Compositions
by Max Reger

The composer at work, painting by Franz Nölken, 1913

1887 (1887)–1916

Lied choral music chamber music concertos piano music organ music orchestral music

Max Reger was a German composer of the late-Romantic period. His works are initially listed by Opus number (Op.), followed by works without Op. number (WoO). Other features shown are translation of titles, key, scoring, year of composition, genre, information about texts and their authors, a link to the Max-Reger-Institute, which provides detailed information about times of composition, performance and publishing, and a link to the free score when available.

History

Reger was a German composer, born in Brand in 1873. He studied music theory in Sondershausen, then piano and theory, in Wiesbaden.^[1] The first compositions to which he assigned opus numbers were chamber music and Lieder. A pianist himself, he composed works for both piano and organ.^[1]

Reger returned to his parental home in 1898, where he composed his first work for choir and orchestra, Hymne an den Gesang (Hymn to singing), Op. 21. He moved to Munich in 1901. In 1907 he was appointed musical director at the Leipzig University and professor at the Royal Conservatory in Leipzig.^[1][2]

In 1911 Reger was appointed Hofkapellmeister (music director) at the court of Duke Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen, retaining his master class at the Leipzig conservatory.^[1] In 1913 he composed four tone poems on paintings by Arnold Böcklin (Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin), including Die Toteninsel (Isle of the Dead), as his Op. 128. He gave up the court position in 1914 for health reasons. In response to World War I, he thought in 1914 already to compose a choral work to commemorate the fallen of the war. He began to set the Latin Requiem but abandoned the work as a fragment.^[1] In 1915 he moved to Jena, still teaching in Leipzig. He composed in Jena the Hebbel Requiem for soloist, choir and orchestra.^[1] Reger died in Leipzig on 11 May 1916.^[1][2]

Reger assigned opus numbers to major works himself. In his compositions for solo voices and for choirs, he set poems by notable lyricists, including contemporaries, such as Gabriele D'Annunzio, Otto Julius Bierbaum, Joseph von Eichendorff, Friedrich Hebbel, Detlev von Liliencron and Friedrich Rückert.^[1]

Table of compositions

Reger's works with an opus number are listed first, then works designated as WoO (work without opus number). Details to compositions follow, such as song titles and names of poets for a collection of songs. The scoring is given if it cannot be recognized from the title or the genre: for example songs (Lieder, Gesänge) are normally for voice and piano, in a sonata the named solo instrument is usually accompanied by piano, and choral works are for four-part choir a cappella, unless otherwise noted.

When the opus number provides a link, it leads to more details about a work, such as the titles, markings and keys of its parts. The last column provides two link for reference, when available: one to the detailed information on the piece by the Max-Reger-Institute (in German), which appears as "MR" and the number on the website, the other to a free score (sc).

Other works

• Castra vetera, incidental music (1889-1890)
• Heroide, symphonic movement for orchestra, D minor (1889)
• Symphonic movement for orchestra, D minor (1890)
• Grande Valse de Concert for piano, "Op. 378" (1891)
• Six chorale preludes for organ (1893–1908)

• Violin parts for six sonatinas, Op. 36 by Clementi (before 1895)
• Etude Brillante for piano, C minor (1896)
• Three Album Leafs for piano (1898/1899)

1. Miniature Gavotte (s.a.)
2. Allegretto grazioso
3. Andante

• Introduction and Passacaglia for organ, D minor (1899)
• Prelude for organ, C minor (1900)
• Three sacred songs for mezzo / baritone and organ (1900/1903)
• Variations and Fugue on "Heil unserm König" for organ, C major (1901)
• Fünf Spezialstudien (Bearbeitungen Chopin'scher Werke) (1898–1899) MR203
• Four pieces for piano (1901/1906)

1. Romanze, D major (1906)
2. Improvisation, E minor (1901)
3. Nachtstück (1903)
4. Perpetuum mobile, C major (1902)

• Prelude and Fugue for organ, D minor, (1902)
• Romanze for harmonium, A minor (1904)
• Two pieces for piano (1906)

1. Caprice, F-sharp minor

• Prelude and fugue for organ, G-sharp minor (1906)
• Vater unser for 12-part choir (1909) (completed by Hasse)
• An Zeppelin for 4-part men's or children's choir (1909)
• Twenty Responsories for choir (1911)
• Prelude and fugue for organ, F-sharp minor (1912)
• Marsch der Stiftsdamen for piano (1914)

