CNW 285XML

Carl Nielsen

I Drømmenes Land

(Det er herligt at leve i Drømmenes Land)

The Realm of Dreams

(How impressive to live in the realm of the dreams)

CNW 285
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 222
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 159
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 13

Author: J.P. Jacobsen

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: c. 1891.

The song was probably composed in 1891 and was originally planned as the first in a collection of songs to texts by J.P. Jacobsen, op. 4 (CNW Coll. 1). However, Nielsen withdrew it during the proof-reading process.

Instrumentation: voice, pf.pianoforte (piano)
Andante con moto

Det er herligt at leve i Drømmenes Land

How impressive to live in the realm of the dreams

Score, autograph, fair copy, fragment

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Fair copy, Fragment]

Score, first proof, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Copy, Score, First edition, Complete]

Text, print

[Classification: Text, Print, First edition, Complete]
Copenhagen 1886.

Printed in: J.P. Jacobsen, Digte og Udkast.

CNU Source C.

Letters:

11 Mar. 1895   from Carl Nielsen to William Behrend, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København NKS 5155 4°. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. I/533; CNL 109)

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