Carl Nielsen
Tidt er jeg glad, og vil dog gerne græde
Oft am I glad, still may I weep from sadness
CNW 216
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 101
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) 248
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 78
Author: B.S. Ingemann
Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)
Composition: 1916.
The exact date of composition is unknown; from surviving letters, however, it is clear that Nielsen was engaged with the text and probably also with the music during July 1916.
Tidt er jeg glad, og vil dog gerne græde
Oft am I glad, still may I weep from sadness
Score, draft
Score, autograph, fair copy
Score, print
Text, autograph, fair copy
Correspondent: Thorvald Aagaard
Letter of 20 July 1916 from Carl Nielsen to Thorvald Aagaard
Text, autograph, fair copy
Correspondent: Thorvald Aagaard
Letter of 17 Sep. 1916 from Carl Nielsen to Thorvald Aagaard
Text, print
Printed in: A.P. Berggreen, Compositioner for Sang og Claveer.
| 13 Apr. 1917 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Salomon Levysohn, piano; Emilie Ulrich, singer; Anders Brems, singer; Carl Madsen, singer). First performance. |
| 15 Aug. 1917 | Ryslinge Folkehøjskole, Ryslinge. |
| 27 Nov. 1917 | Casinos Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Gerda Brems, piano). |
| 17 Feb. 1918 | Hotel Vinhuset, Næstved (performers: Margarethe Lendrop, singer; E. Borregaard, piano). |
| 7 Mar. 1918 | Casinos Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Sylvia Larsen, singer; C. C. Gad, piano). |
| 10 Mar. 1918 | Studenterforeningens Store Sal, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Gerda Brems, piano). |
| 28 Apr. 1918 | H. V. F.s Selskabelige Forening (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Ellen Beck, singer; Gerda Brems, piano). H. V. F.s Selskabelige Forening. |
| 30 Apr. 1918 | Skjern Musikforening, Skjern (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Ellen Beck, singer; Gerda Brems, piano). Skjern Musikforening. |
| 2 May 1918 | Hellerup Menighedshus, Copenhagen (performers: Sylvia Larsen, singer; Poul Schierbeck, piano). In benefit of KFUM's summercamp. |
| 4 Feb. 1919 | Hornung & Møllers Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Victor Bendix, piano). |
| 4 Mar. 1919 | Casinos Koncertsal, Copenhagen (performers: Jenny Enevoldsen, singer; Fritz Crome, piano). |
| 23 Apr. 1919 | Ribe Statsseminariums Sal, Ribe (performers: Jenny Enevoldsen, singer; Elisabeth Haar, piano). |
| 11 Sept. 1919 | Fredericia Sang- og Musikforening, Fredericia (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Ida Knudsen, piano). |
| 20 Sept. 1919 | Haslev Gymnasium, Haslev (performers: Anders Brems, singer; Gerda Brems, piano). |
| 3 Oct. 1919 | Jernbanehotellet, Haslev (performers: Kamma Louis Jensen, singer; Margrete Davidsen, piano). |
| 12 Feb. 1922 | Konserthuset på Heden, Gothenburg (performers: Sylvia Schierbeck, singer; Poul Schierbeck, piano; conductor: Carl Nielsen). |
| 13 Mar. 1922 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Christian Gottschalch, singer; Svend Egede-Lassen, piano). |
| 3 Nov. 1923 | Solennitetssalen, Helsinki (performers: Sylvia Schierbeck, singer; Poul Schierbeck, piano). |
| 12 Mar. 1925 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Nora Elé, singer; Anders Brems, singer; Gunnar Johansen, piano). |
| 28 Aug. 1925 | Tivoli Concert Hall (Tivolis Koncertsal), Copenhagen (performers: Nora Elé, singer; Otto Olsen, piano). |
| 20 Sept. 1925 | Kjøbenhavns Radiofonistation, Copenhagen (performers: Nora Elé, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano). |
| 16 Feb. 1926 | Musikkonservatoriets Sal, Copenhagen (performers: Yrsa Liisager, singer; Otto Olsen, piano). |
| 18 Oct. 1926 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Nora Elé, singer; Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 6 Dec. 1926 | Industriforeningens Sal, Rønne (performers: Nora Elé, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano). |
| 10 Oct. 1927 | Viborg Teater, Viborg (performers: Nora Elé, singer; Folmer Jensen, piano). |
| 29 Nov. 1927 | Vejle Musikforening, Vejle (performers: Nora Elé, singer; Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 29 Nov. 1928 | Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (performers: Grethe Knudsen, singer; Bent Rohde, piano). |
| 23 Apr. 1929 | Borups Højskole, Copenhagen (performers: Ellen Laub, singer; Christian Christiansen, piano). |
| 23 Oct. 1930 | Copenhagen Academy of Music (Københavns Musikkonservatorium), Copenhagen (performers: Carl-Christian Pontoppidan, singer; Haraldur Sigurdsson, piano). |
| 25 Mar. 1931 | (performer: Sylvia Schierbeck, singer). swedish radio? |
Letters:
Anne-Marie Reynolds: 'Carl Nielsen's 'Folk-like' Songs and the 'Danish National Tone''. Carl Nielsen Studies, IV, 2009, pp. 145–163.
Anne-Marie Reynolds: Carl Nielsen's Voice. His Songs in Context. Museum Tusculanum Press: Copenhagen 2010, pp. 200–203.
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