Carl Nielsen

Est du modfalden, kære Ven

Are you discouraged, dearest friend

CNW 300
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 234
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 119
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 83

Author: N.F.S. Grundtvig

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: 18 Mar. 1915.

The melody was discarded from Salmer og aandelige Sange (CNW Coll. 10). According to a letter, Nielsen composed the song on 18 March 1915. However, it was one of Nielsen's other melodies – Min Jesus, lad mit Hjerte faa (CNW 184) – that became the more commonly used one for this text.

Est du modfalden, kære Ven

Are you discouraged, dearest friend