Carl Nielsen

Glæden hun er født i Dag

Happiness is born today

CNW 169
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. The Royal Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/4, 54
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, The Royal Library, Copenhagen) 133
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 83

Author: Thomas Kingo

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: Between 1914 and 1915.

The hymn was probably composed in 1914 or 1915 and was later included in Salmer og aandelige Sange (CNW Coll. 10) . As with several other of these hymns, Nielsen gave them a 'trial run' at a public concert before they appeared in print.

Glæden hun er født i Dag

Happiness is born today