Elverhoj kuhlau biography
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Elves' Hill
1828 comedy play by Johan Ludvig Heiberg
For the ballad, see Elvehøj. For the 1845 fairy tale, see The Elf Mound.
Elves' Hill (Danish: Elverhøj) is a comedy by Johan Ludvig Heiberg, with overture and incidental music by Friedrich Kuhlau (Op.
100), which is considered the first Danish national play.
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History
Elves' Hill was commissioned by Frederik VI for the wedding of his daughter Vilhelmine Marie and Frederik Carl Christian (later Frederik VII) and premiered on 6 November 1828, 5 days after the wedding.[1][2] Since the premiere, the play has been performed more than 1,000 times at the Royal Danish Theatre.[3]
Story
The work incorporated both the texts and melodies of two traditional ballad pieces featuring folklore about the Elven king.
Heiberg localized the legend of the Elven king to Stevns.[4] To these, the motif element of the swapped children was added. King Christian IV is cast as a sort of detective, w