Ole Hjellemo


Ole Hjellemo was a Norwegian musician and composer.
Hjellemo was born in Dovre Municipality in Christians amt, Norway. He studied under Gudbrand Bøhn and Iver Holter. Hjellemo directed the Dombås Music Society from 1895 to 1906. From 1919 to 1932 he taught violin, harmony, and composition at the Oslo Conservatory of Music, and at the same time was a military musician with the rank of lieutenant in the military band. As a composer, he wrote five symphonies, several other symphonic works and rhapsodies, an award-winning quartet, a violin concerto, and many works for choir.
He lived in Oslo, traveling back to Dovre for his summer vacations, where he instructed the corps and built the foundation for what would later become the Dovre Fiddle Club. Works that he composed for the corps included Norsk Rapsodi, Slått and Fra Vågå, some of which are still played. His composition Slått was played by the Norwegian Royal Guards band and drill company in 2002. He also released some roundels from the Gudbrandsdalen valley that he recorded himself.
Hjellemo died in Oslo.

Compositions

Bellmanstudie, in F major for orchestra, 10 min Dikt om en slått og en folketone, for orchestra, 11 min Dønningernes duv, for orchestraFinnmarken, for male choir, solo, and orchestraFire springleiker og en vals fra Gudbrandsdalen, 5 min Fra Vågå: Sprindans Gavotte – Scherzando – Finale Marciale, for orchestraHamar i Hellom, overture for orchestraHøgsommer i høgfjell for orchestra, 6½ minKarneval-suite, orchestral suite Konsert, for violin and orchestra in C major, 20 min Marsi: Maestoso marciale, for orchestraRondo Capriccioso: Til Olav Aukrusts dikt "Aksión på Tande", for choir, solo, and orchestraSagn, for small orchestraSagn i D-moll, for orchestra, 10 min Slått Slått: Symfonisk karakterstykke Spelemannsferd: Symfonisk utdrag av Gudbrandsdalens folkemusikk Springdans, for small orchestraSpringleik for orchestraSymfoni i H-moll Symfoni i Es-dur Symfoni no. 3 i A-dur, 40 min Symfoni no. 4 i E-dur, 31 min Symfoni no. 5 i D-dur To norske folkemelodier, for small orchestraTve syst – Folkevise, for two voices, choir, and orchestra