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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
?Nationality? ?composer, organist, and/or teacher or?
German composer, organist, conductor, and teacher
* ?birth year? born in ?birth city?
* 1873 born in Brand, Bavaria
* ?year of event? ?city of event? ?short description of event?
* 1901 moved to Munich
* ?year of event? ?city of event? ?short description of event?
* 1907 moved to Leipzig, professor of composition at Leipzig Conservatory until his death
*to ?year of death? ?city of death?
* 1916 died in Leipzig


For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?first_middle_last as listed in Wikipedia article?].
Reger was the first German composer since J.S. Bach to devote so much of his compositional output to the organ. He believed strongly in absolute music, an ideal shared by Bach. Reger's pieces are incredibly pianistic and virtuosic, while still exploring the symphonic colors of the organ.
 
Points of Interest
 
* He received an honorary doctorate at the University Jena in 1911.
* The great organist Karl Straube continually challenged Reger to write him music that could not be played. Though Reger tried, Straube consistently thwarted his attempts, learning everything Reger set before him. (And now we organists are paying the price!)
 
 
For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Reger Wikipedia Article on Max Reger].


==List of Organ Works==
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==''General Perspectives on Performing These Organ Works''==
==Background and General Perspectives on Performing Reger Organ Works==
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===Free Online===
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Max Reger: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott Op.27, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCtD9O7hBnc, performed by Leonhard Voellm]
 
Max Reger - Toccata and Fugue Op. 59, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oqDywSPM44, performed by Jos van der Kooij at the organ of the St. Bavo Church, Haarlem, The Netherlands]


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Latest revision as of 03:59, 11 April 2017

Synopsis

German composer, organist, conductor, and teacher

  • 1873 born in Brand, Bavaria
  • 1901 moved to Munich
  • 1907 moved to Leipzig, professor of composition at Leipzig Conservatory until his death
  • 1916 died in Leipzig

Reger was the first German composer since J.S. Bach to devote so much of his compositional output to the organ. He believed strongly in absolute music, an ideal shared by Bach. Reger's pieces are incredibly pianistic and virtuosic, while still exploring the symphonic colors of the organ.

Points of Interest

  • He received an honorary doctorate at the University Jena in 1911.
  • The great organist Karl Straube continually challenged Reger to write him music that could not be played. Though Reger tried, Straube consistently thwarted his attempts, learning everything Reger set before him. (And now we organists are paying the price!)


For details, see the Wikipedia Article on Max Reger.

List of Organ Works

Click to sort by opus number, title, or year of composition or publication
Opus Title Year
Op. 135a 30 Kleine Choralvorspiele, op. 135a year
Op. ?? Title year
Op. ?? Title year
Op. ?? Title year
Op. ?? Title year
Op. ?? Title year
Op. ?? Title year

Background and General Perspectives on Performing Reger Organ Works

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Registration and Organs

Replace this text with information on registration and organs that might be applicable to the whole set of pieces

See the footnote in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page. [1]

Fingering and Pedaling

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Articulation and Phrasing

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Ornamentation

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Tempo and Meter

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Scores and Editions

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Recordings

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Free Online

Max Reger: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott Op.27, performed by Leonhard Voellm

Max Reger - Toccata and Fugue Op. 59, performed by Jos van der Kooij at the organ of the St. Bavo Church, Haarlem, The Netherlands

Pay to Listen

Replace this text with information on online recordings that are available for a fee

Other Resources

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Notes

  1. This footnote was entered in the "Registration and Organs" article

This space is for automatic insertion of footnotes. To enter a footnote from anywhere in the article, start by typing the tag <ref> and then enter the text, and type the tag </ref> to end the footnote. The footnote will then appear in this "Notes" section automatically.