CNW 223
Carl Nielsen
Hør, hvor let dens Vinger smækker
Listen, how its pinions scuttle
CNW 223
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/4, 108
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
245
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
75, 78
Author: Jeppe Aakjær
Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)
Composition: 23 Dec. 1914.
According to his diary, Nielsen composed the melody on 23 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.
Performances
| 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)). |
| 13 Mar. 1922 |
Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Christian Gottschalch, singer; Svend Egede-Lassen, piano). |
| 8 Oct. 1922 |
(performers: Christian Gottschalch, singer; Valdemar Willumsen, piano). |
| 25 June 1923 |
Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (performers: Christian Gottschalch, singer; Carl Schnedler-Meyer, piano). |
| 24 Sept. 1925 |
Ryvang Radio, Copenhagen (performers: Christian Gottschalch, singer; Carl Schnedler-Meyer, piano). |
| 16 Feb. 1926 |
Musikkonservatoriets Sal, Copenhagen (performers: Yrsa Liisberg, singer; Otto Olsen, piano). |
| 23 Feb. 1928 |
Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performers: Kai Ole Buch, singer; C. Gerson-Trier, piano). |
| 9 Dec. 1928 |
Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Kaj Oluf Buch, singer; Victor Fischer, piano). |
| 5 Sept. 1929 |
Axelborg, Copenhagen (performer: Inger Borchsenius, singer(?)). |
| 24 Mar. 1930 |
Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Kaj Oluf Buch, singer; Otto Olsen, piano). |
| 19 Feb. 1931 |
Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Nora Elé, singer; Hans Almdahl, piano). |
| 25 Mar. 1931 |
(performer: Sylvia Schierbeck, singer). swedish radio? |
| 17 Apr. 1931 |
Hornung & Møllers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Nora Elé, singer; Karen Madelaire Pfeiffer, piano). |
| 23 May 1931 |
Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Søren Stein, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano). |
Version for voice and piano
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/4, 108
Date: 1914.
Fint og let
Hør, hvor let dens Vinger smækker
Listen, how its pinions scuttle
Sources
Score, draft
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]
Score, autograph, fair copy
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Fair copy, Complete]
Score, print
[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1917.
Title page: Carl Nielsen / og / Thomas Laub / En Snes danske Viser / 1917 / 2
den
Samling / FORLÆGGERENS EJENDOM FOR ALLE LANDE. / KJØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG. / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG / Copyright 1917 by Wilhelm Hansen, Leipzig.
CNU Source A.
Text, print
[Classification: Text, Print, Complete]
Copenhagen 1912.
Printed in: Jeppe Aakjær, Samlede Digte.
CNU Source D.
Text, print
[Classification: Text, Print, Complete]
Copenhagen 1914.
Printed in: Dansk Sangbog, ed. Johan Borup.
CNU Source E.
Version for voices in unison
Date: 1916.
Instrumentation: voice
Let og muntert
Hør, hvor let dens Vinger smækker
Listen, how its pinions scuttle
Sources
Score, print
[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1916.
Title page: Nye Melodier / til / de nyere Sangtekster / i / Johan Borups / Dansk Sangbog / redigeret / af / Carl Nielsen / FORLÆGGERENS EJENDOM / KJØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG
Documents
Bibliography
Anne-Marie Reynolds: 'Carl Nielsen's 'Folk-like' Songs and the 'Danish National Tone''. Carl Nielsen Studies, IV, 2009,
pp. 145–163.
Anne-Marie Reynolds: Carl Nielsen's Voice. His Songs in Context. Museum Tusculanum Press: Copenhagen 2010, pp. 183–184.
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