATA FOR HORN QUARTET	4 FRENCH HORNS (B) 4 FRENCH HORNS (B)	TRAD. W. SOME EXPANSIONS	C. 10'	1973-74
FIVE PIECES FOR ORGAN	ORGAN	OPTICAL W. GRAPHIC SIGNS FOR SPECIFIED TYPES OF CLUSTERS	C. 8'	1973
MIMESIS I (PARTS)	WIND QUINTET	MIXED (TEXTS AND NOTES)	C. 5-8'	1974

From Mimesis I.

TITLE	INSTRUMENTS	NOTATION	DURATION	YEAR
TEXTMUSIC
TEXTMUSIC I (ANTI-MUSIC)	ENSEMBLE AD LIB. OR SOLO	TEXT	AD LIB.	1975
TOWARDS A CENTRE	ENSEMBLE AD LIB. OR SOLO	TEXT	AD LIB.	1977
IF-THEN, PIECES I-V	ENSEMBLE AD LIB.	TEXT	AD LIB.	1979
RETURN TO ZERO (TEXT TO BE READ: FREDERIC RJZEWSKI)	LARGE ENSEMBLE AD LIB. (UP TO 50)	TEXT	AD LIB.	1986

RETURN TO ZERO IS ESPECIALLY FIT FOR AMATEURS WITH NO SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC. INSTRUMENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED.

IF-THEN, PIECES VI-IX

ENSEMBLE AD LIB.

TEXT

AD LIB.

87,88, 91

(see above)

MAKE SOUNDS WITH YOUR BREATHING AND MOUTH, BUT WITHOUT THE VOICE (LIKE SCH, FFF ETC.)

O R (FREE CHOICE IN ANY MOMENT)

IMITATE EXACTLY IN SOUND WHAT ANOTHER PLAYER IS DOING

...

From Return to Zero

IF YOU THINK THE MUSIC IS COMPLICATED CONCENTRATE ON THE FEELING WITH YOUR INSTRUMENT

IF YOU THINK THE MUSIC IS SIMPLE (...)

From If-Then IV

FANFARES FOR EVERYDAY LIFE

(SCORE)

FOUR FRENCH HORNS

TRADITIONAL

C. 8'

1977

From Fanfares for Everyday Life

SOUND MAPS 78-82:
TITLE	INSTRUMENTS	NOTATION	DURATION	YEAR
JOKER-GAME	ENSEMBLE AD LIB.	MIXED	AD LIB.	1978
RADIATIONS	ENSEMBLE AD LIB. PREF. MEDIUM TO LARGE SIZE (FROM 6 PLAYERS)	TEXTS ARRANGED GRAPHICALLY	AD LIB. (RECOMM. AS A LONG PIECE)	1978
FRANKFURT(M) HAUPTBAHNHOF ACHT UHR ZEHN	ENSEMBLE AD LIB.	SYMBOLS AND INSTRUCTION	AD LIB. (WARNING: THIS PIECE MAY BE INTERPRETED AS A JOKE!)	1982

DANCE OF THE RANDOM DIGITS

SAXOPHONE QUARTET

(s, a , t, bar)

TRAD. W. SOME EXPANSIONS

C. 14'

1979

From Sound Maps 78-82: excerpts from Joker-Game and Radiations

TITLE	INSTRUMENTS	NOTATION	DURATION	YEAR
NÅR DE MAGTHAVENDE...	SOLO VOICE (ANY KIND)	SPATIAL	C. 4'	1980
MO, FOL. 115 VERSO - 117 RECTO REVISITED	FOUR MELODY INSTRUMENTS (RANGE C'-D'' AND bb-D'') NOTATION IN C; HOWEVER, LONG VERSION HAS ONE PART IN BB	TRADITIONAL	VERSIONS MAY BE CREATED BY USER. WRITTEN OUT VERSIONS OF 6' AND 15'	1982F

MINIMALISTIC PIECE, ENTIRELY BASED ON A MIDDLE AGE MOTET.

From Mo, Fol. 115 verso - 117 recto Revisited

IT COULD SEEM LIKE I'VE BEEN LAZY AS A COMPOSER DURING THE NINETIES, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF UNPUBLISHED WORK AND A LOT OF STUFF WITH DANISH TEXT ONLY. PLEASE INQUIRE.

TITLE	INSTRUMENTS	NOTATION	DURATION	YEAR
PAUSES	AD. LIB	GRAPHIC ELEMENTS, TEXTS IN DANISH AND ENGLISH	AD. LIB	1992

From Pauses (1992)

HOMMAGE A L'ÈSPACE

ORGAN

TRADITIONALLY NOTATED ELEMENTS, GRAPHICALLY ARRANGED. TEXT IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH

AD. LIB. Minimum 4 minutes

1997

TITLE	INSTRUMENTS	NOTATION	DURATION	YEAR
FRAMEWORKS COLLECTION OF 10 PIECES	ENSEMBLE AD LIB.	GRAPHIC ELEMENTS, TEXTS IN ENGLISH	AD. LIB	2000-2002

Frameworks 5 (excerpt)

For contact to the composer and the publisher, click here.

WORKS AND APPEARANCE ON CD:

EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FROM DENMARK. MPXCD 0296. EXCERPT FROM SEA-GAME. PLAYS IN TWO OTHER PIECES AS WELL. NOT FOR SALE, BUT AVAILABLE AT CERTAIN LIBRARIES.

