Silent movie composer Jacob Gade has the blessing -- and the misfortune -- of composing what has to be the most popular piece of Danish music ever composed: the tango Jalousie. Written in 1925 to accompany the Douglas Fairbanks picture Don Q, the piece swiftly became an international favorite, in the United States helped by an excellent 1935 recording by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. However, Gade himself remained little known outside of Denmark, and in some places his credit was confused with Niels Gade, a composer ...
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Silent movie composer Jacob Gade has the blessing -- and the misfortune -- of composing what has to be the most popular piece of Danish music ever composed: the tango Jalousie. Written in 1925 to accompany the Douglas Fairbanks picture Don Q, the piece swiftly became an international favorite, in the United States helped by an excellent 1935 recording by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. However, Gade himself remained little known outside of Denmark, and in some places his credit was confused with Niels Gade, a composer of an earlier era not related to him. Danish label DaCapo has helped rectify this situation through recording Jalousie and several of Gade's other creations on Jacob Gade: Jealousy -- Suites, Tangos and Waltzes, featuring Matthias Aeschbacher and the Odense Symphony Orchestra.One might assume that such a collection could only consist of such empty fripperies that only a listener with a permanent sweet tooth embedded in their musical taste buds could be capable of enjoying it. However,...
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