CNW 129XML

Carl Nielsen

Sang bag Ploven, opus 10.4

(I Solen gaar jeg bag min Plov)

Song behind the Plough, Opus 10.4

(In shining sun I steer my plough)

Opus 10.4
CNW 129
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 14; III/5, 213
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 221
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 18, 125

Author: Ludvig Holstein

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Arrangements not by Nielsen:

Composition: Between 1895 and 1896.

11 Aug. 1897 Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (performers: Nicolaus Lützhøft, singer; Holger Dahl, piano). First performance.
10 Dec. 1918 Paladsteatret, Copenhagen (Palæ-Koncerternes Orkester; composer: Anders Brems, singer; conductor: Frederik Schnedler-Petersen). For orchestra and singer.
18 Mar. 1923 KFUM's Festsal, Copenhagen (KFUM's Orkester; conductor: Fridolf Lundberg; performer: Anders Brems, singer).

Version for voice and piano

CNU III/4 14

Date: Between 1895 and 1896.

Instrumentation: voice, pf.pianoforte (piano)
Allegro moderato

I Solen gaar jeg bag min Plov

In shining sun I steer my plough

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1897.
Title page: SANGE LIEDER / CARL=NIELSEN / AF / LUDV-HOLSTEIN / DEUTSCH / E. v ENZBERG / WILHELM-HANSEN- / KIØBENHAVN LEIPZIG / EIGENTHUM DES VERLEGERS FÜR ALLE LÄNDER.
CNU Source A.
3 Feb. 1898 Koncertpalæet, Copenhagen (performers: Margrethe Boye, singer; Adolfa Johnsson, piano). Carl Nielsen. First performance.
18 Mar. 1898 Koncertpalæet, Copenhagen (performers: Gerda Heyman, singer; Victor Bendix, piano). Til fordel for børnehjemmet på Vodrofsvej.
25 Nov. 1899 Koncertpalæet, Copenhagen (performers: Vilhelm Herold, singer; Carl Nielsen, piano). The Royal Danish Ochestra (Det Kongelige Kapel). Til indtægt for afdøde syngemester G. A. Lembckes efterladte.
13 Aug. 1901 Klampenborg Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Max Müller, singer; Eduard Borregaard, piano).
25 Jan. 1904 Haandværkerforeningens Festsal, Aalborg (performers: Margrethe Boye-Jensen, singer; Olaf Jensen, piano).
26 Jan. 1904 Viborg (performers: Margrethe Boye-Jensen, singer; Olaf Jensen, piano). Viborg Musikforening.
27 Jan. 1904 Kolding (performers: Margrethe Boye-Jensen, singer; Olaf Jensen, piano). Musikforeningen af 1880.
6 Mar. 1904 Ordenshusets Festsal, Copenhagen (performers: Max Müller, singer; Martha Bekker, piano). Nordal Bruhn.
25 Apr. 1904 Aalborg (performers: Max Müller, singer; Hans Ishøj, piano). Aalborg Koncertforening.
17 Oct. 1904 Haandværkerforeningens Festsal, Silkeborg (performers: Margrethe Boye-Jensen, singer; Olaf Jensen, piano). Silkeborg Musikforening.
18 Nov. 1906 Kolding Højskolehjem, Kolding (performers: Margrethe Luplau-Møller, singer; Nelly Warming Schmidt, piano).
8 Dec. 1906 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Erik Kragh, singer; Frk. W. Schulenberg, piano).
23 Oct. 1909 Casinos Mindre Sal, Copenhagen (performers: Margrethe Boye-Jensen, singer; Olaf Jensen, piano).
15 Mar. 1910 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Inger Scharling, singer; Victor/Dagmar Bendix, piano). Uncertain if Victor or Dagmar Bendix played the piano.
11 Apr. 1912 Skelskør Musik- og selskabelige Forening, Skelskør (performers: Poula Jacobsen, singer; Johanne Krygell, piano).
25 Oct. 1912 Casinos Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Poula Jacobsen, singer; Eduard Borregaard, piano).
11 Apr. 1912 Skelskør Musik- og selskabelige Forening, Skelskør (performers: Poula Jacobsen, singer; Johanne Krygell, piano).
30 Sept. 1913 Casinos Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Emil Holm, singer; Adolfa Johnsson, piano). Katarina Holm and Emil Holm.
5 Oct. 1913 Højskolehjemmets Sal, Ringkøbing (performers: Emil Holm, singer; Jenny Olsen, piano). Ringkjøbing Musikforening.
8 Oct. 1913 Aalborg Koncertforening, Aalborg (performers: Emil Holm, singer; Jenny Olsen, piano). Aalborg Koncertforening.
9 Oct. 1913 Ryslinge Folkehøjskole, Ryslinge.
28 Oct. 1913 Esbjerg (performers: Emil Holm, singer; Jenny Olsen, piano). Esbjerg Musik- og Sangforening.
30 Oct. 1913 Nyborg (performers: Emil Holm, singer; Jenny Olsen, piano). Musikforeningen for Nyborg og Omegn.
