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)

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.

Bredt og mildt

Den danske Sang er en ung, blond Pige

The Danish song is a fair young maiden

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.

Bredt og mildt

Den danske Sang er en ung, blond Pige

The Danish song is a fair young maiden

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