Nationality Danish Parents Siegfried Langgaard Role Composer | Name Rued Langgaard Occupation Composer and organist | |
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Born 28 July 1893 Copenhagen, Denmark Died July 10, 1952, Ribe, Denmark Compositions Antikrist, Antikrist, Music of the Spheres, Music of the Spheres, Symphony no 5 "Steppenatur", Symphony no 5 "Steppenatur", To aandelige Sange - BVN 256: No 2 Jeg er traet og gar til ro, To aandelige Sange - BVN 256: No 2 Jeg er traet og gar til ro, Symphony no 1 in B minor - BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler": IV Opad Fjeldet Marcato, Symphony no 1 in B minor - BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler": IV Opad Fjeldet Marcato, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 2 Poco lento sempre tranquillo, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 2 Poco lento sempre tranquillo, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Glockenreigen: Siehe - er kommt, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Glockenreigen: Siehe - er kommt, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Ich will!, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Ich will!, String Quartet no 2 - BVN 145: II Bortkorende tog, String Quartet no 2 - BVN 145: II Bortkorende tog, String Quartet no 3 - BVN 183: III Tranquillo - Scherzoso schernvole (spodsk) - Furioso - Tranquillo - Mosso frenetico - Tranquillo - Mosso frenetico - Fiero - stringendo, String Quartet no 3 - BVN 183: III Tranquillo - Scherzoso schernvole (spodsk) - Furioso - Tranquillo - Mosso frenetico - Tranquillo - Mosso frenetico - Fiero - stringendo, Symfonie nr 4, Symfonie nr 4, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Blick durch Tranen auf die Sonne, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Blick durch Tranen auf die Sonne, String Quartet no 2 - BVN 145: III Skumrende landskab, String Quartet no 2 - BVN 145: III Skumrende landskab, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Wie Licht und Abgrund, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Wie Licht und Abgrund, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 1 Andante sostenuto, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 1 Andante sostenuto, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Sehnsucht — Verzweiflung - Extase, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Sehnsucht — Verzweiflung - Extase, Endens tid - BVN 242: 4 Katastrofen, Endens tid - BVN 242: 4 Katastrofen, String Quartet no 3 - BVN 183: II Presto scherzoso artifizioso (underfundigt) - Piu animato quasi non scarpino - Furioso mortifero, String Quartet no 3 - BVN 183: II Presto scherzoso artifizioso (underfundigt) - Piu animato quasi non scarpino - Furioso mortifero, Symphony no 4 "Lovfald", Symphony no 4 "Lovfald", Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Chaos — Ruin - fern und nah, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Chaos — Ruin - fern und nah, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Wie die Brechung der Sonnenstrahlen in der Wellen, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Wie die Brechung der Sonnenstrahlen in der Wellen, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Weltseele — Abgrund - Allerseelen, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Weltseele — Abgrund - Allerseelen, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 4 Andante sostenuto - Lento, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 4 Andante sostenuto - Lento, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Das Ende: Antichrist — Christ, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Das Ende: Antichrist — Christ, String Quartet no 6 - BVN 160, String Quartet no 6 - BVN 160, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 7 Poco allegro maestoso - Allegro fiero, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 7 Poco allegro maestoso - Allegro fiero, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 6 Tranquillo sospirando, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 6 Tranquillo sospirando, Symphony no 1 in B minor - BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler": III Sagn Lento, Symphony no 1 in B minor - BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler": III Sagn Lento, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 3 Lento, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 3 Lento, Symphony no 1 in B minor - BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler": II Fjeldblomster Lento, Symphony no 1 in B minor - BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler": II Fjeldblomster Lento, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Blumenevangelium - aus weiter Ferne, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Blumenevangelium - aus weiter Ferne, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Blumen welken, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Blumen welken, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Introduction Solenne sostenuto - lento, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Introduction Solenne sostenuto - lento, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 5 Poco allegro tranquillo, Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu laenges" - BVN 71: Variation 5 Poco allegro tranquillo, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Wie Sternenschimmer an einem blaulichen Himmel bei Sonnenuntergang, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Wie Sternenschimmer an einem blaulichen Himmel bei Sonnenuntergang, Endens tid - BVN 242: 1 Antikrist Praeludium, Endens tid - BVN 242: 1 Antikrist Praeludium, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Wie Sonnenstrahlen auf einem mit duftenden Blumen bedeckten Sarg, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Wie Sonnenstrahlen auf einem mit duftenden Blumen bedeckten Sarg, String Quartet no 2 - BVN 145: IV Vandring, String Quartet no 2 - BVN 145: IV Vandring, Endens tid - BVN 242: 2 Ved endens tid, Endens tid - BVN 242: 2 Ved endens tid, Symphony no 1 in B minor - BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler": V Livsmod Maestoso allargando - Entusiastico maestoso, Symphony no 1 in B minor - BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler": V Livsmod Maestoso allargando - Entusiastico maestoso, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Der neue Tag, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Der neue Tag, Symphony no 6 "Det Himmelrivende", Symphony no 6 "Det Himmelrivende", Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Wie Tauperle schimmert in der Sonne an einem schonen Sommermorgen, Sfaerernes musik - BVN 128: Wie Tauperle schimmert in der Sonne an einem schonen Sommermorgen, Symphony no 1 in B minor - BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler": I Braendinger og Solglimt, Symphony no 1 in B minor - BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler": I Braendinger og Solglimt, Endens tid - BVN 242: 3 Mod Ragnerok, Endens tid - BVN 242: 3 Mod Ragnerok, String Quartet no 2 - BVN 145: I Bortdragende stormskyer, String Quartet no 2 - BVN 145: I Bortdragende stormskyer, String Quartet no 3 - BVN 183: I Poco allegro rapinoso (Rovbegaerligt) - Quasi stacciamento - Furioso, String Quartet no 3 - BVN 183: I Poco allegro rapinoso (Rovbegaerligt) - Quasi stacciamento - Furioso Similar People Thomas Dausgaard, Silenoz, Ludwig van Beethoven, Neeme Jarvi, Simon Rattle | ||
Rued langgaard gitanjali hymns 1918 1 3
Rued Langgaard ([ʁuðˀ ˈlɑŋɡɒːˀ]; born Rud Immanuel Langgaard; 28 July 1893 – 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries and was recognized only 16 years after his death.
