Carl Nielsen

O, havde jeg dog tusind Tunger

A thousand tongues my pure desire

CNW 187
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 72
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 207
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 83

Author: Hans Adolph Brorson

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: 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 the hymns, Nielsen gave them a 'trial run' at a public concert before they appeared in print.

O, havde jeg dog tusind Tunger

A thousand tongues my pure desire