Sacred Choral Music A Cappella REGER MAX

Classique

Contenu

Vorwort
Preface
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Maria, Himmelsfreud!
Acht Grabgesänge
Acht Marienlieder op. 61d
Sechs Trauergesänge op. 61g
Leichenlieder
Palmsonntagmorgen
Vier Kirchengesänge
Oster-Motette. Lasset uns den Herren preisen
Abschiedslied
Acht geistliche Gesänge op. 138:
Der Mensch lebt und besteht nur eine kleine Zeit
Morgengesang
Nachtlied
Unser lieben Frauen Traum
Kreuzfahrerlied
Das Agnus Die
Schlachtgesang
Wir glauben an einen Gott
Critical Commentary

Description :

2016 marks the first centenary of the death of Max Reger. In addition to his best-known field of creativity - organ music - his choral compositions form another major part of his oeuvre.

This edition contains a selection of his sacred a cappella choral works. Their scoring, level of difficulty and length make them ideal for choirs who are wary of tackling the large-scale op. 110 motets. For the first time, the selection of works includes the previously unpublished "Acht Grabgesänge” (1900). The pieces are arranged in chronological order, culminating in the well-known cycle of "Acht geistliche Gesänge” op. 138 (1914).

Contents
- "Tantum ergo Sacramentum” (1895)
- "Maria Himmelsfreud!” (1899-1900)
- "Acht Grabgesänge” (ca. 1900)
- "Acht Marienlieder” op. 61d (1901)
- "Sechs Trauergesänge” op. 61g (1901)
- "Palmsonntagmorgen” (1902)
- "Vier Kirchengesänge” (1904)
- "Easter motet: Lasset uns den Herren preisen” (1911)
- "Abschiedslied” (1914)
- "Acht geistliche Gesänge” op. 138 (1914)

The Editor
Michael Chizzali has been a scholarly assistant at the Institute of Musicology in Weimar-Jena (Germany) since 2014. His dissertation on Reger's contemporary, the Tyrolean composer Josef Gasser (1873-1957), was published in Innsbruck in 2014.

- All extant sources consulted
- Edition for the first centenary of Reger's death
- Cross-section of Reger's music for a cappella choir
- Foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng)