Giant in the shadows, focused on the german composer, pianist and organist max reger, who died in 1916 at 43. Other features shown are translation of titles, key, scoring, year of composition, genre, information about texts and their authors, a link to the maxreger. Translate mri in german online and download now our free translator to use any time at no charge. The collection of jurgen schaarwachter, maxregerinstitut, karlsruhe. Now susanne popp max regerinstitut karlsruhe has presented, in convincing fash ion, a volume with 46 of regers lieder which. Furthermore, zum schlafen and waldeinsamkeit, two lieder from regers. Supplement to the theory of modulation by reger, max, 18731916. Shop and buy virgins slumber song maria wiegenlied german english sheet music. Hamelins superb virtuosity allows him to focus purely on the music, so keeping any sense of heaviness from infiltrating piano writing which, in other hands, can sound merely laboured. Fugue and fugal compositions from the fantasiachorales. Johann baptist joseph maximilian reger 19 march 1873 11 may 1916, commonly known as max reger, was a german composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. But this is still reger, and simple for reger might not mean simple for someone else. Very few of the common complaints about reger s music apply here. March 19, 1873 brand, upper palatinate, bavaria, germany died.
Selected writings of max reger, edited and translated by christopher anderson. O, wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr frommen, choral prelude for organ, op. It was friedrich who said, words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us. Johann baptist joseph maximilian reger march 19, 1873 may 11, 1916 was a german composer, organist, pianist and teacher born in brand, reger studied music in munich and wiesbaden with heinrich reimann. Siegfried wagner, max reger, artur nikisch, richard. Most of these songs failed to impress and were soon forgotten, but one of them the maria wiegenlied, op. I recently came to learn of a german word that perfectly captures ones deep and intimate connection with nature. When he was a boy max helped his father to rebuild an organ that was going to be thrown away. Regers father was a schoolteacher who was an amateur musician. Associated music publishers, inc at sheet music plus. The sunset glow of max regers late romanticism is perfectly suited to the lustrous soprano voice of sophie bevan, here making her hyperion debut in a programme of thirtythree of his songs. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Waldeinsamkeit zum schlafen in eng search result list grid search result list simple search result list bibliographic my search result list items 1 to 1.
I do not count the hours i spendin wandering by the seathe forest is my loyal friend. Veroffentlichungen des maxregerinstitutes elsaregerstiftung 7. Solitude in the woods volkslieder folksongs, set by max reger. Translate texts with the worlds best machine translation technology, developed by the creators of linguee. Regers music is an amalgam of bachian counterpoint and chromatic romantic harmonythe result is writing of great density. Solitude in the woods volkslieder folksongs, set by. Most of max reger s bestknown organ works, including the 12 pieces for organ, op. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. 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. In 1901 he settled in munich, where he obtained concert offers and where his rapid rise to fame began. Max reger simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The music by reger is always difficult in all aspects, the technical nor the aesthetics or the simple listening. Reger was a german composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and teacher. Other features shown are translation of titles, key, scoring, year of.
List of compositions by max reger max reger was a german composer of the lateromantic. He is said to have been a nasty piece of work, a glutton and. Waldeinsamkeit volkslieder folksongs, set by max reger the. Waldeinsamkeit roughly translates to the feeling of being alone in the woods. I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some. Waldeinsamkeit poem by ralph waldo emerson poem hunter. Waldeinsamkeit from max reger buy now in stretta sheet. Interpreting the early lieder of erich korngold uq espace. He repeatedly uttered the wish to be buried at the coast of the baltic sea, near kolberg. Waldeinsamkeit poem by ralph waldo emerson poem hunter comments. Translation for waldeinsamkeit in the free germanenglish dictionary and many other english translations.
Waldeinsamkeit anonymous page 1 of 2 waldeinsamkeit valt. This is also true of the more than 300 lieder, which form an extensive part of his. Learn how to pronounce waldeinsamkeit and more about the waldeinsamkeit word at. There are harmonic twists as the song moves along, and when the rocking opening melody returns after a short digression, reger brilliantly casts it in imitation between piano and voice sometimes on the beat, and sometimes at the halfbar in stretto. Born in brand, bavaria, reger studied music in munich and wiesbaden with hugo riemann. I consider him a genius, remarked arnold schoenberg of the progressive early modernist max reger 18731916.
Exuberant and prolific, max reger composed an extraordinary volume and variety of works in his short life he was just 43 when he died in 1916. O wie selig seid ihr doch, chorale prelude for organ, op. On this page i have compiled some information about the history of what happened to max reger after his death. This was the instrument on which he learned to play. Waldeinsamkeit rate how difficult to pronounce this word. Waldeinsamkeit volkslieder folksongs, set by max reger. May 11, 1916 leipzig, germany the celebrated german composer reger johann baptist joseph max imilian reger. A wonderful disc this, and a testament to yet another undervalued dimension of the artistry of max reger. Look up words and phrases in comprehensive, reliable bilingual dictionaries and search through billions of online translations. Some of the works for solo string instruments turn up often on recordings, though less regularly in recitals. The list of fugues and fugal pieces written for organ, here. A charming song from max regers schlichte weisen collection. Virgins slumber song maria wiegenlied german english by max.
Max reger has 74 books on goodreads with 9 ratings. The music by max reger has not been the first option for those who want to achieve a more complete knowldege of late romanticism, in fact, reger is not the first for nobody who likes classical music. This is particularly true of the bach variations, regers piano masterpiece. The second eichendorff poem was translated by john bernhoff around 1900. Max reger david c f wright, dmus it is amazing how people get away with derogatory remarks about the german composer max reger. In addition to his international renown as a teacher, conductor, and pianist, reger wrote. Waldeinsamkeit translate not found if you know the translate of this word, share it. Waldeinsamkeit is a strange name for a beautiful idea. May 28, 2015 einen brief soll ich schreiben, max reger christa ludwig, mezzo soprano erik werba, piano salzburg festival 1968. Look up words and phrases in comprehensive, reliable bilingual. Max reger composed his 60 schlichte weisen simple melodies, op. Johann baptist joseph maximilian reger 19 march 1873 11 may 1916, commonly known as max reger.
May 11, 1916 leipzig, germany the celebrated german composer reger johann baptist joseph max imilian reger, was the son of a schoolteacher and amateur musician, who gave him instruction on the piano organ, and various string instruments. Awareness raising events of the engineering and physical science research council or the dialogue with the public initiative in the uk. Max reger, byname of johann baptist joseph maximilian reger, born march 19, 1873, brand, bavaria, ger. Max reger choral composer biography cd recordings, sheet. Mccorkle notes that the manuscripts for the remaining numbers are lost. Max reger was a german composer of the lateromantic period.