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CNW 80
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) IV/1, Add. 23
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 14

Carl Nielsen Edition

The three piano pieces, CNW 78, 79 and 80, cannot be dated precisely. The handwriting suggests that they should not to be regarded as youthful works. It is possible that the pieces were composed with a pedagogical aim in mind.