Carl Nielsen
Fædrelandssang
(Du danske mand! af al din magt)
Danish Patriotic Song
(Sing, Danish man! With all your might)
CNW 288
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 224, 167; III/6, 300, 320, 339, 391
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 130
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 35, 75, 103, 111
Author: Holger Drachmann
Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)
Bidrag til "Folkehøjskolens Melodibog" (1922) CNW Coll. 17
Bidrag til "Folkehøjskolens Melodibog" (ca. 1923) CNW Coll. 18
Bidrag til "Melodier til Sangbogen 'Danmark'" CNW Coll. 19
Bidrag til "Folkehøjskolens Melodibog" (1928) CNW Coll. 23
Enstemmige Sange til Brug for Højskoler, Gymnastik og Skytteforeninger CNW Coll. 27
Composition: 1906.
The song, which became one of Nielsen's most popular, was apparently composed in 1906 in connection with a meeting in a restaurant with Holger Drachmann. The wish of the authors behind a Copenhagen summer music-hall show was to include a 'Danish Patriotic Song' as an introduction to the performance.
| 26 June 1906 | Tivoli, Teatret, Copenhagen (conductor: Hans Ishøy; performer: Henry Seemann, singer). First performance. |
| 27 June – 31 August 1906 | Tivoli, Teatret, Copenhagen (conductor: Hans Ishøy; performer: Henry Seemann, singer). |
| 9 Sept. 1906 | Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (performer: Hr. Meyer-Hane, singer). |
| 16 May 1907 | Tivoli, Teatret, Copenhagen (conductor: Carl Gottschalksen). |
| 21 May 1907 | Tivoli, Teatret, Copenhagen (conductor: Carl Gottschalksen). |
| 31 May 1907 | Tivoli, Teatret, Copenhagen (conductor: Carl Gottschalksen). |
| 27 June 1907 | Tivoli, Teatret, Copenhagen (conductor: Carl Gottschalksen). |
| 11 Oct. 1907 | Holbæk Teater, Holbæk. Holbæk Sangforening. |
| 15 Mar. 1909 | Holms Hotel, Nexø (performer: Poul Bjørnskjold, singer). |
| 24 Nov. 1917 | Høje Bøge, Svendborg (Svendborg Sangforening). |
| 28 Feb. 1918 | Bjerregrav Forsamlingshus, Bjerregrav. |
| 19 Mar. 1918 | Cirkus, Copenhagen (conductor: Waldemar Larsen). Concert for the unemployed. |
| 1 Apr. 1918 | Paarup. |
| 14 Apr. 1918 | Prins Wilhelms Palæ, Copenhagen (Mælkeriarbejdernes Sangforening; conductor: M. Merrild). |
| 28 Apr. 1918 | Jelling Seminarium, Jelling (Jelling Sangforening). |
| 5 June 1918 | Slagslunde Skov, Copenhagen. Ølstykke Sangforening and Frederikssund Sangforening celebrated Grundlovsdag in Slagslunde Skov. |
| 26 June 1918 | Gentofte Kommuneskoles Sportsplads, Copenhagen (conductor: J. Nörup). |
| 7 July 1918 | Stege. Sangstævne. |
| 11 July 1918 | Fælledparken, Copenhagen (conductor: M. Merrild). The concert was part of a group of concerts held by the municipality of Copenhagen. |
| 17 July 1918 | Kastellet, Copenhagen (1. Regiments Musikkorps). |
| 21 July 1918 | Tivoli, Glassalen, Copenhagen (Sangforeningen "Ydun"; conductor: Vilhelm Rosenberg). |
| 15 Aug. 1918 | Hotel Ærø, Marstal (performer: P. Jacobsen, singer). |
| 25 Aug. 1918 | Industribygningen, Næstved. Sangerstævne. |
| 15 Sept. 1918 | Kongens Have, Odense (6. Regiments Musikkorps; conductor: Løjtnant Hegeland). |
| 29 Sept. 1918 | Forsamlingsbygningen, Amaliegade, Aarhus (Sangforeningen "Vulkan"; conductor: E. Kirkegaard). |
| 27 Oct. 1918 | Morud. |
| 12 Mar. 1919 | The Royal Shooting Range (Den kgl. Skydebane), Copenhagen. |
| 22 Mar. 1919 | Ny Ravnsborg, Copenhagen (Belysningsarbejdernes Sangforening; conductor: H. Jensen Hammel). |
| 23 Mar. 1919 | Haarlev Hotel, Hårlev (Haarlev og Enderslev Sangforeninger). |
| 24 Mar. 1919 | Ringsted Sangforening. |
| 4 May 1919 | Enderslev (Enderslev og Haarlev Sangforeninger). |
| 26 Apr. 1919 | Sct. Andreas Ordenens Selskabslokaler, Copenhagen (Glarmestersvendenes Sangforening; conductor: W. Weidemann). |
