Carl Nielsen

Kvadet om Nordens Harpe

(Nordens herlige Harpe!)

Lay of the Nordic Harp

(Nordic harp, how resplendent!)

CNW 365
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 332
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 299
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 158

Author: Aage Berntsen

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: Apr. 1931.

In May 1931, the men's choir Bel Canto celebrated its silver jubilee with a Scandinavian male choir rally. For this occasion, Nielsen composed his last choral work. Aage Berntsen's text is dated 1 April 1931, and Nielsen's fair copy is end-dated two days later.

Stolt og fast, ikke for langsomt

Nordens herlige Harpe!

Nordic harp, how resplendent!