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GADE (Gade) Niels Wilhelm (22 II 1817, Copenhagen - 21 XII 1890, ibid.) - dates. composer, violinist, organist and music. figure. The son of a master of making muses. tools. From childhood, he learned to play the violin with F. G. Vekshshalla. First performed in concert in 1833. Since 1834 he played in the parish. orchestra in Copenhagen. He studied composition with A.P. Berggren and K.F. Weise. Of the early compositions, the most significant overture is “The Ossianian Echoes” (1840, 1st Ave. at the competition of the Danish Musical Society) and the 1st Symphony (1841), which attracted the attention of R. Schumann, as well as F. Mendelssohn (conducted by her at the concert of Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1843). Having received the state. scholarship, G. went to Germany. From 1844 he worked in Leipzig as the 2nd conductor of the Gewandhaus orchestra (under the direction of Mendelssohn), taught there at the conservatory. Upon returning to his homeland (1848), he actively participated in muses.Copenhagen’s life. In 1850-90 he directed the muses. the Muzikforeningen society, conducting the symph. concerts (promoted the work of L. Beethoven, R. Schumann, R. Wagner, F. Liszt); at the same time worked as an organist. In 1862, conductor King.