CNW 118XML

Carl Nielsen

Til Asali, opus 4.3

(Før drømte jeg fast hver eneste Nat)

To Asali, Opus 4.3

(I dreamed up to now as good as each night)

Opus 4.3
CNW 118
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 3
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 249
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 12

Author: J.P. Jacobsen

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Adaptation of:

Composition: [1892].

The exact date of composition is unknown, but Nielsen was most likely working on the song in the years before the publication of Op. 4 when he, according to various sources, was engaged with setting music to texts by J.P. Jacobsen.

Instrumentation: voice, pf.pianoforte (piano)
Andantino con moto

Før drømte jeg fast hver eneste Nat

I dreamed up to now as good as each night

Sketch

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Sketch, Fragment]

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1892.
Title on cover: Til Anne Marie: / CARL=NIELSEN / Musik / TIL / FEM DIGTE / AF / J.P. JACOB / =SEN. / Wilhelm Hansen. / Musik=Forlag / :Kiøbenhavn Leipzig:
Title page: MUSIK / TIL / FEM DIGTE / AF / J. P. JACOBSEN, / Solnedgang. / I Seraillets Have. / Til Asali. / Irmelin Rose. / Har Dagen sanket al sin Sorg. / AF / CARL NIELSEN. / Op. 4. / FORLÆGGERENS EIENDOM FOR ALLE LANDE. / KJØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG. / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG. / Trykt i Wilhelm Hansens Etabl., Kjøbenhavn.
CNU Source B.

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, Later edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1892.
Title page: MUSIK / TIL / FEM DIGTE / af / J. P. JACOBSEN / Solnedgang / I Seraillets Have / Til Asali / Irmelin Rose / Har Dagen sanket al sin Sorg / af CARL NIELSEN / Op. 4 / FORLÆGGERENS EJENDOM FOR ALLE LANDE / KØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG / KRISTIANIA & BERGEN / NORSK MUSIK-FORLAG / GÖTEBORG - STOCKHOLM - MALMÖ / A.B. NORDISKA MUSIKFÖRLAGET / II
CNU Source A.

Text, print

[Classification: Text, Print, First edition, Complete]
Copenhagen 1886.

Printed in: J.P. Jacobsen, Digte og Udkast.

CNU Source D.
5 Apr. 1895 Koncertpalæet, Copenhagen (performers: D. Grunnet-Jensen, singer; Ferdinand Hemme, piano). Organist C. Jensen. First performance.
1 Oct. 1910 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Kirstine Lindemann, singer; Fritze Saabye, piano). Kirstine Lindemann.
10 Feb. 1916 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Aage Branner, singer; Rudolph Simonsen, piano). A. Brieghel-Møller.
13 Oct. 1916 Hornung & Møllers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Niels-Rudolph Gade, singer; Karen Bentzon, piano). Niels-Rudolph Gade.
10 Feb. 1917 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Aage Branner, singer; Rudolph Simonsen, piano). Aage Branner.
16 Oct. 1918 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Shyla Papsøe, singer; Victor Schiøler, piano). Shyla Papsøe.
9 Apr. 1929 Hornung & Møllers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Eyolf Nielsen, singer; Helge Bonnén, piano).
28 May 1930 Axelborg, Copenhagen (performers: Poul Knudsen, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano).

Anne-Marie Reynolds: 'The Early Song Collections: Carl Nielsen finds his Voice', in: Mina Miller (ed.): The Carl Nielsen Companion (London 1994), pp. 399–453.

Anne-Marie Reynolds: Carl Nielsen's Voice. His Songs in Context. Museum Tusculanum Press: Copenhagen 2010, pp. 67–119.


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