Composer. He is considered one of the greatest names in Danish Romanticism. His music was influenced by German composers Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann, who were close friends of his. Mendelssohn performed Gade's Symphony No. 1 in Leipzig and invited him to become assistant conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. After Mendelssohn's death in 1847, he was appointed principal conductor, but the following year he returned to Copenhagen when at the dawn of the war between Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, supported by Prussia. Right up to his death, he was a central figure in Denmark's musical life as a composer, conductor, and director of the Academy of Music and of The Royal Theatre. His works include orchestral, chamber, and choral music, as well as music for the piano and the organ. Apart from the opera "Mariotta," his stage works are mostly ballets. He married Emma, the daughter of noted composer Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann.
Composer. He is considered one of the greatest names in Danish Romanticism. His music was influenced by German composers Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann, who were close friends of his. Mendelssohn performed Gade's Symphony No. 1 in Leipzig and invited him to become assistant conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. After Mendelssohn's death in 1847, he was appointed principal conductor, but the following year he returned to Copenhagen when at the dawn of the war between Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, supported by Prussia. Right up to his death, he was a central figure in Denmark's musical life as a composer, conductor, and director of the Academy of Music and of The Royal Theatre. His works include orchestral, chamber, and choral music, as well as music for the piano and the organ. Apart from the opera "Mariotta," his stage works are mostly ballets. He married Emma, the daughter of noted composer Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann.
Bio by: Erik Skytte
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