+Fred Coleman Or maybe he did use it exactly because it had not been recorded. He sure sign the composer had fallen into oblivion, making copying less obvious. He could have found the score in a music library. I am not saying it happened that way, just that for a musician/composer scores, not recordings are often a very useful source of inspiration (or copying).

I would also guess it may have a folk music origin, because the exact same sequence of notes also begins the first theme in the first movement of Louise Farrenc's Piano Quintet No. 2, composed in 1840.

the theme also appears in Franz Danzi's Bassoon Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40, 2nd movement, andante con moto AND Carl Maria von Weber's 6 Pieces for Piano, 4 Hands, No. 4, Andante con variazion. If anything, the theme used in these two works is even more pronounced than in the Farrenc work - much as it is in the de Lange symphony. [You can find them both on You Tube].

@@andrewhcit I think all this strengthens a good deal the case for the theme having a folk music origin. How possibly could 4 composers come up with the same identical theme unless there was some underlying identical origin.

The Second Movement's main melody shares a similarity with the tune to the hymn, "Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All"

I doubt it, but it's a nice thought ;)

Doubtful but a good idea for Hollywood.

+Kees Klaver Unfortunately concert promoters prefer to play safe and programme what they know people will like. It would be good though if major orchestras had even one concert a year where they would play unknown music such as this.

Wholeheartedly agree. Alen Planec

Trouens, daar is 'n hele reeks wonderlike Nederlandse komponiste. (Vgl. Unsung Composers). Ek dink byvoorbeeld aan Andriessen en Brandts Buys as nog twee goeie voorbeelde.

Tchaikovsky wrote his symphonies later, didn't he ?

@@jeanpaulchoppart6818 Yes. No comparison!

Probably vice-versa. Tchaikovsky has reminiscences of Daniël de Lange.

I give you two out of three: primitive and trivial, YES, but boring, NO. It's quite interesting to hear a piece of music such as this. It's hardly a masterpiece, but neither is it a bad piece of music. There are some vague hints of early Wagner in his music, and, maybe also some french influences ( perhaps from Berlioz). While Brahms and Wagner (and others) had to fight their way onto the podium with their new music, my guess is that this guy just got his music played without too much effort.

@@paskhare1 Since 1979 i am living in Switzerland, and I am a musicien. And now, even in youtube, I clearly noticed, that Holland hardly has had a history of music. From Dufay until Palestrina their music is franco-flemisch or italian, but not dutch. Only Sweelinck (17th century). And Dutch people are very good in one thing: to seem a lot, but to be only little.