Carl Nielsen

Det koster ej for megen Strid

The strain is not too great

CNW 160
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 45
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 111
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 83

Author: Hans Adolph Brorson

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: Between 1913 and Oct. 1914.

The hymn was probably composed in 1914 and was later included in Salmer og aandelige Sange (CNW Coll. 10). As with several other of these hymns, Nielsen gave them a 'trial run' at a public concert before they appeared in print.

Det koster ej for megen Strid

The strain is not too great