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Jacob Gade

1879 - 1963

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Jacob Thune Hansen Gade (29 November 1879 – 20 February 1963) was a Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music. He is remembered today for a single tune, Jalousie (also known as Jalousie "Tango Tzigane" and Tango Jalousie). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Gade is the 645th most popular musician (down from 500th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 212th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jacob Gade ranks 645 out of 3,175. Before him are Maxim Shostakovich, Bebo Valdés, Fritz Busch, Van Cliburn, Tyler, the Creator, and Dick Taylor. After him are Johann Friedrich Fasch, David Foster, Gerry Mulligan, Maria Yudina, Archie Shepp, and Mike Ratledge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Jacob Gade ranks 94. Before him are Hovannes Adamian, Mark Sykes, Guido Fubini, Sándor Garbai, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, and Gorazd. After him are Vanessa Bell, Edwin Montagu, Adolf Wiklund, Carlos Chagas, Patrick Pearse, and Oskar Barnack. Among people deceased in 1963, Jacob Gade ranks 81. Before him are Richard Kohn, Jacques Villon, Ernesto Lecuona, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Ernst Kantorowicz, and Henri Masson. After him are Adrian Carton de Wiart, Alfred Wünnenberg, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Luis Cernuda, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, and Sophus Nielsen.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jacob Gade ranks 256 out of 1,032. Before him are Princess Louise of Denmark (1875), Carl Lange (1834), Henning Jensen (1949), Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1890), Holger Nielsen (1866), and Grethe Ingmann (1938). After him are Kjeld Abell (1901), Erik Scavenius (1877), Valdemar the Young (1209), Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731), Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785), and Holger Pedersen (1867).

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Among MUSICIANS In Denmark

Among musicians born in Denmark, Jacob Gade ranks 4. Before him are Victor Borge (1909), Lars Ulrich (1963), and Jørgen Ingmann (1925). After him are Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946), Svend Asmussen (1916), Ole Beich (1955), Michala Petri (1958), Kai Winding (1922), John Tchicai (1936), Flemming Rasmussen (1958), and Trentemøller (1972).

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