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Carl Nielsen

Børnehjælpsdagens Sang

(Vi Børn, vi Børn, vi vaagner)

Child Welfare Day Song

(We boys and girls we waken)

CNW 293
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 230; III/6, 305, 325, 388
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 288
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 62

Author: Johannes Jørgensen

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: 1911.

In January 1911, Nielsen agreed to compose the music for a Child Welfare Day song. He received the text in March and finished composing it in April. The music was published in three different versions (see below).

Version for piano (with text)

CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 230

Date: 1911.

The autograph printer's manuscript is end-dated 27 April 1911.

Instrumentation: pf.pianoforte (piano), (voice)
Poco andantino

Vi Børn, vi Børn, vi vaagner længe

We boys and girls we waken

Edition:
Carl Nielsen Edition

Score, draft

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]

Score, autograph, printer's manuscript

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, printer's copy, Complete]

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1911.
Title page: BØRNEHJÆLPSDAGENS SANG / DEN 16. MAJ 1911. / TEKST AF / JOHANNES JØRGENSEN. / MUSIK AF CARL NIELSEN. / SÆLGES TIL FORDEL FOR BØRNEHJÆLPSDAGEN. / 25 Øre. / TRYKT I WILHELM HANSENS ETABL., KJØBENHAVN.
CNU Source A.

Version for male choir

CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 325

Date: 1911.

The autograph printer's manuscript is end-dated 27 May 1911.

Instrumentation: Choir: T.tenore (tenor), T.tenore (tenor), B.basso (bass), B.basso (bass)
Poco andantino

Vi Børn, vi Børn, vi vaagner længe

We boys and girls we waken

Edition:
Carl Nielsen Edition

Score, draft

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]

Score, autograph, printer's manuscript

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, printer's copy, Complete]

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1911.
Title page: BØRNEHJÆLPSDAGENS SANG / DEN 16. MAJ 1911. / TEKST AF / JOHANNES JØRGENSEN. / MUSIK AF / CARL NIELSEN. / UDGAVE FOR 4  MANDSSTEMMER. / SÆLGES TIL FORDEL FOR BØRNEHJÆLPSDAGEN. / 25 Øre. / TRYKT I WILHELM HANSENS ETABL., KJØBENHAVN.
CNU Source A.

Version for mixed choir

CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 305

Date: 1911.

Instrumentation: Choir: S.soprano, A.alto, T.tenore (tenor), B.basso (bass)

Vi Børn, vi Børn, vi vaagner længe

We boys and girls we waken

Score, draft

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]

Version for female/children's choir

CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 388

Date: 1911.

This version of the song was a facsimile printed as a postcard sold as part of the Child Welfare Day's fund-raising activities.

Instrumentation: Choir: S.soprano, A.alto
Andantino quasi allegretto

Vi Børn, vi Børn, vi vaagner længe

We boys and girls we waken

Edition:
Carl Nielsen Edition

Score, draft

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]

Score, autograph, fair copy

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

Score, facsimile of autograph

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

Postcard with facsimile of Nielsen's autograph score (not CNS 288a).

CNU Source A.

Letters:

11 Mar. 1911   from Johannes Jørgensen 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. IV/33)
26 Apr. 1911   from Børnehjælpsdagens Hovedkontor 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. IV/50)
17 May 1911   from Carl Nielsen to Christian Barnekow, DK-KmMusikmuseet, Frederiksberg Christian Barnekows papirer. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. IV/57)

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