Carl Nielsen

Ton det, Himmel, syng det, Jord

Sound it, heaven, sing it, earth

CNW 196
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 81
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 251
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 83

Author: N.F.S. Grundtvig

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.

Ton det, Himmel, syng det, Jord

Sound it, heaven, sing it, earth