Composer Niels Gade

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Composer

Niels Gade

Living place: Copenhagen

Birthday: 22-2-1817

Global rank: #60335

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Who is Composer Niels Gade?
Considered one of the most famous Danish musicians of the 19th century. He wrote eight symphonies, a violin concerto, chamber music, organ and work piano, and several cantata including Elverskud in 1853.
He was director of the Copenhagen Music Festival from about 1848 until his death.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He started out as a violinist with the Royal Danish Orchestra. His first symphony was rejected for performance, but Felix Mendelssohn loved it and agreed to premiere it at Leipzig in March 1843.

Family life info

He worked for his father, who was a musical instrument producer. He married Emma Sophie Amalie Hartmann in 1852.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Composer Niels Gade?
He instructed Edvard Grieg while serving as joint director of the Copenhagen Institute.

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When was Composer Niels Gade born?
Niels Gade was born in 22-2-1817, death year is , at the age of 207.
Where is Composer Niels Gade's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Niels Gade was born in Copenhagen, of Denmark. is a Composer, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Niels Gade's global rank is 60335 and whose rank is 474 in list of famous Composer.
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Events in 1817 and 22-2

Birthday Niels Gade (22-2) in history

  • Day 22-2 year 1371: King Robert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
  • Day 22-2 year 1819: Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
  • Day 22-2 year 1879: Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.
  • Day 22-2 year 1924: Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.
  • Day 22-2 year 1935: Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.
  • Day 22-2 year 1980: In a major upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets 4–3 at Lake Placid, N.Y.
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