List of songs composed by Carl Nielsen explained

This is a list of the songs and hymns composed by Carl Nielsen.

Songs with piano

Solo voice and piano

FS 12 (Op. 4)

Danish: {{nowrap|Musik til fem Digte (Music to Five Poems by J. P. Jacobsen) for voice and piano (1891)

  1. "Danish: Solnedgang" ("Sunset")
  2. "Danish: I Seraillets Have" ("In the Harem Garden")
  3. "Danish: Til Asali" ("To Asali")
  4. "Danish: Irmelin" ("Irmelin")
  5. "Danish: Har dagen sanket al sin Sorg" ("Has the Day Gathered All its Sorrow")

FS 13

Unpublished miscellaneous songs (1891)

  1. "Danish: Aldrig hans Ord kan jeg glemme" (Paludan-Müller)
  2. "Danish: I Drømmenes Land" (Jacobsen)
  3. "Danish: Solnedgang" (Jacobsen)

FS 14 (Op. 6)

Danish: Viser og Vers af J. P. Jacobsen (Songs and Verses by J. P. Jacobsen) for voice and piano (1891)

  1. "Danish: Genrebillede" ("Genre Piece")
  2. "Danish: Seraferne" ("The Seraphs")
  3. "Danish: Silkesko over gylden Læst" ("Silken Shoes on a Golden Last")
  4. "Danish: Det bødes der for i lange Aar" ("A Moment of Pleasure, an Age of Pain")
  5. "Danish: Vise af 'Mogens" ("Song from [the short story] 'Mogens'")

FS 18 (Op. 10). Seks Sange til Tekster af Ludvig Holstein (Six Songs on Texts by) (1895–96)

  1. Du fine, hvide Æbleblomst (You apple blossom fine and white)
  2. Erindringens Sø (Lake of Memories)
  3. Sommersang (Summer Song)
  4. Sang bag Ploven (Song behind the Plough)
  5. I Aften (Tonight)
  6. Hilsen (Greeting)

FS 37. Hr. Oluf han rider (Sir Oluf Rides). Texts by Holger Drachmann (1906)

FS 42 (Op. 21). Strofiske Sange (Strophic Songs) (1905–07)

FS 43

Tove. Incidental music for the play by Ludvig Holstein. (1906–1908) The Score is lost, only the following four songs have survived:

  1. "Danish: Vi Sletternes Sønner" (We sons of the plains)
  2. "Danish: Fuglefængervisen" (Bird-catcher's song)
  3. "Danish: Toves Sang" (Tove's song)
  4. "Danish: Jægersang" (Hunter's song)

FS 44

Willemoes. Incidental music, text by L.C. Nielsen (1907–1908). Four songs were published:

  1. "Danish: Havet omkring Danmark" (The ocean around Denmark)
  2. "Danish: Vibekes Sang" (Vibeke's song)
  3. "Danish: Fædreland" (Fatherland)
  4. "Danish: Ja tag os, vor Moder" (Yes, take us, our mother)

FS 50. To Sange fra Jeppe Aakjærs Skuespil "Ulvens Søn" (Two Songs for Jeppe Aakjær's Play "Ulven's Son") (1909)

FS 70 & FS 78. En Snes danske Viser (A Score of Danish Songs). Collaboration with Thomas Laub; 23 songs by Nielsen, 21 by Laub. In two Volumes.

FS 83. Salmer og Aandelige Sange, halvhundred nye Melodier for Hjem, Kirke og Skole (Hymns and Sacred Songs, Fifty New Melodies for Home, Church and School) (1912-1916)

FS 86 (Op. 31). To Sange fra Valdemar Rørdams "Kantate ved Grosserer-Societetets Hundredaarsfest" (Two Songs from Valdemar Rørdam's "Cantata for the Centenary of the Chamber of Commerce") (1917)

FS 89 (Op. 34). Tre Sange fra Adam Oehlenschlägers Skuespil "Aladdin eller den forunderlige Lampe" (Three Songs from Adam Oehlenschläger's Play "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp") (1918–19)

FS 92. To aandelige Sange (Two Spiritual Songs) (1917–18)

FS 94 (Op. 41). Otte Sange fra Helge Rodes Skuespil "Moderen" (Eight Songs from Helge Rode's Play "The Mother") (1920)

FS 95. Tyve folkelige Melodier (Twenty Folklike Melodies) (1917–21)

FS 101

Danish: Fire folkelige Melodier, "Four Folklike Melodies". Songs, texts by C. Richardt (1), B. Bjørnson (2,) C. Hostrup (3), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1922)

  1. "Danish: Lær mig, Nattens Stjerne" ("Teach Me, Oh Stars of the Night") Text by Christian Richardt
  2. "Danish: Sangen har Lysning" ("The Song Casts Light") Text by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
  3. "Danish: Hvad synger du om?" ("Of What do You Sing") Text by Jens Christian Hostrup
  4. "Danish: Nu skal det aabenbares" ("Now Shall it be Revealed"). Text by Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig

FS 103

Danish: Folkehøjskolens Melodibog, The Folk High School Melody Book. Collection of Songs, ed. by Thorvald Aagaard, in collaboration with Carl Nielsen, Th. Laub, and O. Ring (1922).

