Carl Nielsen
Min Sjæl er mørk
My soul is dark
CNW 279
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/5, 217
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
190
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
3s
Author: Lord Byron
Translator: Caralis [Christian Preetzmann]
Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)
Composition: Between c.1886 and 1888.
During his student years, Nielsen composed songs to texts by English poets in a Danish translation by Christian Preetzmann (CNW 276, 277, 278, 279, 355, 356 ). It is probable that his music theory teacher Orla Rosenhoff was the instigator.
Min Sjæl er mørk
My soul is dark
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