Vilhelm Krag

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]

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"Mens jeg venter" (On the Water)

Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1913)

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• Works by or about Vilhelm Krag at the Internet Archive
• Vilhelm Krag texts set to music at the LiederNet Archive
• Vilhelm Krag recordings and translations
• Vilhelm Krag at the Internet Archive
• English translation of Fandango

Articles in Norwegian

• Vilhelm Krag at the Great Norwegian encyclopedia
• Vilhelm Krag at the Norwegian biographical encyclopedia

Poetry Collections

• Digte (1891)
• Sange fra Syden (1893)
• Nye Digte (1897)
• Vestlandsviser (1898)

Vilhelm Krag at the National Jukebox

• Im Kahne (Mens jeg venter) and The mother sings (Moderen synger)
• Og jeg vil ha mig en hjertenskjær

Vilhelm Krag at the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project

• Majnat

Art song

• Der skreg en fugl: video
• Der skreg en fugl: sheet music

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