DIFFERENT MUSIC (SUBTLE PERFUMES OF THE DANCING SCHOOL (TAPE, 1994); Mo fol. 115verso - 117recto). SPOOF KUNST CD002. LIMITED EDITION, SOLD OUT.

DENMARK'S INTUITIVE MUSIC CONFERENCE 1997. FEATURES FREE IMPROVISATION WITH CBN AND 11 OTHER IMPROVISORS. PLEASE CLICK here FOR DETAILS.

FIRE-MUSIC RECORDED 1998 BY THE ENGLISH ENSEMBLE "IST" ON THE ALBUM "GHOST NOTES". SHORT VERSION, 2:19. BRUCE'S FINGERS BF 28(sold by Bruce's Fingers, orders by clicking here. Also by www.angels.dk/ . In case addresses do not work, please write to webmaster )

DENMARK'S INTUITIVE MUSIC CONFERENCE 1998. MESOSTICS MESCD-0006. CBN WITH SIX OTHER IMPROVISORS. CLICK HERE TO SEE COVER, REVIEW AND MORE INFO.

SOUNDPLAY 99. CREATIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL IN KAWAMOTO. MESOSTICS MESCD-0008. MORE THAN 40 JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS PERFORMING CBNs "INDIVIDUALISTIC LOTTERY". Info and orders.

DANISH INTUITIVE MUSIC, IRCD 003: A Meditation on Inner Global Life (1977, opt. 1979, Gruppen for Intuitiv Musik) - Game of Contrasts (1980, opt. 1994, Edges (UK)); Cut it! Sark (1995, opt. 1995, Birkerød Harmonika Orkester).

FULLMOONIMPROVISATIONS 1999/2000. CBN among many other improvisors at outdoor performances in Vanløse, Copenhagen. More info and orders at IR homepage

DENMARK'S INTUITIVE MUSIC CONFERENCE 2000, FUNEN DENMARK. The complete concert at Vor Frue Church, Svendborg, 11th August 2000. CBN among many other improvisors. Mesostics MESCD 0014. Info and orders

The P-ART Project. 12 Portraits. CBN's Hommage de L´´Espace for organ. Limited Edition by P-ART. Info...

SOUND SCAPES. Denmark's Intuitive Music Conference 2001. A portrait of the music made both during the Conference and at a later Copenhagen Concert. Fragment of OPPORTUNITIES by CBN as well as other good stuff. ERMATELL RECORDS JCD 042 (Russian). More info and orders at IR homepage

VINYL RECORD:

GOODIEPAL: CARL BERGSTRØM-NIELSEN CUT. (RE-ARRANGES MATERIAL FROM SUBTLE PERFUMS OF THE DANCING SCHOOL BY CBN, PLEASE SEE ABOVE UNDER CDS. "DIFFERENT MUSIC"), SEPTEMBER 2000. DEMONBAG #9SE - DEMONBAG - 7". Publ. by v/vm: vvm@v-vm.demon.co.uk

www.pelicanneck.com wrote: "Carl Bergstrom delivers devious freejazz, alternative funfair soundtracks and cut n paste pieces into a superb but totally out there piece of music, you
try describing this musical madness, OK if the Rugrats necked down a couple of tabs they still could not come close to realising this idea of music making. Originality at its freshest. Excellent."

GOODIEPAL: 8-12 bit productions and sketches and works by: Anker Fjeld Simonsen, Carl Bergstrøm-Nielsen, Odd Bjertness, Per Høier. Programmed by Goodiepal. 29,5 cm vinyl record. Goodiepal version of From a Centre 7 (from "From the Danish Seasons, see above) and re-arrangement of a sample from a performance of Pauser (see above). 2000. Publ. by v/vm: vvm@v-vm.demon.co.uk

WORKS ON CASSETTE:

GROUP FOR INTUITIVE MUSIC. JOKER-GAME, REVISION II, FIRE-MUSIC. PUBL. BY THE GROUP, 1980. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR INQUIRIES.

MUSIC FOR TAPE. (MINIMAL BLUES II, 1984, FOR TAPE). PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR INQUIRIES.

NEW DANISH MUSIC LIVE SUDM 006: POSTCARD-MUSIC (1976) 4'37 W. VESTJYSK KAMMERENSEMBLE; NÅR DE MAGTHAVENDE...(TEXT: INGER CHRISTENSEN 1980) W. BIRGIT COLDING-JØRGENSEN, 4'05). ALSO WORKS BY FOUR OTHER DANISH COMPOSERS: SVEND AAQUIST JOHANSEN, STEEN PADE, BENT LORENTZEN AND NIELS ROSING-SCHOW. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR INQUIERIES AND ORDERS.

POSTCARD-MUSIC PERFORMED BY A LEADING DANISH SINFONIETTA. ALSO A SMALL VOCAL PIECE.

BUMBLE BEES. SUDM S004: DANCE OF THE ELECTRONIC BUMBLE BEES I OG II + DREAM OF THE BUMBLE BEE (1990). 22', 22' AND 45'. ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRODUCED IN DIEM (DANISH INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC) BY THE COMPOSER. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR INQUIERIES AND ORDERS.

QUASI-MINIMALISTIC, QUASI NEW AGE.

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