CNW 351
Carl Nielsen
Der er et yndigt Land
A fair and lovely land
CNW 351
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/5, 262, 291; III/6, 307, 308, 329, 334, 394; IV/1, Add. 36
CNSCarl Nielsens Samling (The Carl Nielsen Collection, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
289
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965.
110, 111
Author: Adam Oehlenschläger
Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)
Arrangement not by Nielsen:
Composition: 1923–24.
The song was presumably composed at the end of 1923. A number of sketches can be dated to December. The song survives in no fewer than eight complete versions in Nielsen's hand, all from 1924; of these, five were printed while three are known only in manuscript.
Version for piano (with text)
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/5, 262
Date: Between 1923 and 1924.
Varmt og frejdigt
Der er et yndigt Land
A fair and lovely land
Sources
Score, autograph, sketch
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Sketch, Incomplete]
Score, autograph, draft
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]
Score, autograph, draft
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]
Score, autograph, fair copy
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Fair copy, Complete]
Score, autograph, printer's manuscript
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, printer's copy, Complete]
Score, partly autograph, fair copy
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Partly autograph, Score, Fair copy, Complete]
Ink fair copy with text added in a foreign hand.
Score, print
[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1924.
Title page: DER ER ET YNDIGT LAND / CARL NIELSEN / Forlæggerens Ejendom for alle Lande. / KØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG / Wilhelm Hansen, Musik- Forlag / Kristiania & Bergen / Norsk Musik-Forlag / Göteborg – Stockholm – Malmö / A.B. Nordiska Musikförlaget / Copyright 1924 by Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen. / II.
CNU Source A.
Performances
| 31 Jan. 1924 |
Hjørring Musikforening, Hjørring (performer: Thøger Rasmussen, singer). |
| 24 Sept. 1925 |
Ryvang Radio, Copenhagen (performers: Christian Gottschalch, singer; Carl Schnedler-Meyer, piano). |
| 3 Jan. 1926 |
Kjøbenhavns Radiofonistation, Copenhagen (performers: Chr. Ottosen, singer; A. K.. Jersholt, piano). |
| 11 Mar. 1931 |
Huizen. Dutch radio? |
Version for female/children's choir
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/6, 394
Date: 1924.
This version survives in manuscript only. It was sent to music dealer L. Siboni on 20 June 1924, who apparently had encouraged Nielsen to re-arrange the melody.
Varmt og frejdigt
Der er et yndigt Land
A fair and lovely land
Sources
Score, autograph, fair copy
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Fair copy, Complete]
Photocopy in DK-Kk, CNS 289m (add.).
CNU Source A.
Version for mixed choir
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/6, 308
Date: 1924.
According to the printer's manuscript this version was planned to be published on 2 June 1924.
Varmt og frejdigt
Der er et yndigt Land
A fair and lovely land
Sources
Score, print
[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1924.
Title page: WILHELM HANSEN / EDITION/ KOR-BIBLIOTHEK / BLANDET KOR / (SOPRAN, ALT, TENOR OG BAS) / […] / FORLÆGGERENS EJENDOM FOR ALLE LANDE / KØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG / Afskrivning af Stemmer forbudt ifølge Loven / Nr. 153 / II
CNU Source A.
Score, reprint
[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1928.
Title page: DANSKE FOLKEKOR / SJÆLLANDSKE FOLKEKORS JUBILÆUMSHEFTE / 1928 WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG / KØBENHAVN
CNU Source B.
Performances
| 1 Feb. 1931 |
Haandværkerforeningens Sal, Silkeborg (Silkeborg Seminariums Sangkor; conductor: Aage Emborg). |
Version for five-part mixed choir
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/6, 307
Date: 1924.
According to the Wilhelm Hansen's engravers' book, this version for five-voice choir was produced in February 1924.
Varmt og frejdigt
Der er et yndigt Land
A fair and lovely land
Sources
Score, draft
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]
Score, autograph, printer's manuscript
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, printer's copy, Complete]
Score, print
[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1924.
Title page:
Dansk Korforenings Bibliothek No. 16
/ DER ER ET / YNDIGT LAND / FOR / FEMSTEMMIGT BLANDET KOR / (Sopran - Alt - Tenor I - Tenor II og Bas) / AF / CARL NIELSEN / FORLÆGGERENS EJENDOM FOR ALLE LANDE / KØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG / KRISTIANIA & BERGEN / NORSK MUSIK-FORLAG / GÖTEBORG – STOCKHOLM – MALMÖ / A.B. NORDISKA MUSIKFÖRLAGET / Copyright 1924 by Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen
CNU Source A.
Version for male choir
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/6, 329
Date: 1924.
Varmt og frejdigt
Der er et yndigt Land
A fair and lovely land
Sources
Score, draft, autograph
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]
CNU Source D.
