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Mon Schjelderup (16 June 187021 November 1934) was a

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composer and pianist.

Biography

Maria Gustava Schjelderup was born in Fredrikshald (now

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, of parents Captain Christian Bernhard Koren Schjelderup (1819–1889) and Anne Sofie Preus Berg (1831–1898). She was also the cousin of composer

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(1859–1933). Schjelderup grew up in a musical home, and wrote her first composition at age 14. She studied piano with

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. Later she continued her studies in piano and theory at the

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, and in composition at the Conservatory in Paris with

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. In 1894 she made her public debut as pianist and composer in Christiania. She continued her study with Massenet and began working as a composer and a piano teacher at the Music Conservatory in Christiania. Mon Schjelderup never married and retired at the age of 34 due to disabling mental illness. She died in 1934 in

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Works

Schjelderup composed about forty songs, piano pieces, violin pieces, a sonata for violin and piano and orchestral works. Selected compositions include: For Orchestra: *''Prelude to 5 Act II of The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen'' *''Fest March, Op. 30'', 1900 (arranged for orchestra by Jules Massenet) *''For Violin and Piano: Berceuse, Op. 1'', 1893 *''Ballade, Op. 2'' *''2 Romances, Op. 6'', 1894 *''Sonata in B minor, Op. 12'', 1896 For cello and piano: *''Tungsind, op. 18'', 1899 For voice and piano: *''2 Songs, Op. 10'', 1899 (text W. Krag) *''2 West View, op. 16'', 1899 (text W. Krag) *''Huldre Song, Op. 21'', 1899 (text A. Garborg) *''Nocturne, Scherzo, Op. 23'', 1900 (text V. Krag) *''Birch trees in Bridal Veil, op. 24'' (text T. Caspari) *''Jokes Mother To view and Fish Cutting, op. 33'', 1902 (text A. Winge) *''A loss, Op. 33'', 1902 (text H. Christensen) *''Poppy red, Op. 48'', 1905 (text F. Docker-Smith) *''Maria Nøklebånd, op. 61'' (text F. Docker-Smith) *''My love no soul on earth to be wide'', Op. 63 (text S. Lagerlöf) *''My Beloved dancer in Sale, op. 64''(text L.C. Nielsen) *''Nursery Rhymes'', 1902 *''Songs'' (text W. Krag) For piano: *''Au Printemps'' *''3 Morceaux, Op. 3'' *''2 Piano Pieces, Op. 13'', 1898 (lullaby, Song without Words) *''Trifles'', 4 light piano pieces, 1903

References

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