Gustav Helsted

Helsted was the first organist of the Jesus Church in Copenhagen. He was paid 600 Danish crowns a year for the position. He was also the music director of the Danish Musical Society.

• Name — Gustav Carl Helsted • Died — 1 March 1924 • Occupation — Composer

• Overture in C minor (piano four hands 1875) • Scherzo in C♯ minor (for 2 pianos/eight hands 1880) • String quartet in B minor (1881) • op. 1 Erotiske Sangtekster (voice and piano, 1883) • op. 2 Symphony no. 1 in D minor (1883) • op. 3 String quartet no. 1 in D minor (1884) • Romance in G major (violin and piano 1884) • Romance in A major (violin and piano 1885) • op. 4 En Kærlighedshistorie (piano 1886) • op. 5 Paa Fodtur en Sommerdag (suite for orchestra 1885) • op. 6 piano trio in E minor (1886) • op. 7 Six songs (1886) • op. 8 Violin concerto in C major (1887) • op. 9 En Bryllupsfest (orchestral suite 1887) • op. 10 Suite no. 2 in A major (orchestra 1887) • op. 11 Romance for violin and orchestra in G major (1888) • op. 12 Fem sange (1889) • op. 13 Sonata in A major (violin and piano 1889) • op. 14 Fem Fantasistykker (piano 1889) • op. 15 Gurresange (soloists, chorus and orchestra 1889) • op. 16 Fantasy sonata in E minor (organ, 1890) • Sørgemarch in C minor - In memoriam Niels W. Gade (orchestra 1891) • op. 17 Trio in C major (violin, viola and cello 1891) • op. 18 Decet in D major (wind quintet, string quartet and contrabass, 1891) • op. 19 String quartet no. 2 in C minor (1891) • op. 20 Sonata no. 2 in G major (violin and piano 1892) • op. 21 String quintet in E major (1895) • op. 22 Symphony no. 2 in E major (1886) • op. 23 Sange af J.P. Jacobsen (1896) • op. 24 String quartet no. 3 in F major (1898) • op. 25 Abels Død (Abel's Death) (voices, choir and orchestra 1895/1912) • op. 26 String sextet in E major (1892/1907) • Præludium in A major (organ 1900) • op. 27 Violin concerto no. 2 in B minor (1900/1909) • op. 28 Dansemusik (female choir and firhændig piano 1905) • op. 29 Organ sonata in D major (1906) • op. 30 Vort land (voices, choir and orchestra 1907) • op. 31 Stormklokken (opera 1900/1911) • Romance in G major (cello and piano 1907) • 24 songs (1899–1907) • Romance in F major (violin and piano 1909) • Præludium in G major (organ 1915) • Suite for String Orchestra (1919) • Gud Helligaand! opfyld - (choir 1920) • Sne (Snow) (choir and orchestra 1921) • op. 32 Sommer in Gurre (Holger Drachmann) • op. 33 String quartet in F minor (1922) • op. 35 Cello concerto in C major • Marche funèbre (organ, for the funeral of P. S. Kröyers)

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