Carl Nielsen - perhaps Denmark's greatest composer - was born on the island of Funen by poor parents in a small and defeated country. He produced music from a fundamental belief in its universal importance to mankind - he believed that through music it is possible to learn about right and wrong and about the necessary things in life. In his numerous songs he additionally worked his way into the basics of music and into the heart of every Dane.

Carl Nielsen's music both respects simplicity and masters the great. It has won a wide audience, because this living music still creates new contexts in a changing world.