Carl Nielsen

Julesang

(Kom, Jul, til Jord, kom høje Gæst)

Christmas Carol

(Come, Christmas, come, exalted guest)

CNW 312
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 248
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 178
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 107

Author: Johannes Wiberg

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: 1923.

Towards the end of 1923, Nielsen composed three Christmas carols (CNW 312, 313, 314), all of which were published just before Christmas. Julesang was probably the first of the three to be composed. A copy is dated 18 October 1923.

Ikke for langsomt

Kom, Jul, til Jord, kom høje Gæst

Come, Christmas, come, exalted guest