Portrait of the writer Vilhelm Krag (1871-1933)

Vilhelm Krag (24 December 1871 – 10 July 1933) was a

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poet, author, journalist and cultural personality. Known for coining the term

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to describe a region of

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, he was the son of

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and younger brother of the novelist

Thomas Krag Thomas Peter Krag (28 July 1868 – 13 March 1913) was a Norwegian novelist, playwright and writer of short stories. He was born in Kragerø, grew up in Kristiansand, and settled in Copenhagen. Some of his books were bestsellers in Denmark whe ...

. His first volume of poetry, which came out in 1891, included many of his best-known poems: "Fandango", "Der skreg en fugl" (A bird cried), "Liden Kirsten" (Little Kirsten), "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).

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set Krag's lyrics to music in his Opus 60, published in 1894. In the early 20th century works by Krag were recorded in

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by Florence Bodinoff, George Hamlin, Nathalie Hansen,

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Ernestine Schumann-Heink Ernestine Schumann-Heink (15 June 186117 November 1936) was a Bohemian-born Austrian-American operatic dramatic contralto of German Bohemian descent. She was noted for the flexibility and wide range of her voice. Early life She was born Ernest ...

, Aalrud Tillisch, and

Carsten Woll Carsten Thorvald Woll (1885-1962) was a leading Norwegian-American singer and recording artist of the 1910s and 1920s. Biography The singer and composer Carsten Woll was born in Oslo, Norway. He took his student exams in 1903 and subsequently s ...

.Vilhelm Krag (author)
''ucsb.edu''. Retrieved: 9 September 2014.

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the LiederNet ArchiveVilhelm Krag recordings and translationsVilhelm Krag at the Internet Archive
Articles in Norwegian
Vilhelm Krag
at the

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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Krag, Vilhelm 1871 births 1933 deaths 19th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets 20th-century Norwegian writers 19th-century Norwegian male writers 20th-century Norwegian male writers