Editing Geirr Tveitt (section)

===Legacy in Norway===
Tveitt's works remained largely misunderstood and unappreciated by his contemporary Norwegian musical establishment. However, Tveitt won the hearts of a whole nation with his radio programmes on folk music at the Norwegian National Broadcasting (NRK) in the 1960s and '70s. Tveitt worked as Assistant Producer to the radio, where he also premiered numerous songs written to texts by respected and well-known Norwegian poets like [[Knut Hamsun]], [[Arnulf Overland]], [[Aslaug Vaa]] and [[Herman Wildenvey]]. Many Norwegians remember perhaps Tveitt most fondly for his tune to [[Aslaug Låstad Lygre]]'s poem ''We should not sleep in summer nights''. In 1980 Tveitt was awarded the Lindeman prize for the work he had done through the NRK. He also set songs by [[Aslaug Vaa]] and [[Olav H. Hauge]].