[seqfan] Re: Gade

[Olivier Gerard]

Le 27, Emeric Deutsch écrivait:
> Re: Good old Bach made a hit out of the letters of his name
>          B - A - C - H  
> I vaguely recall something similar about the Danish composer
> G-A-D-E.
> 

We are going slightly off-topic but...

of course many composers have played with this besides J.S. Bach.
Note that there are various conventions for B and H and also
for other altered notes to get more alphabet letters.

For Niels GADE, look at a complete edition of Schumann's
Album pour la Jeunesse (Jugend Album).

One of the piece, Northern Song is a "Greetings" to his
friend GADE using those notes  (sol la ré mi).  It is not
included in all editions, it is normally numbered #41
and is often the next-to-last piece.

Note that the french/latin way of naming notes has been
also used this way. In fact it seems it started as an
acrostiche if one believes traditionnal histories of music

UT queant laxis
REsonare fibris
MIra gestorum
...
..


Olivier