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Niels Gade
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Niels Wilhelm Gade (22 February 1817 – 21 December 1890) was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher. He is considered the most important Danish musician of his day. Gade was born in Copenhagen, the son of a joiner and instrument maker. He began his career as a violinist with the Royal Orchestra there, and saw his concert overture Efterklange af Ossian ("Memories of Ossian") premiered with them in 1840. When his first symphony was turned down for performance in Copenhagen, he sent it to Felix Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn received the work positively, and conducted it in Leipzig, March 1843, to enthusiastic public reaction. Supported by a fellowship from the Danish government, Gade himself moved to Leipzig, teaching at the Conservatory there, working as an assistant conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, and befriending Mendelssohn, who had an important influence on his music. He also became friends with Robert Schumann. At Mendelssohn’s death in 1847, Gade was appointed to his position chief conductor but was forced to return to Copenhagen in the spring of 1848 when war broke out between Prussia and Denmark. In Copenhagen Gade became director of the Copenhagen Musical Society (a post he retained until his death) and, establishing a new orchestra and chorus, settled in to a career as the most prominent musician in Denmark. He also worked as an organist and was joint director of the Copenhagen Conservatory with Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (whose daughter
top songs
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Børnenes Jul, Op. 36 (Arr. for Orchestra): Børnenes Jul, Op. 36 (Arr. for Orchestra): I. Die Weihnachts-Glocken
9,1452Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 56: II. Romanze: Andantino espressivo
1,2033En sommerdag paa landet (A Summer's Day in the Country), Op. 55: I. Early: Allegro vivo
7104Brudevalsen
4335Pa Sjolunds fagre sletter (On the fair plains of Sealand)
3926Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 42: III. Andantino
3177Morgensang af Elverskud
3018Aquarellen, Op. 19, Book 1: No. 3. Canzonette in A Minor
2949String Octet in F Major, Op. 17: I. Allegro molto e con fuoco
15610Capriccio in A Minor (Arr. for Violin & Orchestra)
153albums
Violin Concertos (Danish) - Gade, N.W. / Lange-Muller, P.E. / Langgaard, R.
Gade: Echoes of Ossian / Hamlet Overture / A Summer's Day in the Country / Holbergiana Suite
Gade: Piano Works
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Danish Romantic Piano Trios
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The Golden Age of Danish Partsongs
Gade: Chamber Works, Vol. 3
Gade, N.: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 6
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Gade: Echoes of Ossian / Hamlet Overture / A Summer's Day in the Country / Holbergiana Suit
Gade, N.W.: The 8 Symphonies
Gade, N.: Elverskud / Fruhlings-Phantasie
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Brudevalsen
Gade: Piano Sonata, Op. 28 & Akvareller, Opp. 19 & 57