Details of sets of compositions with Opus number

• Drei Orgelstücke (Three organ pieces), Op. 7 (1892)

1. Prelude and Fugue, C major
2. Fantasy on 'Te Deum laudamus', A minor
3. Fugue, D minor

• Fünf Lieder (Five songs), Op. 8 (1892)

• Twelve Waltz-Caprices for 4-hand Piano, Op. 9 (1892)

• Zwanzig Deutsche Tänze (Twenty German Dances) for 4-hand piano, Op. 10 (1892) (also in orchestral arrangement for small orchestra by L. Artok)

• Seven Waltzes for piano, Op. 11 (1893)

• Five songs (in the style of Franz Schubert), Op. 12 (1893)

• Lose Blätter for piano, Op. 13 (1894)

• Five duets for soprano, alto and piano, Op. 14 (1894)

• Suite for organ No. 1, E minor, Op. 16 (1894–1895) (also in 4-hand piano arrangement by Reger)

1. Introduction (Grave) and Fugue (Allegro ma non tanto)
2. Adagio assai
3. Intermezzo (Un poco Allegro, ma non troppo) and Trio (Andantino)
4. Passacaglia (Andante)

• Aus der Jugendzeit for piano, Op. 17 (1895)

• Eight improvisations for piano, Op. 18 (1896)

• Two sacred songs for medium voice and organ, Op. 19 (1898)

1. "Passionslied"
2. "Doch du ließest ihn im Grabe nicht!"

• Five Humoresques for piano, Op. 20 (1898)

• Six Waltzes for 4-hand piano, Op. 22 (1898)

• Four songs, Op. 23 (1898)

1. "Das kleinste Lied" (Hamerling)
2. "Pythia" (Ritter)
3. "Das sterbende Kind" (Geibel)
4. "Vom Küssen!" (Ritter)

• Six pieces for piano, Op. 24 (1898)

• Aquarellen for piano, Op. 25 (1897–1898)

• Seven fantasy pieces for piano, Op. 26 (1898)

• Fantasia and Fugue for organ, C minor, Op. 29 (1898) (reworked for Piano 4-hand by Richard Lange)

• Six Poems by Anna Ritter for medium voice, Op. 31 (1898)

• Seven character pieces for piano, Op. 32 (1899)

• Five pittoresque pieces for 4-hand piano, Op. 34 (1899)

• Nine Bunte Blätter for piano, Op. 36 (1899)

• Five songs, Op. 37 (1899)

• Seven songs for men's chorus, Op. 38 (1899)

• Three songs for 6-part (SAATBB) choir, Op. 39 (1899)

1. "Schweigen" (Falke)
2. "Abendlied" (Plinke)
3. "Frühlingsblick" (Lenau)

• Four violin solo sonatas, Op. 42 (1900)

1. D minor
2. A major
3. B minor
4. G minor

• Eight songs, Op. 43 (1900)

• Ten little pieces for piano, Op. 44 (1900)

• Six intermezzi for piano, Op. 45 (1900)

• Six organ trios, Op. 47 (1900)

• Seven songs for medium voice, Op. 48 (1900)

• Two clarinet sonatas, Op. 49 (1900)

1. A-flat major
2. F-sharp minor

• Two romances for violin and small orchestra, Op. 50 (1900)

1. (Andante sostenuto) G major
2. (Larghetto) D major

• Twelve songs, Op. 51 (1900)

• Seven Silhouettes for piano, Op. 53 (1900)

• Fifteen songs, Op. 55 (1901)

• Five organ preludes and fugues, Op. 56 (1901)

• Twelve organ pieces, Op. 59 (1901)

• Organ Sonata No. 2, D minor, Op. 60 (1901)

1. Improvisation
2. Invocation
3. Introduction and Fugue

• 16 songs, Op. 62 (1901)

• Monologues for organ, Op. 63 (1902)

• Twelve songs, Op. 66 (1902)

• Six songs, Op. 68 (1902)

• Ten organ pieces, Op. 69 (1903)

• Seventeen songs, Op. 70 (1903)

• 18 songs, Op. 75 (1904)

• Simple songs, Op. 76 (1903–1912)

• Ten pieces for piano, Op. 79a (1900–1904)

• Chorale preludes for organ, Op. 79b (1900–1904)

• Eight songs, Op. 79c (1900–1904)

• Suite for violin and piano, Op. 79d (1902–1904)

