Carl Nielsen

Den Magt som gav mig min lille Sang

This force which gave me my little song

CNW 406
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 415
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 97
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 120

Author: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: 10 May 1926.

The melody was composed as part of Nielsen's contribution to Nye Melodier til Johan Borups Dansk Sangbog (CNW Coll. 21). The idea of setting music to the text apparently came from Adolf Riis-Magnussen, the editor of the songbook. The melody is only known from this edition.

Mildt

Den Magt som gav mig min lille Sang

This force which gave me my little song