7 Nov. 1913 Randers (performers: Emil Holm, singer; fru Holleufer, piano).
25 Jan. 1914 Sandved.
3 Nov. 1914 Hotel Kolding, Kolding (performer: Anders Brems, singer). Musikforeningen af 1880.
25 Nov. 1914 Fredericia Sang- og Musikforening, Fredericia (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Henrik Knudsen, piano).
8 Dec. 1914 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Christian Christiansen, piano).
5 Jan. 1915 Ballerup Kro, Ballerup (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Regitze Knuth v. Federspiel, piano).
20 Jan. 1915 Nykøbing Falster (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Henrik Knudsen, piano). Musikforeningen for Nykøbing F. og Omegn.
6 Feb. 1915 Politikens Hus, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Hertha Paludan-Nielsen, piano). Hjemlige Musik-Aftener.
21 Feb. 1914 KFUM's Festsal, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; C. C. Gad, piano).
8 Mar. 1915 Randers (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Henrik Knudsen, piano). Musiksamfundet Brage.
21 July 1915 Hotel Arilds Pavillon, Copenhagen (performers: Christen Jul, singer; Johannes Viggo-Pedersen, piano).
10 Oct. 1915 Hotel Leidersdorff, Hillerød (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Gerda Brems, piano). Frederiksborg Sangforening.
21 Nov. 1915 Festsalen, Enghavevej 40, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Mary Hornemann/fru Anker Petersen, piano). Frederiksborg Sangforening.
5 Dec. 1915 Enghavevejens Forsamlingsbygning, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Salomon Levysohn, piano). Studentersamfundets Arbejderkoncert.
6 Feb. 1916 Haandværker- og Industriforeningen (performer: Luthsangeren Wilfred, singer/lute).
24 Mar. 1916 Casinos Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performer: Luthsangeren Wilfred, singer/lute).
28 Mar. 1916 Esbjerg (performer: Luthsangeren Wilfred, singer/lute). Esbjerg Koncertforening.
31 Mar. 1916 Hammel Haandværker- og Industriforening, Hammel (performer: Luthsangeren Wilfred, singer/lute).
17 Apr. 1916 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Gerda Brems, piano). Private Chamber Music Society (Privat Kammermusikforening).
18 Apr. 1916 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Gerda Brems, piano). Private Chamber Music Society (Privat Kammermusikforening).
7 June 1916 Helsingør (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Karen Kaas, piano).
22 Oct. 1916 Roskilde (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Johanne Stockmarr, piano). Roskilde Musikforening.
1 Feb. 1917 Veerst Forsamlingshus, Veerst (performers: Edmond Jacobsen, singer; Rachel Marcus, piano).
22 Oct. 1917 Hotel Aalborg, Thisted (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Johanne Stockmarr, piano). Thisted Musikforening.
23 Oct. 1917 Haandværkerforeningens Festsal, Aalborg (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Johanne Stockmarr, piano). Aalborg Koncertforening.
5 Nov. 1917 Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien, Stockholm (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Henning Rechnitzer-Møller, piano).
14 Mar. 1918 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Gerda Brems, piano).
15 Mar. 1918 Studenterforeningens Store Sal, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Gerda Brems, piano). Musiksamfundet.
3 Oct. 1918 Store Heddinge Haandværkerforening, Store Heddinge (performers: Emil Holm, singer; Mary Horneman, piano). Store Heddinge Haandværkerforening.
23 Oct. 1918 Klubhotellet, Korsør (performers: Emil Holm, singer; Mary Horneman, piano).
7 Nov. 1918 Auditorium, Stockholm (performer: Anders Brems, singer; conductor: Carl Nielsen).
11 Feb. 1919 Hotel Valdemar, Vordingborg (performers: Emil Holm, singer; H. Rechnitzer-Møller, piano).
30 Mar. 1919 Nimb, Copenhagen (performers: Margarethe Lendrop, singer; Axel Schnohr, piano).
30 Apr. 1919 Haandværkerforeningens Festsal, Aalborg (performers: Ellen Beck, singer; Emil Holm, singer; Mary Horneman, piano).
3 Oct. 1919 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Bay, singer; Eduard Borregaard, piano).
3 Oct. 1919 Hotel Schaumburg, Holstebro (performers: Emil Holm, singer; Jenny Olsen, piano).
24 Oct. 1919 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Holger Hansen, singer; Eduard Borregaard, piano).
