Carl Nielsen

Byg paa Sletten, ej paa Tinden

Build on lowland, not above it

CNW 385
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 257; III/6, 364
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 81
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 111

Author: Zakarias Nielsen

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: Between 1923 and 1924.

The song was composed while Nielsen was working on Melodier til Sangbogen "Danmark" (CNW Coll. 19) in 1923–24.

Version for piano (with text)

CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/5, 257

Date: Between 1923 and 1924.

While Nielsen was working on the melody book, he also made piano arrangements for some of these songs, including the present one.

Byg paa Sletten, ej paa Tinden

Build on lowland, not above it

Version for children's choir

CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 364

Date: 1924.

Byg paa Sletten, ej paa Tinden

Build on lowland, not above it