COMPOSER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niels Gade has received more than 174,884 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Niels Gade is the 200th most popular composer (up from 236th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 106th 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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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Niels Gade ranks 200 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Stamitz, Umberto Giordano, François-Joseph Gossec, Philippe de Vitry, Johann Joachim Quantz, and Ludwig Minkus. After him are Eugène Ysaÿe, André Grétry, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Michael Praetorius, Gilles Binchois, and Alessandro Marcello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Niels Gade ranks 9. Before him are William III of the Netherlands, Ivan Aivazovsky, Bahá'u'lláh, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Charles-François Daubigny. After him are Syed Ahmad Khan, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Pierre Larousse, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, and Charles Adolphe Wurtz. Among people deceased in 1890, Niels Gade ranks 15. Before him are Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Joseph Merrick, Henri Nestlé, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Richard Francis Burton, and William Kemmler. After him are John Henry Newman, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Louis Le Prince, Gottfried Keller, Lorenz von Stein, and Antoine, Duke of Montpensier.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Niels Gade ranks 96 out of 1,032. Before him are Absalon (1128), Georg Brandes (1842), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), John, King of Denmark (1455), Canute Lavard (1096), and Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864). After him are Eric III of Denmark (1100), Maximilian von Spee (1861), Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), and Harald Bohr (1887).

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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 Hans Christian Lumbye (1810), Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805), Rued Langgaard (1893), Per Nørgård (1932), Emil Hartmann (1836), Vagn Holmboe (1909), Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Jesper Kyd (1972), Hans Abrahamsen (1952), and Poul Ruders (1949).

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