Tage Nielsen (16 January 1929 in

Frederiksberg Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is formally an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the City of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of ...

– 23 March 2003) was a Danish composer. He studied with

Rued Langgaard Rued Langgaard (; born Rud Immanuel Langgaard; 28 July 1893 – 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries but was recognized 16 years afte ...

and worked for

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as well as being a professor at the Danish Academy of Music.John H. Yoell The Nordic sound: explorations into the music of Denmark, Norway, 1974 Page 49 "Some composers more or less identified with the Maegaard camp include: Poul Rovsing Olsen (b. 1922), Peder Holm (b. 1926), Bernhard Lewkovitch (b. 1927), Aksel Borup-J0rgensen (q.v.), Ib N0rholm (b. 1931) and Tage Nielsen (b. 1929)."

Works, editions and recordings

* Giardino Magico: Il giardino magico. Passacaglia. Konzertstuck for piano and 11 instruments. Jean Thorel

References

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