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Title: Niels Gade papers
Date (inclusive): 1817-1968, undated
Date (bulk): 1890-1925
Collection Number: MS 074
Creator:
Gade, Niels W. (Niels Wilhelm), 1817-1890
Extent:
13.23 linear feet
(29 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection is comprised of published compositions, musical anthologies and other biographical materials documenting the
life and works of Niels Wilhelm Gade during the mid-nineteenth century.
Languages: This collection is in Danish, English, and German.
This collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives. Distribution
or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the
copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Niels Gade papers (MS 074). Special Collections & University Archives, University
of California, Riverside.
Processed by Aleia McDaniel and Celeste Navas, Student Processing Assistants, 2015.
Processing of the Neil Gade papers was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside as
part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded
by the UCR Library and administered by Bergis Jules, University and Political Papers Archivist, and Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts
Curator.
The Niels Gade papers were acquired as a gift in 1967.
Neil Wilhelm Gade was a Danish composer and teacher in Copenhagen,Denmark. Born in 1817, Gade spent the majority of the mid
to late 19th Century composing and becoming acquainted with other composters such as Robert Schumann and Cornelius Gurlitt.
In Copenhagen, Gade became the director of the Copenhagen Musical Society where he established a new orchestra. His works
include eight symphonies, violin concertos, chamber pieces, cantatas, and both organ and piano pieces that were composed between
1847 and his death in 1890.
This collection is comprised of Niels W. Gade's published compositions, musical anthologies and other biographical materials
documenting his life and works.
This collection is arranged into two series. The series arrangement for this collection is as follows:
- Series 1. Musical Compositions, undated
- Series 2. Biographical information and research notes, 1929-1968
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Composers
Scores
Sheet music