Works for Male Choir / Works for Equal Voices, Volume 2 (Score hardback)

Gade Works for Male Choir / Works for Equal Voices, Volume 2 (Score hardback)
Niels W. Gade. Works Volume IV/11

Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817–1890) Works
Edited by the Foundation for the Publication of the Works of Niels W. Gade, Copenhagen

With only one exception, Gade composed his works for male choir with accompaniment for Danish choral societies, numerous of which had been founded across the country since 1839.  These societies were often closely connected with professional associations, making them equally important for musical and social matters.

This volume contains five occasional works for male choir with accompaniment that were composed between around 1838 and 1883.  Three of them were intended for church usage (two funerals and one wedding).

Among the works for equal voices and accompaniment in this volume, “Aarstidsbilleder” Op.51 is the longest.  It was composed for the women of The Music Society in Copenhagen and conducted by Gade himself during the 1871/72 seasons.

The appendix contains works that were completed, but do not allow for definitive decisions regarding their final presentation.

Niels W. Gade is one of the leading Danish composers of the nineteenth century.  However only about half of his prolific œuvre 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 made of 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).