Gade, NIELS WILHELM, musical composer, born at Copenhagen 22d February 1817. He became known by his Echoes of Ossian (1841), studied at Leipzig, and became Mendelssohn's successor as leader of the Gewandhaus concerts there. In 1868 he was appointed master of the Chapel Royal at Copenhagen. Author of symphonies, the Erl King's Daughter, &c., he died 21st December 1890.
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