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 His Majesty the [King’s Guard 3. Company|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 orchestra
  • Finnmarken, for male choir, solo, and orchestra
  • Fire springleiker og en vals fra Gudbrandsdalen, 5 min
  • Fra Vågå: Sprindans
  • Gavotte – Scherzando – Finale Marciale, for orchestra
  • Hamar i Hellom, overture for orchestra
  • Høgsommer i høgfjell for orchestra, 6½ min
  • Karneval-suite, orchestral suite
  • Konsert, for violin and orchestra in C major, 20 min
  • Marsi: Maestoso marciale, for orchestra
  • Rondo Capriccioso: Til Olav Aukrusts dikt "Aksión på Tande", for choir, solo, and orchestra
  • Sagn, for small orchestra
  • Sagn i D-moll, for orchestra, 10 min
  • Slått
  • Slått: Symfonisk karakterstykke
  • Spelemannsferd: Symfonisk utdrag av Gudbrandsdalens folkemusikk
  • Springdans, for small orchestra
  • Springleik for orchestra
  • Symfoni 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 orchestra
  • Tve syst – Folkevise, for two voices, choir, and orchestra