FS 114

  1. "Danish: Ti dansk Smaasange" (Ten Little Danish Songs") Texts by various authors (1923–24)
  2. "Danish: Jeg ved en Lærkerede" (I Know a Lark's Nest") (H. Bergstedt)
  3. "Danish: Solen er saa rød Mor" (The Sun is So Red, Mother") (H. Bergstedt)
  4. "Danish: Tyst som Aa i Engen rinder" (As Quietly as the Stream Runs in the Meadow") (H. Rode)
  5. "Danish: Spurven sidder stum bag Kvist" (The Sparrow Sits in Silence Behind the Gable") (J. Aakjær)
  6. "Danish: Den Spillemand spiller paa Strenge" (The Musician is Playing his Fiddle") (M. Damm)
  7. "Danish: Naar Smaabørn klynker ved Aftentide" (When Small Children Whimper at Eventide") (C. Dabelsteen)
  8. "Danish: Grøn er Vaarens Hæk" (Green in the Hedge in Spring") (P. Martin Møller)
  9. "Danish: Jeg lægger mig saa trygt til ro" ("I Settle Down to Sleep so Snugly") (Chr. Winter)
  10. "Danish: O, hvor jeg er glad i dag" ("Oh, Today I am so Happy") (M. Rosing)
  11. "Danish: Den danske Sang" ("The Danish Song") (K. Hoffmann). Ti danske Smaasange (Ten Little Danish Songs) (1923–24)

FS 115

Danish: Fire jydske sange (Four Jutlandish Songs). Texts by A. Berntsen (1924–25)

  1. "Danish: Jens Madsen aa An-Sofi" ("Jens Madsen to An-Sofi")
  2. "Danish: Wo dætter" ("Our Daughter")
  3. "Danish: Den jen aa den anden" ("One and the Other")
  4. "Danish: Ae Lastrae" ("The Haypole")

FS 125. Tillæg til Folkehøjskolens Melodibog (Supplement to the Folk High School Melody Book)

