Carl Nielsen
Der dukker af Disen min Fædrenejord
There out of the fog looms my ancestors' land
CNW 222
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 107; III/5, 205; III/6, 344
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 103
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 75, 78, 111, 125
Author: Jeppe Aakjær
Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)
Bidrag til "Nye Melodier til de nyere Sangtekster i Johan Borups Dansk Sangbog" CNW Coll. 12
Bidrag til "Melodier til Sangbogen 'Danmark'" CNW Coll. 19
Bidrag til "Tillæg til Folkehøjskolens Melodibog" CNW Coll. 22
Bidrag til "Folkehøjskolens Melodibog" (1928) CNW Coll. 23
Composition: 25 Dec. 1914.
According to his diary, Nielsen composed the melody on 25 December 1914. It might originally have been intended for the first volume of En Snes danske Viser (1915, CNW Coll. 9). For some unknown reason, the melody was only later included in the second volume of 1917.
Version for voice and piano
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 107
Date: 1914.
Der dukker af Disen min Fædrendejord
There out of the fog looms my ancestors' land
Sketch
Score, print
Text, print
Printed in: Jeppe Aakjær, Samlede Digte.
Text, print
Printed in: Dansk Sangbog, ed. Johan Borup.
| 13 Apr. 1917 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (instrumentalist: Salomon Levysohn, piano; singers: Emilie Ulrich; Anders Brems; Carl Madsen). First performance. |
| 5 Oct. 1917 | Ryslinge Folkehøjskole, Ryslinge (Musicians from Funen (Fynske Musikantere)). |
| 15 Aug. 1918 | Hotel Ærø, Marstal (performer: P. Jacobsen, singer). |
| 2 Apr. 1925 | Slagelse Musik- og Kunstforening, Slagelse (Foreningens blandede Kor; conductor: K. Rosborg). |
| 27 Feb. 1926 | Kjøbenhavns Radiofonistation, Copenhagen (Radiotrioen; performer: Chr. Ottosen, singer). |
| 7 June 1928 | Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performers: Immanuel Franksen, singer; Emil Selmar, piano). |
| 12 May 1930 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Per Knudsen, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano). |
| 22 June 1930 | Eksercerhuset, Holbæk (Midtsjællandske Korkreds; Sydsjællandske Korkreds; conductor: Carl Kofod/Ib Hovgaard-Andreasen). |
Version for voices in unison
Date: 1916.
Der dukker af Disen min Fædrendejord
There out of the fog looms my ancestors' land



Score, print
Version for children's choir
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 344
Date: 1924.
Der dukker af Disen min Fædrendejord
There out of the fog looms my ancestors' land
Score, print
Text, print
Printed in: Danmark. Sangbog for Skolen og Hjemmet.
Version for piano (with text)
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 205
Date: 1927.
Der dukker af disen min fædrende jord
There out of the fog looms my ancestors' land
Score, autograph, printer's manuscript
Score, print
Score, print
Text, print
Printed in: Folkehøjskolens Sangbog.
Letters:
| 17 Sept. 1916 | from Carl Nielsen to Thorvald Aagaard, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAc. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/424) |
| 5 May 1924 | from Carl Nielsen to Jeppe Aakjær, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAc. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VIII/54) |
| 15 Sept. 1926 | from Thorvald Aagaard 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. IX/353) |
Diary entries:
Anne-Marie Reynolds: Carl Nielsen's Voice. His Songs in Context. Museum Tusculanum Press: Copenhagen 2010, pp. 192–195.
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