Rued Langgaard

Synopsis

Danish composer and organist

• 28 Jul 1893, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1903, Copenhagen, received organ lessons from Gustav Helsted
• 1904 or 1905, Copenhagen, performed first organ concert at the Frederikskirken
• 1911-1915, Copenhagen, assistant organist at the Frederikskirken
• 1915-1917, Copenhagen, assistant organist at the Garnisons Kirke
• 1939-1952, Ribe, organist at Ribe Cathedral
• 10 Jul 1952, died in Ribe, Denmark

He was a late romantic composer. His music was not well-received in the Danish world of music during his lifetime. It was rediscovered in the late 1960's. One of his key works for organ would be Messis.

For details, see the Wikipedia article on Rued Langgaard.

List of Organ Works

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BVN	Title	Year
19	Fantasia patetica	1907/1910
51	Toccata in A Major	1912
55	Preludio patetico	1913
217	Nemo contra deum nisi deus ipse	1932-33
228	Messis/Høstens tid (Messis/Harvest Time), drama in 3 evenings	1935-37
334	In ténebras exteriores (Begravet i Helvede (Buried in Hell))	1947
???	Som lynet er Kristi genkomst (As Lightning Cometh Christ Again)	1948

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Recordings

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• Messis as recorded by Fleming Dreisig on NAXOS
• Toccata as perfomred by Philip Schmidt-Madsen on NAXOS

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Notes

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