The Golden Age Music in Denmark

19^th century saw the appearance of a number of Danish composers that were inspired by the Romantic nationalism, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann from 1805 to 1990, apart from opera and ballet music, helped to sing the piano performance. From 1843 until his death, he was the organist at the church of Our Lady also his works are not only lovely but basically it inspired the old Noedic legends.

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Hans Christian Lumbye from 1810 to 1874 was employed as the first music director at the Copenhagen amusement park Tivoli when it was opened in 1843. There he had a platform for presenting a large foreign and Danish performance that includes his many walzes and gallops. In 1839, he had heard a Viennese group that play music by Johann Strauss, after which he composed in the same pattern that eventually earn the nickname The Strauss of the North. One of the most famous pieces that associated with Tivoli is Champagnegaloppen (the Champagne Galop), begins with the happy sound of a champagne dork popping. This has been used in many Danish films that include Reptilicus in 1961 and champagnegaloppen in 1938.

Niels Gade from 1817 to 1890 involved in the establishment of Musikforeningen (the music society) that was created in the year 1836 with the aim of increasing and improving the understanding of the classical music. He became its conductor in the year 1950, and under his management a series of masterpieces of the choral music were given their first performance in Denmark, among which is Bach’s Mathew Passion in 1875.

At the conservatory in Copenhagen he was encouraged to teach the future generations that include Edvard Greig and Carl Nielsen. In the spirit of the Romantic nationalism, he released eight symphonies, a violin concerto, chamber music, organ and piano pieces and a number of large scale cantatas, among them is Elverskud (the Elf King’s Daughter), the most popular Danish work of its kind.

Another major helper to the golden age was August Bournonville from 1805 to 1879, the well-known ballet master and choreographer from 1830 to 1877, he was the choreographer at the Royal Danish Ballet for which he initiated more than 50 ballets and it was admired for the energy, lightness, and beauty. He initiated a style that was influenced by the Paris ballet. Bournonville’s best known works are La Sylphide from 1836, Napoli from 1842, Le Conservatoire from 1849, the Kermese in Bruges from 1851 and a Folk Tale from 1854. He then drew a number of different composers such as Holger Simon Paulli and Niels Gad. The ballets are performed all over some country recently but not only Denmark but worldwide, especially in the United States.