Carl Nielsen

Til mit Hjertes Dronning

(Skal vi vandre en Stund)

To the Queen of my Heart

(Shall we roam, my love)

CNW 276
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 214
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 250
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 3o

Attributed name: P.B. Shelley
Translator: Caralis [Christian Preetzmann]

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: Between c.1886 and 1888.

During his student years, Nielsen composed songs to texts by English poets in a Danish translation by Christian Preetzmann (CNW 276, 277, 278, 279, 355, 356). It is probable that his music theory teacher Orla Rosenhoff was the instigator.

Allegretto

Skal vi vandre en Stund

Shall we roam, my love