Separate songs

FS Danish title English title Author Year composed
3n Angst Anxiety 1887
3o Til mit Hjertes Dronning To the Queen of my Heart Percy Bysshe Shelley / Caralis (Christian Preetzmann)1887
3p Vejviseren synger The Song of the Guide J.S. Welhaven 1887
3q Serenade Serenade Jeremiah Joseph Callanan / Caralis 1887
3r Tag Jer i agt for Anna! Bonnie Ann (Ye gallants bright, I rede ye right) Robert Burns / Caralis 1887
3s Min Sjæl er mørk My soul is dark Lord Byron / Caralis 1887
? Den gamle Skovvei huer mig vel (a) The ancient woodland road I like well (a) Christian Richardt ?
? Den gamle Skovvei huer mig vel (b) The ancient woodland road I like well (b) Christian Richardt ?
? Alle de voksende Skygger All the developing shadows J.P. Jacobsen ?
13/1 Aldrig hans Ord kan jeg glemme Ne'er may his words be forsaken! 1891
13/2 I Drømmenes Land The Realm of Dreams J.P. Jacobsen 1891
35 Fædrelandssang Danish Patriotic Song Holger Drachmann 1906
38 Jeg synes om din lette Gang I truly like your easy gait Carl Nielsen? 1906
? Alfholdssangen Temperance Song Moldberg-Kjeldsen ?
52 De Unges Sang Song of the Young Jens Christian Hostrup 1909
57 Halloges Sang Halloge’s Song Adam Oehlenschläger 1910
59 Paaske-Liljen The Daffodil Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig 1910/?
62 Børnehjælpsdagens Sang Child Welfare Day Song Johannes Jørgensen 1911/?
66 Katholsk Ungdomssang Catholic Song of Youth Johannes Jørgensen 1913
69 Fredlys din Jord, du danske Mand! Preserve your soil, each Danish man! Anders W. Holm 1914/?
72 Barnets Sang Children's Song 1915
75 Og jeg vil drage The South I'm leaving Holger Drachmann 1915/?
80 Ariels Sang Ariel's Song Helge Rode 1916
82 Studie efter Naturen Study on Nature Hans Christian Andersen 1916
83/2 Alt paa den vilde Hede On moorland barren, level Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig 1912-16
84 Blomstervise Flower Lay Ludvig Holstein 1917
? Est du modfalden Are you discouraged Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig 1919
? Som dug paa slagne Enge As dew on grassy acre Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig ?
90 Christianshavn Christianshavn 1918
93 Gry Dawn 1919-20
95/15 Det danske Brød paa Sletten gror The Danish bread, it grows on plains Jeppe Aakjær 1917-21
106 Julesang Christmas Carol 1923
107 Julesang Christmas Carol 1923
108 Hjemlige Jul Homely Noel 1923
109 (Op. 47) Balladen om Bjørnen Ballad of the Bear 1923
110 There is a lovely country Adam Oehlenschläger 1924/?
111/9 Danmark (a) Denmark (a) 1923/?
? Sof sött, du lilla Sonja! Sleep sweetly, little Sonja! Carl Nielsen? ?
? Sang for Dansk Arbejde Song for Danish Labour Valdemar Rørdam ?
? Du frie, danske Tunge Free language of our mother ?
? Lad en og anden have Ret Let people, just a few, be right ?
111/9 Danmark (b) Denmark (b) Axel Juel 1923/?
? Kær est du, Fødeland, sødt er dit Navn So dear my native land, thy name so sweet Steen Steensen Blicher ?
112 Det vi véd, at siden slangens gift This we know that since the poison Jens Christian Hostrup 1923-24
114/2 Solen er saa rød, Mor Look! The sun is red, mum Harald Bergstedt 1923-24
114/3 Tyst som Aa i Engen rinder Silent as a stream's meander Helge Rode 1923-24
114/6 Naar Smaabørn klynker ved Aftentide When babies whimper before the candle Christian Dabelsteen 1923-24
114/9 O, hvor jeg er glad i Dag! Oh, how glad I am today! Michael Rosing 1923-24
? Byg paa Sletten, ej paa Tin den Build on lowland, not above it ?
? Vældige Riger rives om Jorden Mighty the realms that rend earth asunder ?
120 Morgenhanen atter gol Morning cock again did crow Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig 1926/?
120 Ind under Jul, hvor er det trist Nigh to Noel, how very sad 1926/?
120 I kølende Skygger (a) In shadows so bracing (a) 1926/?
120 I kølende Skygger (b) In shadows so bracing (b) Johannes Ewald 1926/?
120 Den gamle Husmand staar ved Gavl An old smallholder at his ground 1926/?
120 Hver har sit, du har dit og jeg har mit You and I, everyone must qualify Laurits Christian Nielsen 1926/?
120 Jeg kører frem gennem Straalefryd I drive along in a splendent spell Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1926/?
120 Dannebrog, vift med din Vinge Dannebrog, fl ag in a fl utter Steen Steensen Blicher 1926/?
120 Har I nu Tænder i Riven sat Now, did the rake get its latter prong Jeppe Aakjær 1926/?
121 Det är höst Autumn's near 1926
122 Dansk Vejr Danish Weather Ove Rode 1927
124 Vocalise-Étude Vocalise-Étude - 1927
126 Den trænger ud til hvert et sted It's spreading everywhere with us Jens Christian Hostrup 1927
? Jeg gik i marken og vogtede får Out in the fields I was watching the sheep Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig 1927
? Apostlene sad i Jerusalem Apostles convened in Jerusalem Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig ?
127 Guldfloden River of Gold Bernhard Severin Ingemann 1927-28
? Nu ruger paa Reden i Fjer og Straa On straw and on feather the brooding call Ludvig Holstein ?
142 Hjemstavn Homecoming 1929
143 Der går et stille tog A silent file will reach Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1929
145 Fremtidens Land! Country to come! Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1929
146 Danmark, nu blunder den lyse Nat Denmark, now slumbers the Northern night 1929
147 Vi Jyder We of Jutland 1929-30
? Tanker skal tændes og skride Thoughts must be lit, then exceeded ?
151 Gensyn Retrospect Frederik Paludan-Müller 1930

Recitation and piano (or orchestra)

FS 134. Island (Iceland) (1929). Text by Otto Lagoni.

