Two sacred Songs WoO VII/30
for medium voice and organ
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No. 1 Wenn in bangen, trüben Stunden
Text: Novalis
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No. 2 Heimweh
Text: Julius Sturm
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Reger-Werkausgabe | Bd. II/7: Vokalwerke mit Orgelbegleitung und weiteren Instrumenten, S. 16–21. |
Herausgeber | Alexander Becker, Christopher Grafschmidt, Stefan König. Unter Mitarbeit von Dennis Ried und Stefanie Steiner-Grage. |
Verlag | Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart; Verlagsnummer: CV 52.814. |
Erscheinungsdatum | Mai 2019. |
Notensatz | Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart. |
Copyright | 2019 by Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart and Max-Reger-Institut, Karlsruhe – CV 52.814. Vervielfältigungen jeglicher Art sind gesetzlich verboten. / Any unauthorized reproduction is prohibited by law. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. / All rights reserved. |
ISMN | M-007-18850-4. |
ISBN | 978-3-89948-318-5. |
No. 1
Novalis: [Wenn in bangen trüben Stunden…], in:
Novalis Schriften, vol. 2, ed. by Friedrich Schlegel and Ludwig Tieck, Buchhandlung der Realschule, Berlin
unknown
Used for comparison purposes in RWA: Novalis: [Wenn in bangen trüben Stunden…], in:
id.: Die Gedichte des Novalis. (Friedrich von Hardenberg.), ed. by Franz Blei, Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig
Copy shown in RWA: DE, Karlsruhe, Max-Reger-Institut/Elsa-Reger-Stiftung.
Note: In Erstausgabe als Nr. XIII der Geistlichen Lieder.
No. 2
Julius Sturm: Heimweh, in:
id.: Fromme Lieder, Brockhaus, Leipzig
unknown
Used for comparison purposes in RWA: Julius Sturm: Heimweh, in:
id.: Fromme Lieder, 2nd edition, F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig
Copy shown in RWA: DE, Karlsruhe, Max-Reger-Institut/Elsa-Reger-Stiftung.
Note: Textvorlage vermutlich eine der zahlreichen späteren Auflagen der Erstausgabe.
1. Composition and Publication
The Two Sacred Songs, later described by Reger as “little occasional songs” (letter dated 29 January 1902 to Theodor Kroyer), were probably composed for a church concert on 14 October 1900 in the St. Marien Kirche in Zwickau, a concert which also included works by Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel (program). The organist there and dedicatee of Reger’s Chorale Fantasia “Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn” op. 40 no. 2, Paul Gerhardt, had been in Weiden before with his colleague Richard Jung from Greiz in order to “meet Reger in person and to ask for first-hand information about the performance of technically complicated passages” 1. The small delegation could also have included Reinhard Vollhardt as director of the church choir at St. Marien, and it must be assumed that the concert program for October was also discussed on this occasion.2
In addition to the engraver’s copy, an autograph made for Karl Straube has also been preserved.3 This contains a date of completion for no. 1 (Wenn in bangen, trüben Stunden) of 25 September 1900. While the last written engraver’s copy remained with Reger until 21 October 1900 and was submitted with opp. 49–53 to the publisher Jos. Aibl (see letter to Caesar Hochstetter), the premiere by Gerhardt and the Leipzig singer “Frl. Dudensing”4 probably took place from another manuscript that no longer exists. On 4 November Reger received the copyright agreement and signed the royalty receipt statement.
The preparation of works for print, which is not mentioned in Reger’s correspondence, extended until spring 1901. On 15 May Reger was able to send a first review copy to the Munich critic Theodor Kroyer (letter); in June he was also able to send copies of the new publication to Ernst Rabich, editor of the Blätter für Haus- und Kirchenmusik (see letter dated 5 June 1901), and Julius Smend, editor of the Monatschrift für Gottesdienst und kirchliche Kunst (see letter dated 10 June 1901).
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Composition and publication · Early reception
2.
Translation by Elizabeth Robinson.
1. Reception
On 26 January 1902 Reger appeared in a concert in the newly-built Erlöserkirche in Munich as performer of his two Sacred Songs and accompanied the baritone Josef Loritz on the organ. Theodor Kroyer wrote appreciatively of this in the Munich Allgemeine Zeitung: “These are warm-blooded creations, of unusual power of declamation and design. They go, like all works by this tremendously gifted composer, virtually to the heart.” (Review) In his music review in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Friedrich L. Schnackenberg was disturbed by the “ascetic, unworldly spirit in a young man […], who expresses the wealth of vitality through unremitting creative work.” (Review) He could only explain this characteristic in a biographical context, i.e. that of the illness which “laid Reger very low” – a reference to his physical-psychological crisis following his one-year voluntary military service in 1896/971.
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Composition and publication · Early reception
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Translation by Elizabeth Robinson.
1. Stemma
2. Quellenbewertung
Der Edition liegt als Leitquelle der Erstdruck zugrunde. Als zusätzliche Quellen wurden die Zweitschrift sowie die Stichvorlage herangezogen.
3. Sources
- Erstschrift(en)
- Vermutliche Zweitschrift, wohl für Karl Straube
- Stichvorlage
- Erstdruck
Object reference
Max Reger: Two sacred Songs WoO VII/30, in: Reger-Werkausgabe, www.reger-werkausgabe.de/mri_work_00240.html, last check: 6th December 2024.
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