Carl Nielsen

Christianshavn

(Kong Christian stod paa Slotsholmens Grund)

Christianshavn

(King Christian looked from his castle gate)

CNW 306
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 241
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 82
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 90

Author: Ove Bauditz

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: 1918.

This song was composed in 1918 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the founding of the urban district Christianshavn.

Værdigt, men ikke for langsomt

Kong Christian stod paa Slotsholmens Grund

Kong Christian looked from his castle gate