| 31 May 1919 | Tivoli, Glassalen, Copenhagen (performers: Margarethe Lendrop, singer; Fru Behrend, piano; conductor: Carl-Frederik Lieberkind). |
| 1 June 1919 | Tivoli, Glassalen, Copenhagen (conductor: Carl-Frederik Lieberkind). |
| 15 June 1919 | Tivoli, Glassalen, Copenhagen (Sextiner-koret; conductor: Sextus Miskow). |
| 20 June 1919 | Tivoli, Glassalen, Copenhagen (Typografkoret fra Kristiania). |
| 2 July 1919 | Rosenborg Have, Copenhagen (Sangforeningen Godthaab, Toldbodarbejdernes Sangforening, Jernbanefunktionærernes Sangforening, Valby socialdemokratiske Sangkor; conductor: Carl-Frederik Lieberkind). |
| 9 July 1919 | Kongens Have, Copenhagen (Sangforeningen Ydun). |
| 20 July 1919 | Lystanlæggets Pavillon, Ringsted (Sangforeningen Skjald). |
| 12 Nov. 1919 | The Royal Shooting Range (Den kgl. Skydebane), Copenhagen. |
| 18 Apr. 1920 | Viborg Teater, Viborg (Viborg Korforening; conductor: Christian Hæstrup). |
| 25 Apr. 1920 | Præstbro (Agersted Sangforening). |
| 5 May 1920 | The Royal Shooting Range (Den kgl. Skydebane), Copenhagen. |
| 28 May 1920 | Raadhushallen, Copenhagen (Studenter-Sangforeningen; conductor: M. Roger Henrichsen). |
| 9 July 1920 | Tivoli, Plænen, Copenhagen (De samlede københavnske sangforeninger af 1859). |
| 2 Aug. 1921 | Teatersalen, Nyborg (Bel Canto Choir; conductor: Vilhelm Poulsen). |
| 4 Aug. 1921 | Borger- og Haandværkerforeningens Sal, Faaborg (Bel Canto Choir; conductor: Vilhelm Poulsen). |
| 6 Aug. 1921 | Fruens Bøge, Odense (Bel Canto Choir; conductor: Vilhelm Poulsen). |
| 7 Aug. 1921 | Industriforeningen, Kolding (Bel Canto Choir; conductor: Vilhelm Poulsen). |
| 29 Jan. 1922 | Aalborg Teater, Aalborg (Aalborg Teaters Orkester; conductor: Holger Stenersen). |
| 31 Jan. 1922 | Aalborg Teater, Aalborg (Aalborg Teaters Orkester; conductor: Holger Stenersen). |
| 5 Feb. 1922 | Aalborg Teater, Aalborg (Aalborg Teaters Orkester; conductor: Holger Stenersen). |
| 5 Feb. 1922 | Konserthuset på Heden, Gothenburg (Göteborg Symfoniorkester; conductor: Michael Press). |
| 7 Feb. 1922 | Aalborg Teater, Aalborg (Aalborg Teaters Orkester; conductor: Holger Stenersen). |
| 7 Feb. 1922 | Aalborg Teater, Aalborg (Aalborg Teaters Orkester; conductor: Holger Stenersen). |
| 18 Feb. 1922 | Aalborg Teater, Aalborg (Aalborg Teaters Orkester; conductor: Holger Stenersen). |
| 25 Feb. 1922 | Aalborg Teater, Aalborg (Aalborg Teaters Orkester; conductor: Holger Stenersen). |
| 29 Nov. 1923 | Folkehjem, Aabenraa (Aabenraa Musikforenings blandede Kor; conductor: M. Ottosen). |
| 15 Feb. 1925 | Skjern Borgerlige Sangforening, Skjern (Sangforeningen). |
| 9 June 1925 | Tivoli, Glassalen, Copenhagen (conductor: Ferdinand Hemme). |
| 20 June 1925 | Blaagaards Plads, Copenhagen (conductor: Andreas Møller). |
| 28 Aug. 1925 | Tivoli, Copenhagen (Promenadeorkestret; conductor: Hjalmar Kofoed). |
| 25 Oct. 1925 | Hotel Isefjord, Holbæk (Herrekoret "Bel Canto"; conductor: Vilhelm Poulsen). |
| 26 Jan. 1926 | Ryslinge Folkehøjskole, Ryslinge (Københavns Filharmoniske Orkester; conductor: Carl Nielsen). |
| 1 Mar. 1926 | Sæby Musikforening, Sæby (performers: Poul Methling, singer; Hertha Poulsen, piano). |
| 1 July 1926 | Tivoli, Glassalen, Copenhagen (Mandskoret A. K. F.; conductor: Vilh. Rosenberg). |
| 12 July 1926 | Tivoli, Copenhagen (Promenadeorkestret; conductor: Hjalmar Kofoed). |
| 28 July 1926 | Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (performers: Niels Hansen, singer; Otto Olsen, piano). |
| 1 Sept. 1926 | Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (Drengeorkestret; conductor: Aage Jørgensen). |