8 Apr. 1920 Paladsteatret, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Methling, singer; Hertha Paludan Nielsen, piano).
21 Nov. 1920
18 Jan. 1921 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Vilhelm Michelsen, singer; Esther Janssen, piano).
20 Jan. 1921 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Vilhelm Michelsen, singer; Esther Janssen, piano).
23 Mar. 1922 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Svend Prahl, singer; Helge Bonnén, piano).
24 Apr. 1922 Hornung & Møllers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Svend Prahl, singer; Helge Bonnén, piano).
25 Feb. 1923 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (Københavns Filharmoniske Orkester; conductor: Carl Nielsen; performer: Anders Brems, singer).
17 June 1923 Strib Badehotel, Strib (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Mary Horneman, piano).
21 June 1923 Skyttehuset (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Mary Horneman, piano).
3 Nov. 1923 Solennitetssalen, Helsinki (performers: Sylvia Schierbeck, singer; Poul Schierbeck, piano).
12 Mar. 1925 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Nora Elé, singer; Anders Brems, singer; Gunnar Johansen, piano).
1 July 1925 Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (performers: Maria V. Basilides, singer; Otto Olsen, piano). German edition.
19 Oct. 1925 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Kaj Abrahamsen, singer; Gudrun Seligmann, piano).
6 Nov. 1925 Nustrup Forsamlingshus, Nustrup (performers: Signe Holst, singer; Anna Thulstrup, piano).
3 Dec. 1925 University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Wiedemann, singer; Christian Christiansen/Johanne Stockmarr, piano).
8 Feb. 1926 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Henry Skjær, singer; Harald Agersnap, piano).
20 Apr. 1926 Paladshotellet, Esbjerg (performer: Poul Wiedemann, singer).
24 July 1926 Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performers: Ernst Schønberg, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano).
6 Feb. 1927 Grundtvigs Hus, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Methling, singer; Emil Selmar/Johanne Stockmarr, piano).
2 Oct. 1927 Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performer: Kaj Abrahamsen, singer).
16 Oct. 1927 Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performer: Henry Skjær, singer).
16 Feb. 1928 Hobro Kunst- og Musikforening, Hobro (performers: Thøger Rasmussen, singer; Sigrid Jensen, piano).
25 Apr. 1928 Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performers: Thøger Rasmussen, singer; C. Gerson-Trier, piano).
22 Feb. 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Per Knudsen, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano).
5 July 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Søren Stein, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano).
20 July 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Per Knudsen, singer; Victor Fischer, piano).
16 Oct. 1929 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Volmer Holbøll, singer; composer: Victor Schiøler, piano).
11 Dec. 1929 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Eiler Schiøler, singer; Elof Nielsen, piano).
20 Jan. 1930 Hotel Lyngby, Lyngby (performers: Georg Leicht, singer; Birgitte Brieghel-Müller, piano).
20 Feb. 1930 Musikkonservatoriets Sal, Copenhagen (performers: Georg Leicht, singer; Astrid Wodstrup, piano).
6 Mar. 1930 Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen (performers: Aage Thygesen, singer; Christian Christiansen, piano).
22 June 1930 Tivoli, Esbjerg (A. Schmidts Orkester (?); conductor: Georg Fjelrad; performer: Thøger Rasmussen, piano (?)).
23 Oct. 1930 Copenhagen Academy of Music (Københavns Musikkonservatorium), Copenhagen (performer: Carl-Christian Pontoppidan, singer; composer: Haraldur Sigurdsson, piano).
2 Feb. 1931 Axelbrog, Copenhagen (performers: Volmer Holbøll, singer; Victor Fischer, piano).
24 Mar. 1931 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Christian Christiansen, piano).
8 Apr. 1931 Vejle Musikforening, Vejle (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Christian Christiansen, piano).

