Hans Jacob Højgaard

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Hans Jacob Højgaard (11 September 1904, Toftir, Faroe Islands – 10 June 1992 Tórshavn Faroe Islands) was one of the most productive composers in the Faroe Islands in the 20th century. As most Faroe islanders did, he went to the sea when he was 15 years old and sailed with fishing boats for four years. He took a compulsory exam in Torshavn in 1923. In 1924, he went to Denmark, where he attended Karise Folk High School. In 1929, he received a teaching degree from the Jonstrup's Seminar. He then returned to his birthplace, Toftir. He has been an assistant teacher from 1929 to 1931, a secondary teacher from 1931 to 1933, and a school director from 1934 to 1953.

Højgaard had been a choir in Toftir and Torshavn and has composed numerous Faroese songs and hymns. Højgaard's great significance for Faroese music life is partly due to his skill and stimulating enthusiasm. He has continued and refined the "ko sang" tradition that existed in the Faroe Islands as a teacher and a choreographer and his lush business as a song composer. Højgaard's songs are distinguished for their ability to sing freshly and romantically as well as their originality. They have a style that often brings memories of the peculiar tones that characterize the old Faroese quadrals and hymns.

He was an honorary member of the Harbors Song Event in 1978.

Works[]

• 1951 - Føroysk Songløg I (Faroese Trad. Music Tunebook)
• 1977 - Føroysk Songløg II (Faroese Trad. Music Tunebook)

Music[]

• 1976 - LP: "Í hesi sælu jólatíð", (Faroese Christmas Carols, HJH directing his own Melodies/Compositions), HCW TÓRGARÐ
• 2003 - CD: "Í hesi sælu jólatíð", (Faroese Christmas Carols, HJH directing his own Melodies/Compositions), HCW TÓRGARÐ
• 2003 - CD: Komponisten Hans Jákup Højgaard, musikeksempel, (Musical examples of HJH Compositions) RAES, Faroese Radio
• 2004 - CD: Hans Jacob Højgaard 100 ár, (100-Year Anniversary) TUTL

Literature[]

• S. Anderssohn: Komponisten Hans Jákup Højgaard, et liv som traditionsbærer, nyskaber og lærer, Research Archive for Ethnomusicological Studies [RAES], Arendal 2003 (Danish)

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