Module II
Introductions
More than half a century after the publication of Reger’s songs and choral works in the Max Reger Complete Edition a new edition of all the songs and choral works is being published in eleven volumes as the second part of the Reger-Werkausgabe:
1. II/2 – Songs II
The second volume in the Songs and Choral Works Series contains, in chronological order, the songs Max Reger composed between summer 1899 and spring 1901 in Berchtesgaden (Schneewinkl-Lehn) and Weiden.• Six Songs op. 35 (1899)
• Five Songs op. 37 (1899)
• Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht WoO VII/21 (1899)
• Letzte Bitte WoO VII/22 (1899)
• Eight Songs op. 43 (1899)
• Seven Songs op. 48 (1900)
• Nachtgeflüster WoO VII/23 (1900)
• Süße Ruh WoO VII/24 (1900)
• Brautring WoO VII/25 (1900)
• Geheimnis WoO VII/26 (1900)
• Mädchenlied WoO VII/27 (1900)
• Hoffnungslos WoO VII/28 (1900)
• Sonnenregen WoO VII/29 (1900)
• Twelve Songs op. 51 (1900)
• Fifteen Songs op. 55 (1901)
2. II/3 – Songs III
The third volume in the Songs and Choral Works Series contains in chronological order the songs Max Reger composed between December 1900 and February 1903. These are works from his Munich period, although a few had been begun earlier in Weiden (see op. 79c).
- Compositions op. 79c (1900-1901)
- Tragt, blaue Träume… WoO VII/31 (1901)
- Ostern WoO VII/32 (1901–1902)
- Sixteen Songs op. 62 (1901–1902)
- Schlummerlied WoO VII/33 (1902)
- Twelve Songs op. 66 (1902)
- Six Songs op. 68 (1902)
- Seventeen Songs op. 70 (1903)
- Nun kommt die Nacht gegangen WoO VII/35 (1903)
3. II/4 – Songs IV
This fourth volume in the Songs and Choral Works Series contains, in chronological order, Reger’s songs for solo voice and piano composed in Munich between November 1903 and July 1905.
- Eighteen Songs op. 75 (1903)
- Schlichte Weisen op. 76 vol. I (no. 1–15) (1903–1904)
- Schlichte Weisen op. 76 vol. II (no. 16–30) (1905)
- Four Songs op. 88 (1905)
- Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe! WoO VII/37 (1905)
4. II/6 – Songs with orchestral accompaniment
4.1.
This sixth volume in the Songs and Choral Works Series contains, in chronological order, Reger’s compositions for solo voice and orchestra composed between 1912 and 1915. These comprise two original compositions and Reger’s orchestrations of his own songs.
- Aelsharfe op. 75 Nr. 11
- Das Dorf op. 97 Nr. 1
- Aus den Himmelsaugen op. 98 Nr. 1
- Glück op. 76 Nr. 16
- Des Kindes Gebet op. 76 Nr. 22
- Mittag op. 76 Nr. 35
- Mariä Wiegenlied op. 76 Nr. 52
- Mein Traum op. 31 Nr. 5
- Flieder op. 35 Nr. 4
- Glückes genug op. 37 Nr. 3
- Wiegenlied op. 43 Nr. 5
- Fromm op. 62 Nr. 11
5. II/9 – Works for mixed voice unaccompanied choir II
The ninth volume in the Songs and Choral Works Series contains, in chronological order, the works Max Reger composed between 1904 and 1914 for unaccompanied mixed voice choir.
- Vier Kirchengesänge WoO VI/20
- Motette »Mein Odem ist schwach« op. 110 Nr. 1
- Vater unser WoO VI/22
- Motette »Ach, Herr, strafe mich nicht!« op. 110 Nr. 2
- Responsories WoO VI/23
- Lasset uns den Herrn preisen WoO VI/24
- Motette »O Tod, wie bitter bist du« op. 110 Nr. 3
- Good Night WoO VI/25
- Zwölf Chöre aus dem Volksliederbuch WoO VI/26
- Abschiedslied WoO VI/27
- Acht geistliche Gesänge op. 138
6. II/11 – Works for mixed voice choir with piano
The eleventh volume in the Songs and Choral Works Series contains, in chronological order, Reger’s only composition for a mixed vocal scoring and piano from 1892, and the piano reductions scores for his own choral-symphonic works composed between 1903 and 1914.
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Translation by Elizabeth Robinson and Chris Walton (II/4 and II/6).
Citation
Module II – Introductions, in: Reger-Werkausgabe, www.reger-werkausgabe.de/introductions-module-ii.html, version 3.1.4, 2nd May 2025.
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