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Carl Nielsen

Julesang

(Himlen mørkner stor og stum)

Christmas Carol

(Heaven's gloom a world apart)

CNW 313
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 249
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 106

Author: Mogens Falck

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Adaptation:
Danevang med grønne bred  CNW 318
Er din Stue lav og trang  CNW 384

Composition: 12 Nov. 1923.

Towards the end of 1923, Nielsen composed three Christmas carols (CNW 312, 313, 314 ), all of which were published just before Christmas. According to his diary, Nielsen composed the melody on 12 November 1923. He later re-used the melody with other texts (CNW 318 and 384 ).

Instrumentation: pf.pianoforte (piano), (voice)
Ikke for langsomt

Himlen mørkner stor og stum

Heaven's gloom a world apart

Edition:
Carl Nielsen Edition

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1923.
Title page: Julesang / Tekst af / Mogens Falck / Musik af / Carl Nielsen / FORLÆGGERENS EJENDOM FOR ALLE LANDE / København & Leipzig / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG / Kristiania & Bergen / Norsk Musik-Forlag / Göteborg - Stockholm - Malmö / A.B. Nordiska Musikförlaget / Copyright 1923 by Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen/ II
CNU Source A.

Score, print

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

Printed in: Nationaltidende, Tillæg 'Søndag', 23 Dec. 1923, p. 10.

Text, partly manuscript copy, partly typewritten

[Classification: Text, Manuscript, Partly autograph, Fair copy, Complete]
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København Torben Schouboes Samling, XIV, 2.
CNU Source B.
17 Dec. 1928 Vor Frue Kirke, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Paul Nicolet, organ).
23 Dec. 1929 Axelborg, Copenhagen (performer: Per Knudsen, singer).
24 Dec. 1930 Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Harriet Vendelhaven, singer; Victor Fischer, piano).

Letters:

22 Dec. 1923   from Carl Nielsen to Harald Balslev, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAc. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VII/589; M & MTorben Meyer & Irmelin Eggert Møller: Carl Nielsens Breve. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1954. 228; CNL 528)
7 Jan. 1924   from Carl Nielsen to Emil Telmányi, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen). (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VIII/2; CNL 530)
6 Oct. 1930   from Carl Nielsen to Wilhelm Hansen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København WHA. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. XI/305; CNL 701)

Diary entries:

12 Nov. 1923   DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IC. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VII/573; T SchTorben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen. Dagbøger og brevveksling med Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1983. 469)

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