Editing Rued Langgaard (section)

== Music ==
[[File:Rued+Langgaard.jpg|thumb|Langgaard in later life]]
Rued Langgaard composed in a late Romantic style, emphatically dramatic and endowed with colossal mood swings. Unquestionably, he was influenced by [[Richard Wagner]] and [[Richard Strauss]] and, like Strauss, he was a master of [[orchestration]]. He was a prolific composer for the large orchestra, writing 16 symphonies as well as other orchestral works.

[[Music of the Spheres (Langgaard)|''Music of the Spheres'']] is his best-known and most radical work. It is a symphonic work of great complexity, calling for a large orchestra including organ and a piano on which the strings are played directly rather than via the keys, choir, and a supporting (distant) orchestra including a soprano voice.<ref>[https://imslp.org/wiki/Sf%C3%A6rernes_musik%2C_BVN_128_(Langgaard%2C_Rued) Sfærernes musik, BVN 128 (Langgaard, Rued)]</ref> It was composed during [[World War I]], but only performed twice (in Germany in 1921–1922) during Langgaard's lifetime and lay dormant for almost 50&nbsp;years before being rediscovered. When it was rediscovered in the late 1960s, it was considered remarkably modern and reflective of the pathfinding style in which Langgaard composed. In 2010 ''Music of the Spheres'' received its British premiere at [[The Proms]], conducted by [[Thomas Dausgaard]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/proms/7927866/RuedLanggaard-return-of-a-visionary-composer.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Ivan | last=Hewett | title=Rued Langgaard: return of a visionary composer | date=5 August 2010}}</ref>

His unorthodox style and sense of drama extended to the titles of his compositions. His fourth and sixth symphonies are known as the ''Leaf Fall'' and ''Heaven Storming''. His symphonies Nos. 13 and 16 are named ''Faithlessness'' and ''Deluge of Sun'', respectively. Examples of descriptive names for individual movements are ''Wireless Caruso and Compulsive Energy'' and ''Daddies rushing off to the Office'' (in symphony No. 14, ''The Morning'').

His total production of over 400 works included more than 150 songs, works for piano, organ, and an opera entitled ''[[Antikrist]]'' (''The Antichrist'').