Carl Nielsen
Julesang
(Himlen mørkner stor og stum)
Christmas Carol
(Heaven's gloom a world apart)
CNW 313
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. The Royal Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/5, 249
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
106
Author: Mogens Falck
Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)
Composition: 12 Nov. 1923.
Towards the end of 1923, Nielsen composed three Christmas carols (CNW 312 , 313, 314 ), all of which were published just before Christmas. According to his diary, Nielsen composed the melody on 12 November 1923. He later re-used the melody with other texts (CNW 318 and 384 ).
Himlen mørkner stor og stum
Heaven's gloom a world apart
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