Choir and piano

FS 65. To Sange fra Adam Oehlenschlägers "Sanct Hansaftenspil" (Two Songs from Adam Oehlenschläger's "Midsummer Eve Play") (1913)

Songs with instrumental ensemble

FS 42, No. 4. Sænk kun dit Hoved du Blomst (Lay down, sweet flower, your head), for voice and orchestra. Text by Johannes Jørgensen (1906)
FS 110. Der er et yndigt land (There is a lovely country), for voice and orchestra. Text by Adam Oehlenschläger (1924)
FS 114, No. 5. Den Spillemand spiller paa Strenge (The fiddler is playing his fiddle), for voice and three violins. Text by Mads Damm (1923/1924)

Songs for a cappella choir

Mixed choir

Collections

FS 54. To Sange fra "Kantate ved Aarhus Landsudstillings Aabnings-Højtidelighed 1909" (Two Songs from "Cantata for the Opening Ceremony of the National Exhibition of 1909 in Aarhus"), for SATB choir. Text by Laurits Christian Nielsen (1909)

FS 138

To Skolesange (Two School Songs) for unaccompanied choir, text by V. Stuckenberg (1929)

  1. "Danish: Blomsterstøv fra Blomsterbæger" ("Pollen from the Calyx")
  2. "Danish: Nu er for stakket tid forbi" ("Now for a Brief Time it's Over"')

FS 139 (Op. 55). Tre Motetter (Three Motets). Texts selected by Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (1929)

Separate songs

FS Danish title English title Choir formation Author Year composed
35 Fædrelandssang (Du danske mand! af al din magt syng) Danish Patriotic Song (Sing, Danish man! With all your might) SATB Holger Drachmann 1906
40 Sidskensang Siskin Song SSAT Emil Aarestrup 1907
? Serenade (Gerne vi lytter, naar Stræangene bringer) Serenade (Gladly we listen when music may carry) SATB 1907
41 Kom, Gudsengel, stille Død Come, God's angel, silent Death ATB Emil Aarestrup 1907
44/2 Ja, tag os, vor Moder Yea, take us, our mother SATB Laurits Christian Nielsen 1908
62 Børnehjælpsdagens Sang (Vi Børn, vi Børn, vi vaagner) Child Welfare Day Song (We boys and girls we waken) SATB Johannes Jørgensen 1911
? Sangen til Danmark Song to Denmark SATB Helge Rode ?
110 Der er et yndigt Land There is a lovely country SATTB Adam Oehlenschläger 1924
110 Der er et yndigt Land There is a lovely country SATB Adam Oehlenschläger 1924
70/5 Hjemvee (Underlige Aftenlufte!) Homesickness (Odd and unknown evening breezes!) SATB Adam Oehlenschläger 1913/?
70/19 Jeg bærer med Smil min Byrde I take with a smile my burden SATB Jeppe Aakjær 1915/?
154 Sjølunds Sangere Zealand Singers SATTB 1930
92/2 Udrundne er de gamle Dage Gone are the days, they're past and olden SATB Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig 1918/?
120 Vaaren – Vaaren er i Brudd! Springtime – Springtime breaking through! SATB 1926/?
149 Sang for femstemmigt blandet Kor ved Dansk Ligbrændingsforenings Jubilæum den 23de Marts 1931 Song for Five-Part Mixed Chorus for the Anniversary of the Danish Cremation Society on 23 March 1931 SSATB 1930

Male choir

FS Danish title English title Author Year composed
3m Længsel (I hvor jeg end slaaer Øjet hen) I Love My Jean (Of a' the airts the wind can blaw) Robert Burns / Caralis 1887
3t Byd mig at leve Bid me to live, and I will live Robert Herrick / Caralis 1887
14/4 Det bødes der for i lange Aar You suffer throughout an age of pain J.P. Jacobsen 1891/?
12/3 Til Asali To Asali J.P. Jacobsen 1891/?
28 Kom blankeste Sol! Come, glistering sun! 1901
35 Fædrelandssang (Du danske mand! af al din magt syng) Danish Patriotic Song (Sing, Danish man! With all your might) Holger Drachmann 1906
48 Aftenstemning Evening Matthias Claudius / Carsten Hauch 1908
52 De unges Sang Song of the Young Jens Christian Hostrup 1909/?
53 Til Snapsen i "Bel Canto" To the Schnapps in "Bel Canto" Aage Berntsen 1909
59 Paaske-Liljen The Daffodil Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig 1910
62 Vi Børn, vi Børn, vi vaagner We boys and girls we waken Johannes Jørgensen 1911
67 Ak, Julesne fra Bethlehem Ah, Bethlehem, your Christmas snow Johannes Jørgensen 1914
69 Fredlys din Jord, du danske Mand! Preserve your soil, each Danish man! Anders W. Holm 1914
73 Hil dig vor Fane! Banner, we hail thee! Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig 1915
110 Der er et yndigt land There is a lovely country Adam Oehlenschläger 1924
114/10 Den danske Sang er en ung, blond Pige The Danish song is a fair young maiden Kai Hoffmann 1924/?
144 Til min Fødeø To My Native Island S.P. Raben-Korch 1929
158 Kvadet om Nordens Harpe Lay of the Nordic Harp Aage Berntsen 1931