| 2 Feb. 1927 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (Studentersangforeningen; conductor: Johan Hye-Knudsen). |
| 21 Oct. 1927 | Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (conductor: Poul Knudsen, singer; performer: C. Gerson-Trier, piano). |
| 11 Mar. 1928 | Radiostudiet, Købmagergade, Copenhagen (The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radiosymfoniorkestret)). |
| 23 June 1928 | Royal Exchange, London (Studentersangforeningen; conductor: Johan Hye-Knudsen). |
| 20 Nov. 1928 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (Det Lille Børnekor; performer: Paula Giers, piano). |
| 31 Dec. 1928 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Radiosymfoniorkestret); Vilhelm Michelsen Kvartetten; conductor: Emil Reesen). |
| 24 Feb. 1929 | Grundtvigs Hus, Copenhagen (Studentersangforeningens lille Kor; conductor: Kai Oluf Buch). |
| 2 June 1929 | Forum, Copenhagen (Dansk Korforenings Fælleskor). |
| 5 June 1929 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Per Knudsen, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano). |
| 23 June 1929 | City Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen), Copenhagen (Kor af Voksne og Børn; conductor: Hans J. Larsen). |
| 30 Aug. 1929 | Forum, Copenhagen (Studentersangforeningen). |
| 7 Sept. 1929 | Radiostudie(?), Stockholm(?) (Halmstads Korselskab; conductor: Felix Körling). |
| 20 Oct. 1929 | Forum, Copenhagen (De Københavnske Sangforeninger; conductor: Vilhelm Poulsen). |
| 10 Nov. 1929 | Forum, Copenhagen (Børn fra københavnske skoler; conductor: Hans F. Larsen). |
| 7 Feb. 1930 | Jernbanehotellet, Haslev (Studentersangforeningens Elitekor; conductor: Johan Hye-Knudsen). |
| 11 June 1930 | Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (performers: Aage Thygesen, singer; Asta Lind, piano). |
| 23 June 1930 | Rådhuspladsen, Copenhagen (Kor af Københavnske Sangkor og Skoleungdom; conductor: Hans J. Larsen). |
| 24 June 1930 | Tivoli, Copenhagen (conductor: Hjalmar Kofoed). |
| 25 June 1930 | Tivoli, Copenhagen (conductor: Hjalmar Kofoed). |
| 11 July 1930 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (Radio-blæserensemblet; conductor: Johannes Andersen). |
| 10 Nov. 1930 | Stockholm (Halmstads Korselskab; conductor: Felix Körling). |
| 16 Nov. 1930 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (Radio-blæserensemblet; conductor: Johannes Andersen; performers: Karen Bitsch, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano). |
| 23 Nov. 1930 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (Studentersangforeningens lille Kor; conductor: Kaj Oluf Bach). |
| 31 Dec. 1930 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (Studentersangforeningens Dobbeltkvartet). |
| 12 Feb. 1931 | Holbæk Musikforening, Holbæk (Studenter-sangforeningens lille kor; conductor: Kai Oluf Bach). |
Version for voice and piano
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 224
Date: 1906.
Du danske Mand!
Sing, Danish man!
Draft
Score, autograph, printer's manuscript
Score, print
Score, print
Score, print
| 22 Nov. 1908 | Folkets Hus, Copenhagen (performer: Jacob Saxtorph-Mikkelsen, singer). |
| 9 Mar. 1909 | Østre Forsamlingshus, Rønne (performer: Poul Bjørnskjold, singer). |
| 29 July 1910 | Enighedslund, Aalborg (performer: Hans Petersen, singer). |
| 4 Feb. 1912 | Aarup Haandværker- og Industriforenings Sal, Aarup (performers: koncertsanger Lang, singer; Margrethe Aarestrup, piano). |
| 6 July 1919 | Munkevænget, Store Heddinge. |
| 21 July 1920 | Færgegaarden, Juelsminde (performers: Anker Olesen, singer; Kiss Anker Olesen, piano). |
| 15 Apr. 1931 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen. |
Version for male choir
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 320
Date: 1906.
