Carl Nielsen

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CNW 399
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 266, 281; III/6, 408
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 160
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 120

Author: Johannes Ewald

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: 8 May 1926.

The melody was composed as part of NIelsen's contribution to Nye Melodier til Johan Borups Dansk Sangbog (CNW Coll. 21). The idea of setting music to the text apparently came from Adolf Riis-Magnussen, the editor of the songbook, who ended up appreciating the melody. According to a letter to his family, also Nielsen was very satisfied with it.

Version for voices in unison

CNU III/6, 408

Date: 1926.

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Version for voice and piano

CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 266

Date: 1926.

This version for voice and piano was probably made shortly after the single-line melody.

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Version for piano (with text)

CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 281

Date: [1929].

Probably in 1929, Nielsen made a version for piano.

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