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Peter Arnold Heise
Person · male · Kingdom of Denmark · Copenhagen · born 1830 · died 1879 · recording since 1992
Danish composer (1830-1879)
Also known as Peter Heise · 彼得·阿诺德·海斯
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 3◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1830s
1870s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Chamber Music
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2020s
Biography
English biography353 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370795688
Biography
Peter Heise (11 February 1830 – 12 September 1879) was a Danish composer, best known for the opera Drot og Marsk (King and Marshal).
Heise's parents tried to press him into becoming a lawyer, but he scored highly in music at school, so he changed direction. He began writing songs at the age of 19. As a young man he collected several hundred
folk songs directly from ordinary people. He used these tunes in Tornerose (Sleeping Beauty) and
Bergliot (A Danish historical romance). He studied under Niels Wilhelm Gade, who was a major influence on his style. From 1857 to 1865 he was a teacher and organist at Sorø Academy. He did a setting of Hans Christian Andersen's poem Jylland mellem tvende Have (Jutland between two seas) in 1860.
The opera Drot og Marsk tells the story of the murder of a medieval king, and contains some folk ballads. It shows a Wagnerian influence. His setting of the Shakespeare song When I was and a little tiny boy and Five Erotic songs are also in print. Many of his songs, usually for soprano and piano, concern dreams, folk-tales and the Middle Ages. Although his instrumental works are almost uniformly excellent, because of the tremendous popularity of his songs, they were overlooked. Among his chamber music works are 6 string quartets, a piano trio, a piano quintet, and a number of instrumental sonatas.
His Piano Quintet in F Major, composed in 1869, was widely regarded as a major work. Unfortunately, the work remained in manuscript for 140 years. However, in 2009, the world premiere edition of the parts to the Quintet was published by Edition Silvertrust. They have also reprinted his Cello Sonata (1867) and his Two Fantasy Pieces for Cello and Piano.
Personal life
He married Vilhelmine Hage (1838–1912), a daughter of the wealthy merchant Alfred Hage. The couple had no children. They moved from Sorø to Copenhagen in 1865. They first lived at Kongens Nytorv 18 (1866–1867) and then at Kongens Nytorv 6 (demolished) from 1868 to 1879.
They visited Italy in 1861–1862, 1867, 1868–1869 and 1879 and Paris in the spring of 1865.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -113 | 4.8th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 55:14
1Quintet for Piano and Strings in F major: I. Lento a piacere – Allegro energico9:142Quintet for Piano and Strings in F major: II. Larghetto6:483Quintet for Piano and Strings in F major: III. Intermezzo: Vivace, ma non troppo presto3:004Quintet for Piano and Strings in F major: IV. Finale: Lento con espressione – Allegro molto8:135Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor: I. Molto andante – Allegro agitato10:376Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor: II. Intermezzo: Allegretto3:177Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor: III. Allegro animato7:3382 Fantasy Pieces for Cello: No. 1. Agitato ed appassionato3:0492 Fantasy Pieces for Cello: No. 2. Allegretto con espressione3:281993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 37 tracks · 2:37:11
Disc 11Drot og marsk: Overture3:502Drot og marsk: Act I. "Det var sig humleranken" (Aase)2:333Drot og marsk: Act I. "Ah! Bliv mig fra livet, Jørgen!" (Aase, Rane)2:234Drot og marsk: Act I. "Ha, Rane. Du vil jage på egen hånd!" (King Erik, Aase, Rane)2:425Drot og marsk: Act I. "Du lader vente på dig, vakre pige!" (King Erik, Aase)8:216Drot og marsk: Act I. "Op alle mand!" (Young Men, Maids)3:047Drot og marsk: Act I. "Jeg kan mig slet ikke kjende" (Aase, King Erik, Rane)3:168Drot og marsk: Act I. "Vel mødt, marsk Stig!" (King Erik, Marshal, Ingeborg, Aase, Rane, Courtiers)5:539Drot og marsk: Act I. "Aldrig så jeg slig en due" (King Erik, Ingeborg)3:3610Drot og marsk: Act I. "Det var sig jomfru Svanelil" (Rane, Courtiers)3:4211Drot og marsk: Act I. "Kun på hende kongen stirrer" (Aase, Ingeborg, King Erik)2:4812Drot og marsk: Act I. "Stolte riddere, skjønne fruer!" (Rane, Courtiers, Aase)2:4413Drot og marsk: Act I. "I din sans..." (King Erik, Aase)2:3014Drot og marsk: Act I. "Se, hvor himlens skyer røde" (King Erik, Ingeborg, Rane, Courtiers)3:50Disc 21Drot og marsk: Act II. "Den frue sidder på borgen" (Maids, Ingeborg)4:062Drot og marsk: Act II. "Der sprang hans sorte ganger!" (Ingeborg, Marshal's Men)1:473Drot og marsk: Act II. "Hvor er fru Ingeborg?" (Marshal, Ingeborg)12:314Drot og marsk: Act II. "Til tings!" (The People, Count Jacob and Retinue, Jens Grand and Retinue)3:075Drot og marsk: Act II. "Før tinget sættes" (Herald, Jens Grand, King Erik, Marshal)2:416Drot og marsk: Act II. "Jeg skjøtter ej om kongens gods og guld!" (Marshal, Count Jakob, Rane, King Erik, Jens Grand, People)7:417Drot og marsk: Act III. "Så lover I at lokke ham i baghold?" (Marshall, Rane, Conspirators)4:038Drot og marsk: Act III. "En herlig blomsterkost af Danmarks adel!" (Rane, Marshal, Jens Grand, Count Jakob, Arved Bengtsen)11:509Drot og marsk: Act III. "Nu er min sjæl et flammehav" (Ingeborg)0:4510Drot og marsk: Act III. "Stærkt det går mod ufredstide" (Marshall, Ingeborg)6:1611Drot og marsk: Act III. "Til hest, til hest" (Huntsmen, Rane, King Erik)8:54Disc 31Drot og marsk: Act IV. "Et prægtigt ildsted!" (Arved Bengtsen, Count Jacob)3:242Drot og marsk: Act IV. "Ingeborg, min sjæl, mit hjerte!" (Marshal)1:413Drot og marsk: Act IV. "Nej, ingen øjnes!" (Arved Bengtsen, Count Jakob, Conspirators, Marshal)2:164Drot og marsk: Act IV. "Et udbrændt bål!" (King Erik, Rane)2:475Drot og marsk: Act IV. "For hvert et vindpust løvet falder" (Aase)5:196Drot og marsk: Act IV. "Jeg beder for hver en vejfarende sjæl" (Aase)3:457Drot og marsk: Act IV. "Favre, søde jomfrumøde" (King Erik, Aase)2:468Drot og marsk: Act IV. "Hvor er hun?" (King Erik, Rane)2:099Drot og marsk: Act IV. "Ve! De red samme vej som munkene" (Aase)3:1410Drot og marsk: Act IV. "Her kan vi overnatte, herre" (Rane, King Erik, Ingeborg's Ghost)7:3811Drot og marsk: Act IV. "Stat op, kong Erik" (Marshall, Rane, King Erik, Conspirators)3:3612Drot og marsk: Act IV. "Ve! Dankongen i sit blod!" (Huntsmen, Peasants, Aase, Monks)3:432021 · studio album
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Peter Arnold Heise head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -113 | 4.8th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Arnold_Heisebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Wikidata: Q2075603 · MusicBrainz: c5a37833-842b-4fc3-a7c8-6a6c29814c74
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