Hampus Huldt-Nystrøm

Norwegian pianist and musicologist, born 15 January 1917, Oddernes (now Kristiansand), Vest-Agder, died 24 December 1995, Oslo. He was a prominent figure in Norwegian music research, and with his studies, especially in older Norwegian music history, he did pioneering work and showed the way for later research in the subject. Huldt-Nystrøm had a very broad experience as a teacher, music communicator and music researcher. He studied music theory with Trygve Lindeman and Bjarne Brustad 1939-42, received piano lessons from Halfdan Cleve 1934-47 and made his debut as a pianist in 1947. He took a master's degree in music at the University of Oslo in 1953 with the dissertation Thomas Dyke Ackland Tellefsen and became dr.philos. same place 1966 with the dissertation The national tone. Studies of motifs and motif combinations, especially in Norwegian "springar" and Swedish polka. Huldt-Nystrøm was employed as a teacher at the Conservatory of Music in Oslo 1943–49, and in 1950–63 he was associated with NRK, first as program secretary, from 1957 as editorial secretary. In the years 1963–66 he was a senior lecturer in music at the Department of Musicology, University of Oslo, and 1966–84 professor of Musicology at the Norwegian Teacher Training College / University of Trondheim.