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Niels Gade

1817 - 1890

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Niels Wilhelm Gade (22 February 1817 – 21 December 1890) was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher. Together with Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, he was the leading Danish musician of his day, in the period known as the Danish Golden Age. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Niels Gade is the 264th most popular composer (down from 200th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 96th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Composer.

Niels Gade is most famous for his work in the field of music, specifically his contributions to the development of the symphony.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Niels Gade ranks 264 out of 1,451. Before him are James Horner, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Pierre Schaeffer, Ion Ivanovici, Antonio Caldara, and Francesco Landini. After him are Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Johann Christoph Bach, Andrea Luchesi, Saverio Mercadante, Turlough O'Carolan, and Joseph Lanner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Niels Gade ranks 13. Before him are Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Charles-François Daubigny, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Carl Nägeli, and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen. After him are Joseph Dalton Hooker, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Theodor Storm, Hermann Lotze, and Pierre Larousse. Among people deceased in 1890, Niels Gade ranks 18. Before him are Henri Nestlé, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Richard Francis Burton, William Kemmler, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, and John Henry Newman. After him are Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Jyotirao Phule, Gottfried Keller, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Lorenz von Stein, and Antoine, Duke of Montpensier.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Niels Gade ranks 123 out of 1,032. Before him are Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1746), Michael Ancher (1849), Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark (1771), Eric II of Denmark (1090), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573), and Princess Thyra of Denmark (1853). After him are Anna Ancher (1859), Magnus II of Sweden (1130), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), Prince George of Denmark (1653), Harald Bohr (1887), and Sveinn Björnsson (1881).

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Among COMPOSERS In Denmark

Among composers born in Denmark, Niels Gade ranks 2. Before him are Carl Nielsen (1865). After him are Per Nørgård (1932), Hans Christian Lumbye (1810), Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805), Rued Langgaard (1893), Vagn Holmboe (1909), Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Emil Hartmann (1836), Poul Ruders (1949), Hans Abrahamsen (1952), and Jesper Kyd (1972).

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