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- Rued langgaard gitanjali hymns 1918 1 3
- Rued Langgaard Carl Nielsen Our Great Composer
- Life
- Music
- Selected works
- Symphonies
- Other orchestral works
- Concertante works
- Chorus and orchestra
- Chamber music
- Opera
- Recordings
- References
Rued Langgaard: Carl Nielsen Our Great Composer
Life
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 his public debut as a composer. During his teen years he continued composing and travelled with his parents around Christmas and New Year's Eve, meeting conductors Arthur Nikisch and Max Fiedler.
At 18, Langgaard served as assistant organist at the Frederikskirken (Marmorkirken) in Copenhagen. The following year (1913) his Symphony No. 1 "Mountain Pastorals" received its first performance at a concert in Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Max Fiedler.
His father died in 1914, and from 1915 to 1917 he was assistant organist at the Garnisons Kirke in Copenhagen. From 1917 onward he applied without success for the post of organist at a large number of churches in Copenhagen. In 1922 a young woman named Valborg Constance Olivia Tetens (she was known as Constance) moved in with Rued Langgaard and his mother in Copenhagen. A year after his mother died in 1926, Langgaard married Constance Tetens.
Although Langgaard was given a state grant from the age of 30, his works and job applications were almost continually rejected by the establishment. Only at the age of 46 did he manage to obtain a permanent job, as the organist at the cathedral in Ribe, the oldest town in Denmark, situated in southwest Jutland. Just shy of his 59th birthday, Rued Langgaard died in Ribe, still unrecognized as a composer.
Music
Rued Langgaard composed in a late Romantic style, emphatically dramatic and endowed with colossal mood swings. Unquestionably, he was influenced by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss and, like Strauss, he was a master of orchestration. He was a prolific composer for the large orchestra, writing 16 symphonies as well as other orchestral works.
Music of the spheres is one of his better-known works. It is a symphonic work of great complexity, calling for a large orchestra, organ and choir, a supporting (distant) orchestra including a soprano voice, and a further piano on which the strings are played directly rather than via the keys. It was composed during World War I, but only performed twice (in Germany in 1921–1922) during Langgaard's lifetime and lay dormant for almost 50 years before being rediscovered. When it was rediscovered in the late 1960s, it was considered remarkably modern and reflective of the pathfinding style in which Langgaard composed.
In 2010 Music of the Spheres received its British premiere at The Proms, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard.
His unorthodox style and sense of drama extended to the titles of his compositions. His fourth and sixth symphonies are known as the Leaf Fall and Heaven Storming. His symphonies Nos. 13 and 16 are named Faithlessness and Deluge of Sun, respectively. Examples of descriptive names for individual movements are Wireless Caruso and Compulsive Energy and Daddies rushing off to the Office (in symphony No. 14, The Morning).
His total production of over 400 works included more than 150 songs, works for piano, organ, and an opera entitled Antikrist (The Antichrist).
Selected works
BVN refers to the numbering of works in: Bendt Viinholt Nielsen: Rued Langgaards Kompositioner (Rued Langgaard's Compositions. An Annotated Catalogue of Works. With an English Introduction). Odense University Press, 1991.
Symphonies
Other orchestral works
Concertante works
Chorus and orchestra
Chamber music
Opera
Recordings
In recent years, many of his works have been recorded, including recordings by Danacord of his complete symphonies on seven CDs. This cycle, with the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ilya Stupel, was followed by a second cycle recorded by Dacapo with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Thomas Dausgaard. Both cycles have had their share of critical recognition.
Other works of Langgaard currently available on CD include Music of the Spheres, Messis (Organ drama in three evenings), Antichrist (Church opera in six scenes), Duo Lys Pa Himlen, piano concertos, The End of Time, and various works for solo instruments.