Score, autograph, fair copy without text
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Fair copy, Incomplete]
Score, autograph, printer's manuscript
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, printer's copy, Complete]
Score, print
[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1924.
Title page: WILHELM HANSEN / EDITION / KOR-BIBLIOTHEK / MANDSSTEMMER / (Tenor 1, 2, Bas, 1, 2). / [...] / FORLÆGGERENS EJENDOM FOR ALLE LANDE. / KJØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG. / WILHELM HANSEN MUSIKFORLAG. / Afskrivning af Stemmer forbudt ifølge Loven. / II
CNU Source A.
Version for children's choir
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/6, 334
Date: 1924.
After the first performance of the song, this version was published in August 1924.
Der er et yndigt Land
A fair and lovely land
Sources
Score, draft
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]
Score, print
[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen 1924.
Title page: MELODIER / TIL / SANGBOGEN / ‘DANMARK’ / SAMLET OG UDGIVET TIL BRUG / FOR SKOLE OG HJEM / AF / CARL NIELSEN OG HAKON ANDERSEN / FORLÆGGERENS EJENDOM / KØBENHAVN & LEIPZIG / WILHELM HANSEN, MUSIK-FORLAG / OSLO / NORSK MUSIKFORLAG / STOCKHOLM / A. B. NORDISKA MUSIK FÖRLAGET
CNU Source A.
Text, print
[Classification: Text, Print, Later edition, Complete]
Copenhagen 1924.
Printed in:
Danmark. Sangbog for Skolen og Hjemmet
CNU Source C.
Version for voice and orchestra
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
III/5, 291
Date: 1924.
This version was apparently made on a request of the local magistrate in Skibby. Nielsen sent the score to him with a letter dated 28 January 1924.
Bredt men ikke for langsomt
Der er et yndigt Land
A fair and lovely land
Sources
Score, draft
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]
DK-Odense, Carl Nielsen Museet.
CNU Source A.
Version for brass
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009)
IV/1, Add. 36
Date: 1924 (?).
The only surviving source for this version is an undated draft.
Sources
Score, draft
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]
Version for five-part mixed choir and orchestra (partly lost)
Date: 1924.
The only surviving source for this version is an undated sketch. However, a performance is documented in the programme for a gala concert at The Royal Theatre on 1 June 1924. A letter from Nielsen to Asger Wilhelm Hansen also refers to what must be assumed to be this version.
Instrumentation:
Choir
Orchestra
Sources
Score, autograph, sketch
[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Sketch, Incomplete]
Performances
| 1 June 1924 |
Danish Choral Society (Dansk Korforening), The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen (conductor: Georg Høeberg). First public performance |
Documents
Letters:
| 28 Jan. 1924 |
from Carl Nielsen to Frederik Johannessen, DK-Odense, Carl Nielsen Museet. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
VIII/8) |
| 20 Feb. 1924 |
from Carl Nielsen to Frederik Johannessen, DK-Odense, Carl Nielsen Museet. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
VIII/17) |
| 25 Feb. 1924 |
from Carl Nielsen to Dagny Birkeland,
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek,
København
NBD 2. rk. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
VIII/19) |
| 22 May 1924 |
from Wilhelm Hansen to Carl Nielsen,
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek,
København
WHA. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
VIII/63) |
| 23 May 1924 |
from Carl Nielsen to Jeppe Marius Ottosen, privately owned. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
VIII/65) |
| 25 May 1924 |
from Carl Nielsen to Asger Wilhelm Hansen,
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek,
København
WHA. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
VIII/67) |
| 20 June 1924 |
from Carl Nielsen to Louis Felix Siboni,
DK-KmMusikmuseet,
Frederiksberg
nodemanuskripter 190. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
VIII/89) |
| 25 July 1924 |
from Carl Nielsen to Vera Michaelsen,
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek,
København
CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
IAc. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
VIII/104) |
| 9 June 1925 |
from Albert Petersen to Carl Nielsen,
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek,
København
CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
IAb. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
VIII/352) |
| 3 Oct. 1931 |
from Ivan and Vera Stchelkunoff to Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen,
DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek,
København
CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)
IIAb. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015.
XI/816) |
Other other:
Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Der er et yndigt Land – !'. Politiken, 31 May 1924. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999.
85)
Audivi [Hugo Seligmann] (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'Carl Nielsen og hans Sangbog for Folket'. Politiken, 9 Sept. 1924. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999.
86)
Inter. (interviewer) and Carl Nielsen (interviewee): 'En ny Sangbog af Carl Nielsen'. Berlingske Tidende, 9 Sept. 1924. (SamtidJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen til sin samtid. Det Kongelige Bibliotek/Gyldendal: Copenhagen 1999.
87)
Bibliography
Erik Abrahamsen: Tonekunsten: En Vejledning til dens Forstaaelse. P. Haase: Copenhagen 1927, pp. 28–49.
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