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Carl Nielsen

Den danske Sang er en ung, blond Pige

The Danish song is a fair young maiden

CNW 271
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 191; III/6, 330
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 91
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 111, 114

Author: Kai Hoffmann

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Contained in:
Ti danske Smaasange  CNW Coll. 20
Arrangements not by Nielsen:
See Appendix

Composition: Between 1925 and 1926.

Nielsen received a request to compose a melody for the text by the author in December 1925. The poem was written as a prologue to Dansk Korforening's national re-union in June 1924. According to a letter, Nielsen had finished the melody in June 1926.

Version for piano (with text)

CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 191

Date: 1926.

Instrumentation: pf.pianoforte (piano), (voice)
Bredt og mildt

Den danske Sang er en ung, blond Pige

The Danish song is a fair young maiden

Edition:
Carl Nielsen Edition

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Skandinavisk Musikforlag, Copenhagen 1926.
Title page: CARL NIELSEN / TI DANSKE / SMAA SANGE / SKANDINAVISK MUSIKFORLAG A/S / KØBENHAVN / COPYRIGHT / 1926 / II
CNU Source A.
25 Aug. 1927 Tivoli, Copenhagen (performers: Ellen Beck, singer; Ellen Meisner, piano).
16 Oct. 1927 Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performer: Henry Skjær, singer).
8 Dec. 1927 Studenterforeningen, Copenhagen (Studentersangforeningen; conductor: Johan Hye-Knudsen).
12 Apr. 1928 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performer: Poul Knudsen/Benedicte Poul-Knudsen, singer(?)).
19 Sept. 1928 Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (performers: Aage Thygesen, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano).
23 Mar. 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Aage Thygesen, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano).
5 July 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Søren Stein, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano).
13 Oct. 1929 Nicolai Hus, Copenhagen (performers: Aage Thygesen, singer; Ellen Thygesen, piano).
18 Nov. 1929 Hotel Lyngby, Lyngby (performers: Poul Knudsen, singer; Kaj Rosendal, piano(?)).
8 Dec. 1929 Town Hall (Københavns Rådhus), Copenhagen (performers: Aage Thygesen, singer; Jutta Jerndorff, piano).
31 Dec. 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (Lily Ericson-Kvartetten).
30 Jan. 1930 Radiostudie(?), Leipzig (performer: Jørgen Bendix, singer).
27 Mar. 1930 Sankt Petri Kirke, Malmö (Lily Ericson-Kvartetten).
29 Mar. 1930 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Jørgen Bendix, singer; Coenrad v. Bos, piano).
14 June 1930 Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (Tivoli Symphony Orchestra (Tivolis Symfoniorkester); conductor: Frederik Schnedler-Petersen; performer: Henry Skjær, singer).
22 June 1930 Tivoli, Esbjerg (A. Schimdts Orkester (?); conductor: Georg Fjelrad; performer: Thøger Rasmussen, piano (?)).
22 June 1930 Paladshotellet, Esbjerg (Thisted Sangforening; conductor: I. K. Fredskilde).
1 Feb. 1931 Handels- og Kontoristforeningen, Nørregade, Copenhagen (performer: Aage Thygesen, singer).
3 Feb. 1931 Hornung & Møllers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Charles Mandal, singer; Arne Nelsson, piano).
27 Mar. 1931 Nr. Nebel Afholdshotel, Nr. Nebel (performer: Thøger Rasmussen, singer; composer: Svend-Ole Møller, piano).

Version for male choir

CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 330

Date: Between 1926 and 1927.

Instrumentation: Choir: T.tenore (tenor), T.tenore (tenor), B.basso (bass), B.basso (bass)
Bredt og mildt

Den danske Sang er en ung, blond Pige

The Danish song is a fair young maiden

Edition:
Carl Nielsen Edition

Score, draft

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]
8 Dec. 1927 Studenterforeningen, Copenhagen (The Students' Choral Society (Studenter-Sangforeningen)). First performance.

Letters:

17 Dec. 1925   from Kai Hoffmann 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. VIII/498)
16 June 1926   from Adolf Riis-Magnussen 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. IX/240)

Erik Abrahamsen: 'Carl Nielsen og "Den danske Sang"'. Dansk Musiktidsskrift, 2/1, Oct. 1926, pp. 11–17.


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