Eight sacred Songs op. 138

for four- to eight-part mixed voice unaccompanied choir

Content

No. 1 Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit

Text: Matthias Claudius
No. 2 Morgengesang

Text: Johannes Zwick
No. 3 Nachtlied

Text: Petrus Herbert
No. 4 Unser lieben Frauen Traum

Text: unknown
No. 5 Kreuzfahrerlied

Text: [In gotes namen fara wir…]
No. 6 Das Agnus Dei

Text: Nikolaus Decius
No. 7 Schlachtgesang

Text: Matthias von Kemnat
No. 8 Wir glauben an einen Gott

Text: unknown

Creation

Komponiert in Meiningen, vor 21. September 1914

Status

–

Dedication

Roderich Stintzing

Performance medium

No. 1: Mixed choir I [Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass], Mixed choir II [Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass]; No. 2: Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto, Tenor, Bass 1, Bass 2; No. 3, 6, 7: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass 1, Bass 2; No. 4: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; No. 5, 8: Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto, Tenor, Bass

Work collection

Original work

Versions

Object reference

Max Reger: Eight sacred Songs op. 138, in: Reger-Werkausgabe, www.reger-werkausgabe.de/mri_work_00168_004.html, version 4.0, 12th June 2026.

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