Equal voices

FS 111

Sangbogen Danmark (Songbook Denmark); a collection of Danish and Scandinavian songs, includes a foreword and some new songs by Nielsen; edited by Carl Nielsen and Hakon Andersen (every song is scored for soprano and alto) (1924)

FS 152

60 Danske Kanoner (60 Danish Canons); six of them by Nielsen (1930), for unaccompanied choir, texts by Carl Nielsen (1), H. C. Andersen (2), Holberg (3 and 4, translated by S. Muller), Book of Job (5), Carl Nielsen (6, his motto to the Helios Overture) (1930)

  1. "Danish: Bokserne" ("The Boxers")
  2. "Danish: Traaden brister" ("The Thread Snaps")
  3. "Danish: Vægter, jeg beder" ("Watchman I Beg You")
  4. "Danish: Ikke det altid slaar til" ("It Isn't Always So")
  5. "Danish: Du skal le ad Ødelæggelse" ("At Destruction and Famine Thou Shalt Laugh")
  6. "Danish: Stilhed og Mørke" ("Silence and Dark")

Separate songs

Every song scored for soprano and alto.

FS Danish title English title Author Year composed
27 Edderkoppens Sang af "Aladdin" (Betragt mit svage spind) The Spider's Song from "Aladdin" (Behold my web, how frail) Adam Oehlenschläger 1899
28 Kom blankeste Sol! (a) Come, glistering sun! (a) Albert Thura 1901
28 Kom blankeste Sol! (b) Come, glistering sun! (b) Albert Thura 1901
34a Morten Børups Majvise (Frydeligt med jubelkor) Morten Børup's Song of May (Jubilation, shouts of glee) Morten Børup / Frederik Moth 1906
34 Børnehjælpdagens Sang (Vi Børn, vi Børn, vi vaagner) Child Welfare Day Song (We boys and girls we waken) Johannes Jørgensen 1911
35 Fædrelandssang (Du danske mand! af al din magt syng) Danish Patriotic Song (Sing, Danish man! With all your might) Holger Drachmann 1906/?
72 Barnets Sang (Kom, i Dag maa alle synge) Children's Song (Come today and join the chorus) Johannes Dam 1915
94/2 Min pige er saa lys som Rav Like golden amber is my girl Helge Rode 1920/?
110 Der er et yndigt land There is a lovely country Adam Oehlenschläger 1924
111/19 Hymne til Danmark Hymn to Denmark Valdemar Rørdam 1917/1923
111/23 Tyst som Aa i Engen rinder Silent as a stream's meander Helge Rode 1923/1924
113 Hymne til Livet Hymn to Life Sophus Michaëlis 1923-24
146 Danmark, nu blunder den lyse Nat (a) Denmark, now slumbers the Northern night (a) Thøger Larsen 1929/?
146 Danmark, nu blunder den lyse Nat (b) Denmark, now slumbers the Northern night (b) Thøger Larsen 1929/?
161 Græshoppen Grasshopper Bernhard Severin Ingemann 1899
? Jeg har båret lærkens vinge Skylark wings I used to carry Michael Rosing ?
? Jeg kører frem gennem Straalefryd I drive along in a splendent spell Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ?
? Nu ruger paa Reden i Fjer og Straa On straw and on feather the brooding call Ludvig Holstein ?

Unison songs

Collections

FS 75. Melodier til Johan Borups Sangbog (Melodies for Johan Borup's Song Book) (1915)
FS 120. Nye Melodier til Johan Borups Sangbog (New Melodies for Johan Borup's Song Book) (1926)

Separate songs

FS Danish title English title Author Year composed
3g Vuggevise Lullaby Carl Nielsen? 1883
51 Vi frie Folk fra Norden We sov'reign Nordic nation Valdemar Rørdam 1924
? Student-Tanker i en Gymnastiksal Student Thoughts in the Gymnasium Ernesto Dalgas ?
83/19 Guds Fred er mer end Englevagt God's peace is more than angel guard Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig 1912-16
75 Og jeg vil drage fra Sydens Blommer The South I'm leaving Holger Drachmann 1915
120 Vaaren, Vaaren er i Brud! Springtime, Springtime breaking through! Morten Børup / Marinus Børup 1926
133 Velkommen Lærkelil My welcome, little lark Christian Richardt 1928

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