Carl Nielsen

Hjemvee

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Homesickness

(Odd and unknown evening breezes!)

CNW 296
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. The Royal Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 427
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, The Royal Library, Copenhagen) 150

Author: Adam Oehlenschläger

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Composition: 14 Dec. 1914.

Nielsen composed the song while working on the first of the two collections titled En Snes danske Viser. According to his diary, it was finished on 14 December 1914. However, he was not satisfied with it and therefore composed a new the following day (CNW 205).

Andante

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Odd and unknown evening breezes!