1. Wiegenlied
2. Capriccio
3. Burla

• Two pieces for cello and piano, Op. 79e (1904)

1. Caprice
2. Kleine Romanze

• 14 chorales for 4-, 5- or 6-part choir, Op. 79f (1900–1904)

• Aus meinem Tagebuch, fünfunddreißig Stücke für Pianoforte, Op. 82 (1904–1912)

• Four preludes and fugues for organ, Op. 85 (1905)

1. C-sharp minor
2. G major
3. F major
4. E minor

• Two compositions for violin and piano, Op. 87 (1905)

1. Albumblatt
2. Romanze

• Four songs, Op. 88 (1905)

1. "Notturno" (Boelitz)
2. "Stelldichein" (Hörmann)
3. "Flötenspielerin" (Evers)
4. "Spatz und Spätzin" (Meyere)

• Four sonatinas for piano, Op. 89 (1905–1908)

1. E minor
2. D major
3. F major
4. A minor

• Seven sonatas for violin solo, Op. 91 (1905)

• Suite for organ No. 2, Op. 92 (1905)

• Four songs, Op. 97 (1906)

1. "Das Dorf" (Boelitz)
2. "Leise, leise weht ihr Lüfte" (Brentano)
3. "Ein Drängen ist in meinem Herzen" (Stefan Zweig)
4. "Der bescheidene Schäfer" (Weisse)

• Five songs, Op. 98 (1906)

• Six songs, Op. 104 (1907)

• Two sacred songs for mezzo / baritone and organ / harmonium / piano, Op. 105 (1907)

1. "Ich sehe dich in tausend Bildern" (Novalis)
2. "Meine Seele ist still zu Gott" (Psalm 62)

• Three duets for soprano, alto and piano, Op. 111a (1909)

1. "Waldesstille" (Rafael)
2. "Frühlingsfeier" (Steindorff)
3. "Abendgang" (Brandtl)

• Episodes, eight pieces for piano, Op. 115 (1910)

• Eight preludes and fugues for solo violin, Op. 117 (1909–1912)

• Nine pieces for organ, Op. 129 (1913)

• Six preludes and fugues for solo violin, Op. 131a (1914)

• Three suites for solo cello, Op. 131c (1915)

1. G major
2. D minor
3. A minor

• Three suites for solo viola, Op. 131d (1915)

1. G minor
2. D major
3. E minor

• Twelve sacred songs with piano / harmonium / organ accompaniment, Op. 137 (1914)

• 5 Neue Kinderlieder, Op. 142 (1915)

• Träume am Kamin, 12 Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 143 (1915)

Details of sets of compositions with WoO number

• "Grüße an die Jugend" for piano (1898) WoO III/6

• Blätter und Blüten for piano (1900/1902) WoO III/12

• Four "Spezialstudien" for piano left hand (1901) WoO III/13

1. Scherzo
2. Humoresque
3. Romanze
4. Prelude and Fugue

• Fünf ausgewählte Volkslieder für TTBB (1898) WoO VI/6

1. Herzweh (1817, Gotha, with an additional second stanza by Hermann Kurz)
2. Liebchens Bote (Flugblatt 1756)
3. Das Sternlein (Matthias Claudius)
4. Dianderl tief drunt im Thal (from Carinthia)
5. Ich hab' die Nacht geträumet

• Sechs ausgewählte Volkslieder für SATB (1899) WoO VI/10

1. Liebesschmerz (from Swabia)
2. Das Sternlein (Matthias Claudius)
3. Liebesqual (from Swabia)
4. Vergebens (from Franconia)
5. Liebchens Bote (Flugblatt 1756)
6. Das Mädchen vom Lande (Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim)

• Acht ausgewählte Volkslieder. Neue Folge, für SATB (1899) WoO VI/11

1. Mailied (Friedrich Richter)
2. Ach, Bäumchen, du stehst grüne (überliefert by Karl Simrock
3. Liebesleid
4. Ich hab' die Nacht geträumet
5. Trutze nicht (from the Odenwald 1839)
6. Wie kommt's? (from Thuringia and Franconia)
7. Schwäbisches Tanzliedchen (Ländler from Upper Swabia)
8. Es waren zwei Königskinder

Notes

References

Bibliography

• "Max Reger's works". Max-Reger-Institute / Elsa-Reger-Stiftung. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

• Schröder, Heribert (1990). "Acht geistliche Gesänge / op. 138" (PDF). Carus-Verlag. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 15 April 2016.