Zwei Choralphantasien op. 40
Fantasia on the Chorale “Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn!” op. 40 No. 2
for organ
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Herrn Paul Gerhardt hochachtungsvollst zugeeignet
- Zwei Choralphantasien op. 40 for Orgel
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Reger-Werkausgabe | Bd. I/1: Choralphantasien, S. 62–78. |
Herausgeber | Alexander Becker, Christopher Grafschmidt, Stefan König, Stefanie Steiner. |
Verlag | Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart; Verlagsnummer: CV 52.801. |
Erscheinungsdatum | Februar 2010. |
Notensatz | Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart. |
Copyright | 2010 by Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart and Max-Reger-Institut, Karlsruhe – CV 52.801. Vervielfältigungen jeglicher Art sind gesetzlich verboten. / Any unauthorized reproduction is prohibited by law. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. / All rights reserved. |
Fantasia on the Chorale “Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn!”
[Probably] Johann Georg Albini: Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, Nr. 176, in:
Gesangbuch für die evangelisch-lutherische Kirche in Bayern, U. G. Sebald, Nürnberg
Copy shown in RWA: DE, Karlsruhe, Max-Reger-Institut/Elsa-Reger-Stiftung.
Note: Als Textvorlage nutzte Reger vermutlich das Gesangbuch für die evangelisch-lutherische Kirche in Bayern von 1897 (oder eine frühere Ausgabe).
1. Composition and Publication
Composition, german versions: op. 40 no. 1, no. 2
Publication, german version: op. 40
1899 Reger returned to the genre again with “Wie schön leucht’t uns der Morgenstern” op. 40 no. 1. According to Karl Straube, with this work, he was consciously setting out to compete with Heinrich Reimann and his work of the same name.1 On 26 September 1899 Reger described the fantasia as “finished” and already “practically tried out”, all that remained to be done was “to write out a clean copy” 2. He gave the date of completion on the copy, which became the engraver’s copy, as 2 October 1899.3 Shortly afterwards, he sent the first copy to Straube, who gave the premiere of the work on 24 October 1899 in Wesel from this manuscript.
At Straube’s suggestion, Reger composed a new version of the third verse (see the Kritischer Bericht): “In the first version of his fantasia Reger had […] placed the chorale melody in the pedal during the second verse and above this, set a particularly meaningless harmonic sequence in three parts. I wrote to him from Wesel […] giving him my opinion, and at the same time made the suggestion of including a melismatically-led variation.” 4 This new version must have been available to Straube – before or after its inclusion in the engraver’s copy – as he made a copy which is recognizably based on Reger’s manuscript.
Reger cannot have thought of expanding op. 40 by adding a second fantasia until late November, for in a letter dated 20 November he still described “Wie schön leucht’t uns der Morgenstern” alone as op. 40.5 He then composed the Chorale fantasia “Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn!” op. 40 No. 2 within about a week; he gave the date of completion on the Erstschrift of 29 November 1899.
2.
Translation by Elizabeth Robinson.
1. Reception
At present, there are no records of performances in Reger's time.
1. Stemma
2. Quellenbewertung
Der Edition liegt als Leitquelle der Erstdruck zugrunde. Als zusätzliche Quellen wurden Regers autographe Stichvorlage und auch die Erstschrift herangezogen, die er Karl Straube geschenkt hatte.
3. Sources
Object reference
Max Reger: Fantasia on the Chorale “Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn!” op. 40 No. 2, in: Reger-Werkausgabe, www.reger-werkausgabe.de/mri_work_01078.html, last check: 9th December 2024.
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