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Carl Nielsen

Hymne til Livet

(Himmelkraftens Herre)

Hymn to Life

(Universal power)

CNW 376
CNUCarl Nielsen Udgaven (The Carl Nielsen Edition. Royal Danish Library: Copenhagen 1998–2009) III/6, 393
FSDan Fog & Torben Schousboe: Carl Nielsen kompositioner. En Bibliografi. København 1965. 113

Author: Sophus Michaëlis

Carl Nielsen Edition (Editorial Texts)

Arrangement not by Nielsen:
See Appendix

Composition: 1921.

The Swedish State Ombudsman, Gustav Schlyter, approached Nielsen in 1918 to prompt his interest in composing music to a poem by Sophus Michaëlis. The text was finished in August 1921, and on 31 October 1921 Nielsen sent the fair copy of the score to Schlyter.

Instrumentation: Boys' choir: S.soprano, S.soprano, A.alto
Med frisk Værdighed

Himmelkraftens Herre

Universal power

Edition:
Carl Nielsen Edition

Score, draft

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Draft, Complete]

Two compositions by Nielsen are written in pencil on the verso side: Fiskerens Sang from Nielsen's music for the play Cosmus (CNW 19) and Hymne til Livet. On the recto side is a choral prelude by Ove Scavenius.

Score, autograph, fair copy

[Classification: Notated music, Manuscript, Autograph, Score, Fair copy, Complete]
S-Lund, Landsarkivet Schlyterska samlingen.
CNU Source B.

Score, print

[Classification: Notated music, Print, Score, First edition, Complete]
Wilhelm Hemp, Hälsingborg 1922.
Title page: DIE FEUERBESTATTUNG / UND / IHRE KULTURELLE BEDEUTUNG / DER TEMPEL DES FRIEDENS / HERAUSGEGEBEN VON GUSTAV SCHLYTER /  VERLEGT BEI WILH. HEMP IN LEIPZIG
CNU Source A.
12 Mar. 1925 Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen (Damekoret Echo; conductor: Poul Schierbeck). Performance of a version for women's choir, arranged by Poul Schierbeck (see Appendix). It is not known whether Carl Nielsen's version for boys' choir was ever performed in its original form.

Letters:

24 Nov. 1918   from Gustav Schlyter to Carl Nielsen, S-Lund, Landsarkivet Schlyterska samlingen, A:12.
2 May 1919   from Gustav Schlyter to Carl Nielsen, DK-KkDet Kongelige Bibliotek, København CNACarl Nielsen Arkivet (The Carl Nielsen Archive, Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen) IAb.
25 Aug. 1921   from Gustav Schlyter to Carl Nielsen, S-Lund, Landsarkivet Schlyterska samlingen, A:15. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VII/116)
30 Oct. 1921   from Carl Nielsen to Gustav Schlyter, S-Lund, Landsarkivet Schlyterska samlingen, A:15. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VII/143)
3 Nov. 1921   from Gustav Schlyter to Carl Nielsen, S-Lund, Landsarkivet Schlyterska samlingen, A:15. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VII/144)
30 Nov. 1921   from Carl Nielsen to Gustav Schlyter, S-Lund, Landsarkivet Schlyterska samlingen, A:15. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VII/162)
7 Feb. 1923   from Gustav Schlyter to Carl Nielsen, S-Lund, Landsarkivet Schlyterska samlingen, A:15. (CNBJohn Fellow (ed.): Carl Nielsen Brevudgaven. Multivers: Copenhagen 2005–2015. VII/416)

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