Otto Kade
German musicologist, organist, conductor, and composer
About Otto Kade
Lived 1819 – 1900 (aged 81). Otto Kade was a German musicologist, music director, conductor, composer, musicographer and organist.
Otto Kade (6 May 1819 – 19 July 1900) was a German musicologist, organist, conductor and composer.
Life and career Kade was born in Dresden. After graduating from the Kreuzschule, Kade studied harmony and counterpoint with the Kreuzkantor and Moritz Hauptmann in Dresden. A scholarship of the Saxon king Frederick Augustus II of Saxony enabled him to study further piano and organ with . With the support of his uncle, the coin engraver Reinhard Krüger, he could make a one-and-a-half year journey to Italy, on which he researched in music archives and among other things tracked down a mass by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina in a monastery library and brought it into a score.
In 1869 he was a co-founder and then a long-time author of the .
Kade died in Doberan at age 81.
Publications Cantionale für die evangelisch-lutherischen Kirchen des Großherzogtums Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 4 volumes, 1868–1887. Vierstimmiges Choralbuch für Kirche, Schule und Haus zu dem auf Grossherzoglichen Befehl 1867 erschienenen Melodieenbuche zu dem Mecklenburgischen Kirchengesangbuche. 1869. Der neuaufgefundene Luther-Codex vom Jahre 1530. 1871. Die fünfundzwanzigjährige Wirksamkeit des grossherzoglichen Schlosschores in Schwerin. Eine Festschrift. Schwerin: Sandmeyer 1880 (editor) August Wilhelm Ambros: Geschichte der Musik. 5 volume, 1880–1882 Die Musikalien-Sammlung des Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinschen Fürstenhauses in den letzten zwei Jahrhunderten. 2 volumes, 1893. Digitalisat von Band I on Internet Archive Digitalisat von Band II on Internet Archive [addendum] Der musikalische Nachlaß weiland Ihrer Königlichen Hoheit der verwitweten Frau Erbgrossherzogin Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg. Wismar, Schwerin 1899 [repr. Hildesheim, New York 1974] Die alteren Musikalien der Stadt Freiberg in Sachsen. Edited by von Reinhard Kade. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel 1888 (Beilage zu den Monatsheften für Musik-Geschichte). Die ältere Passionskomposition bis zum Jahre 1631. Gütersloh 1893.
Don’t just read it —
keep it.
Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.
- E-book
- Audio
- Video
Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free
Important facts
People in Otto Kade's life
Named in this biography and alive at the same time
Contemporaries
People whose lives overlapped Otto Kade's
Frequently asked questions
Who was Otto Kade?
German musicologist, organist, conductor, and composer (1819–1900)
When was Otto Kade born?
Otto Kade was born on 6 May 1819 in Dresden.
When did Otto Kade die?
Otto Kade died on 19 July 1900 in Bad Doberan.
What was Otto Kade's occupation?
Otto Kade was a musicologist, music director, conductor, composer, musicographer and organist.
What nationality was Otto Kade?
Otto Kade was German.
Sources & further reading
Cite this page
APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Otto Kade. https://biography.guide/otto-kade/
MLA: "Otto Kade." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/otto-kade/.
Chicago: "Otto Kade." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/otto-kade/.
Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.
Page generated 2026-09-27 05:28 UTC