H. C. Andersen

H. C. Andersen
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Short Name: H. C. Andersen
Full Name: Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875
Birth Year: 1805
Death Year: 1875

Andersen, Hans Christian, son of poor parents, was born at Odense, Denmark, April 2, 1805, and died Aug. 4, 1875. He is well known as a poet, and a writer for children. His Christmas Carol, "Child Jesus comes from heavenly height," translated from the Danish, is in The Evangelical Hymnal, N. Y., 1880.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)


Texts by H. C. Andersen (8)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Child Jesus came from heaven to earthH. C. Andersen (Author)English5
Child Jesus came to earth this dayH. C. Andersen (Author)English6
Child Jesus comes from heaven aboveH. C. Andersen (Author)English2
Child Jesus comes from heavenly heightHans Christian Andersen (Author)English13
Der Abend senkt sich leiseH. C. Andersen (Author)German2
Moder, jeg er tr't, nu vil jegH. C. Andersen (Author)2
Mother, I am tired, let me slumberH. C. Andersen (Author)English3
Mother, I'm tired and I would fain be sleepingHans Christian Andersen (Author)English4

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