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)
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.
Før drømte jeg fast hver eneste Nat
I dreamed up to now as good as each night
Sketch
Score, print
Score, print
Text, print
Printed in: J.P. Jacobsen, Digte og Udkast.
| 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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