CNW 252
Carl Nielsen
Det danske Brød paa Sletten gror
The Danish bread, it grows on plains
CNW 252
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/4, 139; III/5, 244
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
109
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
95
Author: Jeppe Aakjær
Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)
Composition: 1921.
The song was commissioned in 1920 so that it could appear in a publication celebrating Borups Højskole. Nielsen also included it in his own collection
Tyve folkelige Melodier (CNW Coll. 15). According to a letter to Thorvald Aagaard, he finished the melody in July 1921.
Performances
| 31 Jan. 1924 |
Hjørring Musikforening, Hjørring (performer: Thøger Rasmussen, singer). |
| 2 Jan. 1925 |
Thisted Haandværkerforening(?), Thisted (performers: Thøger Rasmussen, singer; Fru Skoleinspektør Larsen). |
Version for piano (with text)
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/5, 244
Date: 1921.
Nielsen sent this version of the melody together with a letter to Thorvald Aagaard dated 18 July 1921.
Det danske Brød paa Sletten gror
The Danish bread, it grows on plains
Sources
Score, draft
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]
Letter of 18 July 1921 from Carl Nielsen to Thorvald Aagaard.
CNU Source A.
Score, manuscript copy
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Copy, Score, Fair copy, Complete]
Version for voice and piano
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/4, 139
Date: 1921.
Jævnt og varmt
Det danske Brød paa Sletten gror
The Danish bread, it grows on plains
Sources
Score, autograph, fair copy
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Fair copy, Complete]
Score, autograph, printer's manuscript
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, printer's copy, Complete]
Score, print
[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Nyt Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen 1921.
Title page: BORUPBOGEN / HØJSKOLEN I KØBENHAVN GENNEM 30 AAR / 1891–1921 / SAMLET AF / AAGE THOMSEN BRANDMOSE / NYT NORDISK FORLAG / 1921
CNU Source D.
Score, print
[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, Later edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1921.
Title page: Carl Nielsen. / Tyve / folkelige / Melodier / FORLÆGGERENS EJENDOM FOR ALLE LANDE / KØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIKFORLAG / KRISTIANIA & BERGEN / NORSK MUSIKFORLAG / GÖTEBORG – STOCKHOLM – MALMÖ / A. B. NORDISKE MUSIKFÖRLAGET / Copyright 1921 by Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen. / II
CNU Source A.
Documents
Letters:
| 4 Oct. 1920 |
from Carl Nielsen to Aage Thomsen Brandmose,
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek,
København
Acc.1998/43. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
VI/456) |
| 18 July 1921 |
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.
VII/88) |
| 19 July 1921 |
from Carl Nielsen to Jeppe Aakjær,
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek,
København
NKS 4724, 4°. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
VII/91) |
| 21 July 1921 |
from Jeppe Aakjær to Carl Nielsen,
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek,
København
NKS 3525, 3, 4°. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
VII/94) |
| 10 May 1924 |
from Jeppe Aakjær 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.
VIII/55) |
| 10 May 1926 |
from Carl Nielsen to Asger Wilhelm Hansen,
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek,
København
WHA. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
IX/155) |
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