Carl Nielsen

Danmark!

Denmark!

CNW 414
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 355e
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) IV/1, Add. 47

Carl Nielsen Edition

Composition: April 1900.

During 1888–91, Nielsen used a little leather-bound sketchbook, in which he notated sketches and ideas for his compositions. He kept the book with him when in Rome, and he notated the melody while working on Saul and David (CNW 1).