Andante from the Piano Quintet in e minor op. 5 Sinding‑B1
arranged for organ
- Andante from the Piano Quintet in e minor op. 5
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| Reger-Werkausgabe | Bd. III/1: Bearbeitungen für Orgel und Harmonium, S. 244–251. |
| Herausgeber | Christopher Grafschmidt, Claudia Seidl. Unter Mitarbeit von Knud Breyer und Stefan König. |
| Verlag | Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart; Verlagsnummer: CV 52.819. |
| Erscheinungsdatum | September 2025. |
| Notensatz | Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart. |
| Copyright | 2025 by Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart and Max-Reger-Institut, Karlsruhe – CV 52.819. Vervielfältigungen jeglicher Art sind gesetzlich verboten. / Any unauthorized reproduction is prohibited by law. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. / All rights reserved. |
| ISMN | 979-0-007-34478-8. |
1. Genesis and publication
In late March 1910, Reger agreed to edit a two-volume collection of “Nordic Organ Music” for the Danish publisher Wilhelm Hansen.1 By early 1911, his workload was so heavy that he asked the Zwickau organist Paul Gerhardt to assume the job of making these arrangements,2 though he promised to make himself available to check everything at the end. After Reger submitted Gerhardt’s manuscripts to Hansen in April 1912,3 the publisher suggested to him that he should make an organ arrangement of the Andante from the Piano Quintet in e minor op. 5 by the Norwegian composer Christian Sinding.4 This work, composed between 1882 and 1884, had helped Sinding to achieve his breakthrough in Central Europe. Reger sent the engraver’s copy of his arrangement to Hansen on 1 May 1912. “This piece has proven very well suited to an arrangement for organ. I hereby take the liberty of honouring you with the manuscript of this arrangement for your archive” (Letter from Reger to Wilhelm Hansen of 1 May 1912). Reger subsequently discussed other projects with Hansen, though none of them came to fruition.5
Meanwhile, tensions had arisen between Reger and Gerhardt on account of their differing opinion about the proposed order of their names on the title page of Nordic Organ Music and their respective remuneration. In September 1912, Reger accepted Hansen’s proposal to at least check through the second set of proofs of the two volumes to which his Sinding arrangement was appended as the final number. He nevertheless asked them to be patient with him about returning them, in view of his busy winter concert season.6 The inability to reach any agreement with Gerhardt initially prevented the volumes from being published. “It was only after R[eger]’s death”, wrote Gerhardt, “that the publisher approached me with a request to re-check the impossible corrections that R. (or one of his pupils) had carried out at the time7 and to make this work ready for publication in Germany”. (Letter from Paul Gerhardt to Fritz Stein of 24 April 1933) The album was published in October 1921.8
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Translation by Chris Walton.
1. Reception
At present, there are no records of performances in Reger's time.
1. Stemma
2. Quellenbewertung
Der Edition liegt als Leitquelle die posthume Erstausgabe zugrunde. In Zweifelsfällen wurde die vermutliche Vorlage zu Rate gezogen.
3. Sources
- posthume Erstausgabe
Object reference
Max Reger: Andante from the Piano Quintet in e minor op. 5 Sinding‑B1, in: Reger-Werkausgabe, www.reger-werkausgabe.de/mri_work_01259.html, version 4.0, 18th December 2025.
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