CNW 141
Carl Nielsen
Godnat, opus 21.7
(No wil a sej Jer Godnæt)
Good Night, Opus 21.7
(Now I shall wish you good night)
Opus 21.7
CNW 141
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 26
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 134
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 42
Dedicatee: Bodil Neergaard
Author: Johannes V. Jensen
Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)
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Composition: 28 July 1907.
According to his diary, Nielsen composed the song on 28 June 1907. The song was originally the sixth in the collection but was rearranged as the seventh, on what seems to be a request from the publisher.
Instrumentation: voice, pf.pianoforte (piano)
Quasi allegretto (foredrages med en vis, træt Galgenhumor)No wil a sej Jer Godnæt
Now I shall wish you good night
Edition:
Score, draft
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]
Score, autograph, printer's manuscript
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, printer's copy, Complete]
Score, print
[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1907.
Title page: Fru Bodil Neergaard / tilegnet. / CARL NIELSEN / Strofiske Sange Strofische Gesänge / Hefte I No 1 Skal Blomsterne da visne? ... Soll denn die Blumen welken? / 2 Høgen... Der Adler. / 3 Jens Vejmand... Der alte Steinklopfer. / II 1 Sænk kun dit Hoved, du Blomst... Senke dein Köpfchen. / 2 Den første Lærke... Die erste Lerche. / 3 Husvild... Gebt Obdach! / 4 Godnat... Gute Nacht. / Forlæggerens Ejendom for alle Lande. Eigenthum des Verlegers für alle Länder. / Kjøbenhavn & Leipzig / Wilhelm Hansen, Musik-Forlag.
CNU Source A.
| 30 Nov. 1907 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Johanne Krarup-Hansen, singer; Henrik Knudsen, piano). Carl Nielsen. First performance. Review: Børsen, 3 Dec. 1907. |
| 17 Apr. 1909 | Studenterforeningen, Copenhagen (performers: Johanne Krarup-Hansen, singer; Fru Rosendahl, piano). Carl Nielsen. |
| 9 Oct. 1913 | Ryslinge Folkehøjskole, Ryslinge. |
| 4 Feb. 1919 | Hornung & Møllers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Victor Bendix, piano). |
| 12 Mar. 1925 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Nora Elé, singer; Anders Brems, singer; Gunnar Johansen, piano). |
| 21 Nov. 1925 | University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (performers: Christian Christiansen, piano; Anders Brems, singer). |
| 22 May 1928 | Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performers: Per Knudsen, singer; C. Gerson-Trier, piano). |
| 3 Feb. 1931 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Per Knudsen, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano). |
| 24 Mar. 1931 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 8 Apr. 1931 | Vejle Musikforening, Vejle (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Christian Christiansen, piano). |
Letters:
| 25 Nov. 1907 | from Carl Nielsen to Robert Henriques, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København NKS 3783, 4°. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. III/420) |
| 26 Nov. 1907 | from Carl Nielsen to Ove Rode, DK-København, Rigsarkivet Ove Rodes privatarkiv. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. III/424) |
| 30 Nov. 1907 | from Hugo Seligmann to Carl Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAb. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. III/428) |
| 13 Mar. 1924 | from Carl Nielsen to Emil Telmányi, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen). (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VIII/23) |
Diary entries:
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