Name Niels Gade Role Composer | Children Axel Gade | |
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Died December 21, 1890, Copenhagen, Denmark Ex-spouse Emma Sophie Amalie Hartmann Organizations founded Royal Danish Academy of Music Compositions Echoes of Ossian, Echoes of Ossian, Holbergiana, Holbergiana, Korsfarerne, Korsfarerne, Kalanus, Kalanus, Im Hochland, Im Hochland, Tre tonestykker, Tre tonestykker, Fantasiestykker, Fantasiestykker, Mariotta, Mariotta, Siegfried og Brunhilde, Siegfried og Brunhilde, Morgenandacht, Morgenandacht, Klaverstykke, Klaverstykke, Arabeske, Arabeske, Symphony no 3 in A minor - op 15: III Allegretto assai moderato, Symphony no 3 in A minor - op 15: III Allegretto assai moderato, Symphony no 1 in C minor - op 5 "Paa Sjolunds fagre Sletter": III Andantino grazioso, Symphony no 1 in C minor - op 5 "Paa Sjolunds fagre Sletter": III Andantino grazioso, Violin Sonata no 2 in D minor - op 21: II Larghetto - Allegro vivace, Violin Sonata no 2 in D minor - op 21: II Larghetto - Allegro vivace, Symphony no 5 in D minor - op 25: IV Finale Andante con moto - Allegro vivace, Symphony no 5 in D minor - op 25: IV Finale Andante con moto - Allegro vivace, Nu star claveret lukt, Nu star claveret lukt, Fruhlingsbotschaft, Fruhlingsbotschaft, Strijkkwartet in e mineur, Strijkkwartet in e mineur, Violin Sonata no 1 in A major - op 6: I Allegro di molto, Violin Sonata no 1 in A major - op 6: I Allegro di molto, Symphony no 8 in B minor - op 47: III Andantino, Symphony no 8 in B minor - op 47: III Andantino, Die heilige Nacht, Die heilige Nacht, Sorgemarschen til Admiral Suensons jordefaerd, Sorgemarschen til Admiral Suensons jordefaerd, Symfonie nr 8, Symfonie nr 8, Pianotrio in Bes majeur, Pianotrio in Bes majeur, Sei gegruset - Jesu gutig, Sei gegruset - Jesu gutig, Vioolsonate nr 1, Vioolsonate nr 1, Bornenes Jul for klaver, Bornenes Jul for klaver, Ouverture til Ohlenschlagers St Hansaftenspil, Ouverture til Ohlenschlagers St Hansaftenspil, Chorale prelude: "Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern", Chorale prelude: "Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern", Symphony no 5 in D minor - op 25: I Allegro con fuoco, Symphony no 5 in D minor - op 25: I Allegro con fuoco, Symphony no 4 in B-flat major - op 20: I Andantino - Allegro vivace e grazioso, Symphony no 4 in B-flat major - op 20: I Andantino - Allegro vivace e grazioso, Symphony no 6 in G minor - op 32: II Andante sostenuto, Symphony no 6 in G minor - op 32: II Andante sostenuto, Allegretto - un poco lento, Allegretto - un poco lento, Andante - Allegro energico - Andante - Tempo I, Andante - Allegro energico - Andante - Tempo I, Violin Sonata no 3 in B-flat major - op 59: IV Finale Allegro vivace, Violin Sonata no 3 in B-flat major - op 59: IV Finale Allegro vivace, Symphony no 2 in E major - op 10: IV Finale Allegro energico - Molto allegro, Symphony no 2 in E major - op 10: IV Finale Allegro energico - Molto allegro, Symphony no 8 in B minor - op 47: IV Finale Allegro non troppo (molto marcato), Symphony no 8 in B minor - op 47: IV Finale Allegro non troppo (molto marcato), Andante en allegro molto in f mineur voor strijkkwintet, Andante en allegro molto in f mineur voor strijkkwintet, Symfonie nr 6, Symfonie nr 6, Et folkesagn: Brudevalsen, Et folkesagn: Brudevalsen, Andante in g mineur voor orgel, Andante in g mineur voor orgel, I en stambog, I en stambog, Calender: Maerke- og mindedage for Sophie, Calender: Maerke- og mindedage for Sophie, In the Highlands, In the Highlands, Strijkkwintet, Strijkkwintet, Judith, Judith, Seht - welch ein Mensch, Seht - welch ein Mensch, Agnete og havfruerne, Agnete og havfruerne, Sorgemarch ved Kong Frederik d 7's Dod, Sorgemarch ved Kong Frederik d 7's Dod, Vioolconcert, Vioolconcert Similar People Johan Peter Emilius H, Edvard Grieg, Carl Nielsen, Neeme Jarvi, Holger Simon Paulli | ||
Niels Gade - Overture Echoes of Ossian (Efterklange af Ossian), Op. 1 (1840)
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.
Contents
- Niels Gade Overture Echoes of Ossian Efterklange af Ossian Op 1 1840
- Niels gade fantasisestykker
- Biography
- References
Niels gade fantasisestykker
Biography
Gade was born in Copenhagen, the son of a joiner and instrument maker. He began his career as a violinist with the Royal Danish Orchestra, and saw his concert overture Efterklange af Ossian ("Echoes of Ossian") premiered with them in 1841. 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 in 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. In 1845 he conducted the premiere performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor. He also became friends with Robert Schumann. In Copenhagen Niels Gade became acquainted with the composer Cornelius Gurlitt, and they remained friends until the latter's death.
At Mendelssohn’s death in 1847, Gade was appointed to his position as 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 into a career as the most prominent musician in Denmark. Under his direction, the Music Society reached its peak. He also worked as an organist; though he lost the prestigious position of organist at Our Lady, today's Copenhagen Cathedral, to J.P.E. Hartmann, he served in the Church of Holmen in Copenhagen from 1850 until his death. Gade was joint director of the Copenhagen Conservatory with Hartmann (whose daughter he married in 1852) and Holger Simon Paulli. An important influence on a number of later Scandinavian composers, he encouraged and taught both Edvard Grieg and Carl Nielsen, as well as Elfrida Andrée, Otto Malling, August Winding and Asger Hamerik. He died in Copenhagen.
Among Gade's works are eight symphonies, a violin concerto, chamber music, organ and piano pieces and a number of large-scale cantatas, Comala (1846) and Elverskud (1853) amongst them, which he called koncertstykker ("concert pieces"). These products, embraced post-1848 as works of Romantic nationalism, are sometimes based on Danish folklore. Apparently Gade never rated "Brudevalsen" (The Bridal Waltz), and assigned it to the waste paper basket from where, it is rumoured, it was rescued by August Bournonville, to become an essential part of a Danish wedding.
He married Emma Sophie Amalie Hartmann, daughter of J. P. E. Hartmann, in 1852. He remarried in 1857 after her death.