Composition Year | 1914 February |
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Genre Categories | Sacred hymns; Hymns; Religious works; |
Work Title | Forunderligt at sige |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Nielsen, Carl |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | CNW 165 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ICN 273 |
Key | A-flat major |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1914 February |
Librettist | Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764) |
Language | Danish |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Modern |
Instrumentation | voice, piano / mixed chorus |
Extra Information | Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark |
In a letter from February 1914 to his wife, Nielsen mentions having composed the hymn. From a surviving draft, it is clear that Nielsen's pupil, Paul Hellmuth, helped with the harmonization. Later the hymn was better known with Hans Adolph Brorson's original version of the text, 'Mit hjerte altid vanker'.