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Det kan hænde, at et Tema melder sig fuldt færdigt. Saaledes husker jeg, at
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Sometimes, a theme can come to me fully formed. I remember, for instance, that the main theme for one of my larger works came to me one day while I was standing on the back of a tram. And it came with such urgency that I had to quickly jot it down partly on a scrap of paper I had in my pocket and
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953:(2nd ed.). London: Kahn & Averill.
937:. Translated by Harald Knudsen. pp. 183–211.
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670:"Carl Nielsens Sange"
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1094:The Inextinguishable
1046:List of compositions
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31:The Danish composer
1609:Carl Nielsen Museum
1539:Select interpreters
1416:Anne Marie Telmányi
1229:Springtime on Funen
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1100:Symphony No. 5
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965:See pages 112–136.
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