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Rued Langgaard
12+ albums
Classicaldanish20th Century Classicalcomposerdenmark
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Rued Langgaard (born Rud Immanuel Langgaard 28 July 1893 - died 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer, organist, and conductor. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries and was recognized only 16 years after his death. Born in Copenhagen, Rued Langgaard was the only son of composer and Royal Chamber musician Siegfried Langgaard (1852-1914) and Emma Langgaard (née Foss, 1861-1926), both of whom were pianists. At the age of five Rued began taking piano lessons with his mother, and later with his father and a private teacher. His talent emerged quickly, and at seven he was able to play Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze and Chopin's mazurkas. By then he had begun to compose short pieces for the piano and play the organ. At 10 he began to study the organ under Gustav Helsted, organist at the Jesuskirken in Valby, and the violin under Chr. Petersen, formerly of the Royal Orchestra. At the age of 11 he made his first public appearance as an organist and improviser on the organ at a concert at the Frederikskirken (Marmorkirken) in Copenhagen. When he was 12, he started to study music theory under C.F.E. Horneman and, later, Vilhelm Rosenberg. Langgaard's first compositions, 2 piano pieces and 2 songs, were published when he was 13, and around that time he was taught counterpoint by the celebrated composer Carl Nielsen for about a month. A year later, his choral work Musae triumphantes was performed at a concert in Copenhagen, marking
top songs
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String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189: I. Andante quasi andantino misterioso
2,1282String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189: II. Scherzo grazioso
1,8303String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189: III. Lento misterioso
1,7674String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189: IV. Lento - Allegro quasi andantino
1,6005Blomstervignetter No. 2, BVN 424: No. 2, Aakande
6656Symphony No. 15, BVN 375, "Sostormen" (The Sea Storm): III. Adagio funebre
5127Blomstervignetter No. 2, BVN 424: No. 3, Forglemmigej
4948String Quartet No. 4, BVN 215, "Sommerdage" (Summer Days): III. Sostenuto - Allegro, scherzoso
4839Symphony No. 6, BVN 165 "Det Himmelrivende": Thema (Versione II). L'istesso tempo, corrosif
40110Music of the Spheres, BVN 128: IV. Like the refraction of sunbeams in the waves
313albums
Langgaard: String Quartets, Vol. 3
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Langgaard: Piano Works, Vol. 4
Langgaard: Music of the Spheres
Langgaard: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 - Gade: Tango Jalousie
Langgaard, R.: Symphonies Nos. 15, "Sostormen" and 16, "Syndflod Af Sol"
Langgaard: String Quartets, Vol. 2
LANGGAARD : Symphonies Nos. 6, 7 and 8
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Langgaard, R.: Symphonies Nos. 9, "Fra Dronning Dagmars By", 10, "Hin Torden-Bolig" and 11, "Ixion"
LANGGAARD : Symphonies Nos. 9, 10 and 11
Symphony No. 1 in B Minor BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler" (Live)
Langgaard, R.: Symphony No. 1, "Klippepastoraler"
Langgaard: Antikrist