Carl Nielsen

I Drømmenes Land

(Det er herligt at leve i Drømmenes Land)

The Realm of Dreams

(How impressive to live in the realm of the dreams)

CNW 285
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 222
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 159
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 13

Author: J.P. Jacobsen

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: c. 1891.

The song was probably composed in 1891 and was originally planned as the first in a collection of songs to texts by J.P. Jacobsen, op. 4 (CNW Coll. 1). However, Nielsen withdrew it during the proof-reading process.

Andante con moto

Det er herligt at leve i Drømmenes Land

How impressive to live in the realm of the dreams