Niels Wilhelm Gade: Organ Works: Organ: Instrumental Album

Niels W. Gade. Works Iv-9-Works for Mixed ChoirNiels W. Gade. Werks Volume IV/9 Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817?1890) Works Edited by the Foundation for the Publication of the Works of Niels W. Gade Copenhagen Niels W. Gade is one of the leading Danish composers of the nineteenth century. However only about half of his prolific ?uvre has appeared in print. Given this fact and the growing current interest in Gade there is an urgent need for a scholarly-critical Urtext edition of his music to meet the demands of both scholars and performers. This edition will contain all of Gade's completed compositions and separate movements as well as the arrangements he madeof his own works and those of other composers. In general the main text presents the ?definitive? version based on Gade's personal copy of the printed work. However all the remaining sources have also been consulted for purposes of comparison. Every editorial decision is mentioned and justified in the critical report (English). Gade's interest in choral music spanned his entire career. This volume presents more than 40 of his shorter works for mixed chorus both without and with accompaniment (piano organ harmonium or in one case brass ensemble). They occupy a no less prominent place in his oeuvre than his large-scale choral works with orchestra. Written between 1839 and 1885 they were intended for many different areas of application: songs for school chorus stand alongside liturgical music pièces d'occasion chorales and freely composed works for amateur choirs. The best-known are his Five Songs (op. 13) on poems by Emmanuel Geibel and Ludwig Tieck and the motet O du der du die Liebe bist both composed in Leipzig in 1846.

The series ORGAN PLUS ONE contains pieces which are freely-composed or based on hymn tunes, both original works as well as arrangements.

The editions include solo parts in C, Bb, Eb and F, which can be played by violin, flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet and horn in F.

The range of the solo instrument parts is in the middle register, making this series particularly appealing to non-professional church musicians and instrumentalists.

The hallmark of this edition ' flexible instrumentation with easy playability ' ensures that the pieces can easily be tackled and fun to play for church services, musical evenings and small concerts. Idiomatic instrumental arrangements and the stylistic variety of the pieces guarantee instant success for both organists and instrumentalists.


The contents of the volumes correspond to the seasons of the church year:
- Advent / Christmas
- Passion / Easter
- Epiphany / Whitsun / Pentecost
- Death and Eternity / Funerals
- Praise and Thanks

- Divine Service
- Communion
- Special Services (baptisms / weddings)

The complete series will comprise eight volumes. / Célébrations / Partition / Agrafe /