Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Niels Gade (1817-1890)
Bio
Gade was born in Copenhagen and was a violinist in the Royal Danish Orchestra. His compositions opened doors both occupationally as he took a teaching position at the Conservatory in Leipzig and relationally as he developed friendships with Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, and Robert Franz. Gade was the premier Danish composer of his time and directed the Copenhagen Musical Society and the Copenhagen Conservatory.
Music
Symphony No. 1 in C minor "On Sjoland's Fair Plains"
Symphony No. 2 in E major
Symphony No. 3 in A minor
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5 in D minor
Symphony No. 6 in G minor
Symphony No. 7 in F major
Symphony No. 8
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