Version for piano (with text)

CNU III/5 213

Date: 1927.

Instrumentation: pf.pianoforte (piano), (voice)

I solen går jeg bag min plov

In shining sun I steer my plough

Score, autograph, printer's manuscript

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, printer's copy, Complete]

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1927.
Title page: TILLÆG / TIL / FOLKEHØJSKOLENS / MELODI BOG / MELODIER TIL SANGBOG / UDGIVET AF FORENINGEN / FOR HØJSKOLER OG /  LANDBRUGSSKOLER / VED / CARL NIELSEN – THOMAS LAUB / OLUF RING / THORVALD AAGAARD / FORLÆGGERENS EJENDOM FOR ALLE LANDE / KØBENHAVN OG LEIPZIG / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG / OSLO / NORSK MUSIK-FORLAG / STOCKHOLM / A. B. NORDISKA MUSIK FÖRLAGET
CNU Source A.

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, Later edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen [1928].
Front cover: FOLKEHØJSKOLENS / MELODIBOG / VED / CARL:NIELSEN / THOMAS•LAUB / OLUF:RING / THORVALD:AAGAARD / WILHELM•HANSEN•MUSIK-FORLAG / KØBENHAVN•LEIPZIG / 1922
Title page: FOLKEHØJSKOLENS / MELODIBOG / MELODIER TIL SANGBOG / UDGIVET AF FORENINGEN / FOR HØJSKOLER OG / LANDBRUGSSKOLER / VED / CARL NIELSEN – THOMAS LAUB / OLUF RING / THORVALD AAGAARD / TREDIE OPLAG / (MED TILLÆG) / FORLÆGGERENS EJENDOM FOR ALLE LANDE / KØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG. [below, in two columns:] OSLO / NORSK MUSIKFORLAG [second column:] STOCKHOLM / A. B. NORDISKA MUSIKFÖRLAGET

Text, print

[Classification: Text, Print, Later edition, Complete]
Odense 1926.

Printed in: Folkehøjskolens Sangbog.

CNU Source C.

Nils Schiørring: 'Sangene', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen: i hundredåret for hans fødsel (Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1965), pp. 111–21.

Nils Schiørring: 'The Songs', in: Jürgen Balzer (ed.): Carl Nielsen: Centenary Essays (Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck: Copenhagen 1965), pp. 117–28.

Anne-Marie Reynolds: 'The Early Song Collections: Carl Nielsen finds his Voice', in: Mina Miller (ed.): The Carl Nielsen Companion (London 1994), pp. 399–453.

Anne-Marie Reynolds: 'Carl Nielsen's 'Folk-like' Songs and the 'Danish National Tone''. Carl Nielsen Studies, IV, 2009, pp. 145–163.

Anne-Marie Reynolds: Carl Nielsen's Voice. His Songs in Context. Museum Tusculanum Press: Copenhagen 2010, pp. 67–119.


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