Du danske Mand!
Sing, Danish man!
Score, autograph, printer's mansucript
Score, print
Score, reprint
| 8 Mar. 1923 | (Bel Canto choir; conductor: Vilhelm Poulsen). |
| 15 Feb. 1928 | Hotel Kronprinsen, Hillerød (Frederiksborg Sangforenings Mandskor; conductor: Jens Laumann). |
| 16 Feb. 1928 | Hotel Kronprinsen, Hillerød (Frederiksborg Sangforenings Mandskor; conductor: Jens Laumann). |
| 19 Apr. 1929 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (Herrekoret "Ydun"; performer: Victor Fischer, piano; conductor: Alfred Strandqvist). |
| 12 Oct. 1930 | Tilvoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (Korsammenslutningen af 1920; conductor: Emil Gambell). |
| 31 May 1931 | Copenhagen Town Hall (Københavns Rådhus), Copenhagen (Skandinaviske Mandskor; conductors: Anders Rachlew; Kai Ole Buch). |
Version for voices in unison
Date: 1909.
Du danske mand!
Sing, Danish man!
Score, print
Pl. no.14482.
Score, print
Version for mixed choir
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 300
Date: Between 1915 and 1916.
Du danske Mand!
Sing, Danish man!
Score, autograph, fair copy
Score, autograph, printer's manuscript
Score, print
Score, reprint
Score, reprint
Score, reprint
Score, reprint
Score, reprint
Parts, print
Pl. no.13899a, -b, -c, -d.
Version for women's/children's choir
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 391
Date: 1920.
Tempo giustoDu danske mand!
Sing, Danish man!
Score, print
Version for piano (with text)
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 167
Date: 1922.
Du danske Mand!
Sing, Danish man!
Score, print
Score, reprint
Score, reprint
Text, print
Printed in: Folkehøjskolens Sangbog.
Version for children's choir
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 339
Date: 1924.
Du danske Mand!
Sing, Danish man!
Score, draft, partly autograph
Score, print
Score, print
Text, print
Printed in: Danmark. Sangbog for Skolen og Hjemmet.
Version for orchestra (partly lost)
Date: 1914 (?).
The arrangement for orchestra was presumably by Nielsen.
Instrumental part (vl.2), manuscript copy
| 24 Apr. 1914 | Copenhagen (Københavns Orkesterforening; conductor: Carl Nielsen). Concert on the occasion of Københavns Orkesterforening's fortieth anniversary. |
| 29 May 1918 | Odense. |
| 18 June 1918 | Ringkøbing Lystanlæg, Ringkøbing. |
| 1 Aug. 1918 | Fruens Bøge, Odense. |
| 4 June 1919 | Odense. |
| 24 July 1919 | Ringkøbing Lystanlæg, Ringkøbing. |
| 31 July 1919 | Fruens Bøge, Odense. |
| 9 Mar. 1930 | Axelborg, Copenhagen (Radio-blæserensemblet; conductor: Johannes Andersen). |
Letters:
Diary entries:
Other other:
Aage Borresø (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Danske komponister Carl Nielsen'. Social-Demokraten, 26 July 1923. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 80)
Josef Petersen (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): '60 Aar'. Social-Demokraten, 9 June 1925. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 100)
M-e [Merete Bonnesen] (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Ufordærvet Musik'. Politiken, 2 May 1930. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 242)
Chr. Søndergaard (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'En Bommand gik tabt i Carl Nielsen'. Viborg Stifts Folkeblad, 5 Feb. 1931. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999. 187)
Povl Hamburger: Thomas Laub: Hans Liv og Gerning. Aschehoug Dansk Forlag: Copenhagen 1942.
John Fellow: 'Fædrelandssang med følger: Du Danske Mand i hundrede år', in: Musikvidenskabelige Kompositioner: Festskrift til Niels Krabbe 1941 – 3. oktober – 2006 (Copenhagen 2006), pp. 457–77.
John Fellow: 'A patriotic song and its consequences: 'Du danske mand' through hundred years'. Carl Nielsen Studies, 3, 2008, pp. 28–49.
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