(Johann Baptist Joseph) Maximilian Reger

Synopsis

German composer, organist, and teacher

• Born on March 19, 1873 in Brand, nr Bayreuth, Germany
• 1874 moved to Weiden, his father taught him music in his youth
• 1884 He took piano lessons from Adalber Lindner
• 1888 he decided to pursue a career in music
• 1886-1889 he was deputy organist to Lindner
• 1890 moved to Wiesbaden to study with Reimann at the Wiesbaden Conservatory
• 1890 Reimann, impressed with Reger's first Violin Sonata, recommended him to be a teacher in theory at the Conservatory
• 1890-6 Reger developed musical contacts with people such as Richard Strauss, Eugen d'Albert and Busoni.
• 1896-7 Served in the military for a year
• 1898 Reger's had a breakdown and moved back to Weiden
• 1898 in Weiden he taught privately for his primary source of income
• 1898-1903 he composed some of his fantasias on chorale melodies
• 1901 moved to Munich
• 1902 married Elsa von Bercken
• 1903 Leipzig he wrote the theoretical treatise Beitrage zur Modulationslehre
• 1904 started having wider success and more performances of his works
• 1904 Became a teacher of theory, composition, and organ at the Munich Akademie in Tonkunst
• 1907 Became director of music at the University in Leipzig
• 1911 he became the director of the orchestra of the ducal court of Saxe-Meiningen
• 1915 he retired to Jena and sustained his family through compositions and concert tours
• Died on May 11, 1916 in Leipzig, Germany of a heart attack

1894-1903 was the climax of his output for organ. During this time he composed fantasias on chorale tunes. Karl Straube introduced these compositions to the public. Most of his complex works were never performed by him since he did not keep up with his organ technique. His organ works are mostly based off baroque forms. His later organ works are considered to have revived the baroque style with 19th century romanticism.

For details, see the Max Reger article on Wikipedia.

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