Vilhelm Krag (24 December 1871 – 10 July 1933) was a Norwegian poet, writer, journalist and cultural personality. Known for coining the term Sørlandet to describe a region of Norway, he was the son of Peter Rasmus Krag and younger brother of the novelist Thomas Krag. [1]
His first volume of poetry, which came out in 1891, included many of his best-known poems: "Fandango", [2] "Der skreg en fugl" (A bird cried), "Liden Kirsten" (Little Kirsten), [3] "Majnat" (May night), "Mens jeg venter" (While I'm waiting), "Moderen synger" (The mother sings) and "Og jeg vil ha mig en hjertenskjær" (And I will have me a sweetheart). [4]
Edvard Grieg set Krag's lyrics to music in his Opus 60, published in 1894. [5] In the early 20th century works by Krag were recorded in America by Florence Bodinoff, George Hamlin, Nathalie Hansen, [6] Eleonora Olson, [7] Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Aalrud Tillisch, [8] and Carsten Woll. [9]
Articles in Norwegian
Poetry Collections
Vilhelm Krag at the National Jukebox
Vilhelm Krag at the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project
Art song
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