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CNW 165
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 50
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 124
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 83

Author: Hans Adolph Brorson; adapted by N.F.S. Grundtvig

Link to external resource Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Contained in:

Salmer og aandelige Sange CNW Coll. 10

Composition: Feb. 1914.

In a letter from February 1914 to his wife, Nielsen mentions having composed the hymn. From a surviving draft, it is clear that Nielsen's pupil, Paul Hellmuth, helped with the harmonization. Later the hymn was better known with Hans Adolph Brorson's original version of the text, 'Mit hjerte altid vanker'.

Instrumentation: pf.pianoforte (piano) /SATBsoprano, alto, tenore, basso (mixed choir)

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Carl Nielsen Edition

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Performances

12 Mar. 1914	Vor Frue Kirke, Copenhagen (performers: Niels Rudolph Gade, singer; Karl Straube, organ).
23 Mar. 1914	Aarhus Domkirke, Aarhus (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Arthur Allin, organ).
14 Dec. 1917	Frederikskirken, Copenhagen (performers: Margarethe Lendrop, singer; Birkedal-Barfod, organ). Berlingske Tidendes Julekoncert.
28 Dec. 1917	Nyborg Kirke, Nyborg (performer: Margarethe Lendrop, singer).
19 Mar. 1918	Skovshoved Kirke, Copenhagen (performers: Sylvia Larsen, singer; Poul Schierbeck, organ).
21 Sept. 1919	Skovshoved Kirke, Copenhagen (performer: Ellen Beck, singer).
7 Mar. 1920	Vordingborg Kirke, Vordingborg (performers: Niels Rudolph Gade, singer; J. L. Emborg, organ).
4 Mar. 1921	Sct. Bendts Kirke, Ringsted (performers: Ingeborg Steffensen, singer; Emilius Bangert, organ).
3 Feb. 1922	Vor Frue Kirke, Odense (performers: Else Gether-Poulsen, singer; N. O. Raasted, organ).
7 Nov. 1923	Aarhus Domkirke, Aarhus (Aarhus Madrigalkor; conductor: Holger Blichfeldt).
23 Dec. 1925	Ryvang Radio, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Knudsen, singer; Frantz Klæbel, organ).
11 Nov. 1927	Hans Tavsens Kirke, Copenhagen (performers: H. A. Riis-Christensen, singer; Hans Lindskrog, organ).
25 Oct. 1929	Vor Frue Kirke, Copenhagen (performer: Niels Rudolph Gade, singer).
25 Dec. 1929	Axelborg, Copenhagen (Vilhelm Michelsen-Kvartetten).
7 Dec. 1930	Vor Frelsers Kirke, Esbjerg (performers: F. Behrens Clausen, organ; Lilly Lamprecht, singer).
8 Dec. 1930	Ribe Domkirke, Ribe (performers: Behrens Clausen, organ; Lilly Lamprecht, singer).
17 Dec. 1930	Vor Frue Kirke, Copenhagen (performers: Marius Jacobsen, singer; Paul Nicolet, organ?).
24 Dec. 1930	Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Harriet Vendelhaven, singer; Victor Fischer, piano).

Documents

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28 Feb. 1914	from Carl Nielsen to Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IIAa. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/43; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 376; CNL 329)
9 Mar. 1914	from Carl Nielsen to Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IIAa. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/52; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 379)
17 Mar. 1914	from Valdemar Brücker to Carl Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAb. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. V/58)
11 Dec. 1930	from Tage Kjer to Carl Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAb. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/387)

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Catalogue of Carl Nielsen's Works

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Score, partly autograph, draft

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Score, autograph, printer's manuscript

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