Music of Denmark

The greatest influence on the evolution of music in Denmark has certainly been the monarchy. At the time of his coronation in 1448, [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]] engaged a permanent corps of trumpeters, and by 1519 the court had a corps of court singers and an instrumental ensemble as well. The collections of works used by the chapel royal under [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]] in the middle of the 16th century were based on Dutch, Italian, French and German masters. [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]] spent considerable sums of money on training local musicians and bringing foreign masters to Denmark. [[Mogens Pedersøn]], one of his Danish musicians who had studied in [[Venice]] under [[Giovanni Gabrieli]], became one of Denmark's most important composers of church music. His principal work ''Pratum spirituale'' was a collection of 21 Danish hymns in five-part settings, a mass in five parts, three Latin [[motet]]s and a number of Danish and Latin choral responses. It was published in [[Copenhagen]] in 1620 and is still performed today.[http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Mogens_Pederson/21432.htm "Pederson, Mogens (1580–1628)", Naxos.com]. Retrieved 10 March 2010.

The greatest influence on the evolution of music in Denmark has certainly been the monarchy. At the time of his coronation in 1448, [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]] engaged a permanent corps of trumpeters, and by 1519 the court had a corps of court singers and an instrumental ensemble as well. The collections of works used by the chapel royal under [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]] in the middle of the 16th century were based on Dutch, Italian, French and German masters. [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]] spent considerable sums of money on training local musicians and bringing foreign masters to Denmark. [[Mogens Pedersøn]], one of his Danish musicians who had studied in [[Venice]] under [[Giovanni Gabrieli]], became one of Denmark's most important composers of church music. His principal work ''Pratum spirituale'' was a collection of 21 Danish hymns in five-part settings, a mass in five parts, three Latin [[motet]]s and a number of Danish and Latin choral responses. It was published in [[Copenhagen]] in 1620 and is still performed today.[http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Mogens_Pederson/21432.htm "Pederson, Mogens (1580–1628)", Naxos.com]. Retrieved 10 March 2010.

Under the influence of [[Louis XIV of France]], music for the theatre was established in Denmark during the reigns of [[Frederick III of Denmark|Frederik III]] and [[Christian V of Denmark|Christian V]] when lavish court ballets were performed. This soon led to opera and the performance of ''Der vereinigte Götterstreit'' composed by Povl Christian Schindler on Christian's birthday in 1689. Although it was a great success, there was little interest in opera after the theatre caught fire a few days later causing 180 deaths.[http://home.online.no/~cfscheel/brand.htm Louis Bobé, "Operahusets Brand paa Amalienborg den 19. April 1689"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031225312/http://home.online.no/~cfscheel/brand.htm |date=31 October 2015 }}, Emil Bergmanns Forlag, København 1886. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 10 February 2010.

Under the influence of [[Louis XIV]] of France, music for the theatre was established in Denmark during the reigns of [[Frederick III of Denmark|Frederik III]] and [[Christian V of Denmark|Christian V]] when lavish court ballets were performed. This soon led to opera and the performance of ''Der vereinigte Götterstreit'' composed by Povl Christian Schindler on Christian's birthday in 1689. Although it was a great success, there was little interest in opera after the theatre caught fire a few days later causing 180 deaths.[http://home.online.no/~cfscheel/brand.htm Louis Bobé, "Operahusets Brand paa Amalienborg den 19. April 1689"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031225312/http://home.online.no/~cfscheel/brand.htm |date=31 October 2015 }}, Emil Bergmanns Forlag, København 1886. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 10 February 2010.

In 1569, shortly after the [[Reformation in Denmark-Norway and Holstein|Reformation]], Denmark's first hymn book, ''Thomesens Salmebog'', was published with music for the individual hymns.

In 1569, shortly after the [[Reformation in Denmark-Norway and Holstein|Reformation]], Denmark's first hymn book, ''Thomesens Salmebog'', was published with music for the individual hymns.