Editing Max Reger

{{short description|German composer, musician, conductor, and teacher (1873–1916)}}
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{{Infobox classical composer
| name                = Max Reger
| image               = Max Reger playing piano.jpg
| caption             = Reger at the piano, {{circa|1910}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1873|03|19|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Brand, Bavaria]], German Empire
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1916|05|11|1873|03|19|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Leipzig]], Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
| education           = {{plainlist|
* Wiesbaden Conservatory
* [[Leipzig Conservatory|Royal Conservatory in Leipzig]]
}}
| occupation          = {{hlist|pianist|conductor|composer|professor}}
| works               = [[List of compositions by Max Reger|List of compositions]]
| organization        = {{plainlist|
* Royal Conservatory in Leipzig
* [[Meiningen Court Theatre]]
}}
| spouse              = [[Elsa Reger]]
| awards              = 
| signature           = B-a-c-h_Reger_(cropped).jpg
}}
'''Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger''' (19 March 1873{{spaced ndash}}11 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, a musical director at the [[Paulinerkirche, Leipzig|Leipzig University Church]], a professor at the [[Leipzig Conservatory|Royal Conservatory in Leipzig]], and a music director at the court of [[George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen]].

Reger first composed mainly ''[[Lied]]er'', chamber music, choral music and works for piano and organ. He later turned to orchestral compositions, such as the popular ''[[Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart]]'' (1914), and to works for choir and orchestra such as ''[[Gesang der Verklärten]]'' (1903), ''{{lang|de|[[Der 100. Psalm]]}}'' (1909), ''[[Der Einsiedler]]'' and the ''[[Requiem (Reger)|Hebbel Requiem]]'' (both 1915).

== Biography ==
Born in [[Brand, Bavaria]], Reger was the first child of Josef Reger, a school teacher and amateur musician, and his wife Katharina Philomena. The devout Catholic family moved to [[Weiden in der Oberpfalz|Weiden]] in 1874. Max had only one sister, Emma, after three other siblings died in childhood. When he turned five, Reger learned organ, violin and cello from his father and piano from his mother.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Lebenslauf|url=https://www.max-reger-institut.de/de/max-reger/lebenslauf|publisher=[[Max-Reger-Institute]]|language=de|access-date=9 July 2021|archive-date=18 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318171327/https://www.max-reger-institut.de/de/max-reger/lebenslauf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Stein|first=Fritz|title=Max Reger|publisher=Potsdam: [[Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion]]|year=1939}}</ref> From 1884 to 1889, Reger took piano and organ lessons from Adalbert Lindner, one of his father's students. During this time, he frequently acted as substitute organist for Lindner in the parish church of the city.<ref name=":0" /> In 1886, Reger entered into the Royal Preparatory School according to his parents' wishes to prepare for a teaching profession.

In 1888, Reger was invited by his uncle Johann Baptist Ulrich to visit the [[Bayreuth Festival]], where he heard [[Richard Wagner]]'s operas ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]'' and ''[[Parsifal]]''. This left a deep impression and made Reger decide to pursue a music career. In late summer of that year, Reger wrote his first major composition, the Overture in B minor, an unpublished work for orchestra with 120 pages. Lindner sent the score to [[Hugo Riemann]], who replied positively but warned him against Wagner's influence and to write melodies instead of motifs.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lindner|first=Adalbert|title=Max Reger: Ein Bild seines Jugendlebens und künstlerischen Werdens|publisher=Stuttgart: J. Engelhorns Nachfolger|year=1922}}</ref> Reger finished the preparatory school in June 1889. Also that year, he composed a Scherzo for string quartet and flute in G minor, a three movement string quartet in D minor, and a Largo for violin and piano. At his father's request, he sent the latter two works to composer [[Josef Rheinberger]], a professor at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts Munich]], who recognized his talents. Reger eventually sought a career in music despite his father's concerns.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Popp|first1=Susanne|title=At the Turning Point to Modernism|last2=Shigihara|first2=Susanne|publisher=Bonn: Bouvier Verlag Herbert Grundmann|year=1988}}</ref>

In 1890, Reger began studying music theory with Riemann in [[Sondershausen]], then piano and theory in [[Wiesbaden]].{{sfn|Biography|2012}} The [[Max Reger works#Table of compositions|first compositions]] to which he assigned [[opus number]]s were [[chamber music]] and ''[[Lied]]er''. A concert pianist himself, he composed works for both piano and organ.{{sfn|Biography|2012}} His first work for choir and piano to which he assigned an opus number was ''[[Drei Chöre, Op. 6|Drei Chöre]]'' (1892).

Reger returned to his parental home in Weiden due to illness in 1898, where he composed his first work for choir and orchestra, ''{{lang|de|Hymne an den Gesang}}'' (Hymn to singing), [[Max Reger works#21|Op. 21]].{{sfn|Biography|2012}} From 1899, he courted [[Elsa Reger|Elsa von{{nbsp}}Bercken]] who at first rejected him.{{sfn|Lux|1963}} He composed many songs including the love poems [[Sechs Lieder, Op. 35|''Sechs Lieder'', Op. 35]].{{sfn|SWR|2016}} Reger moved to Munich in September 1901, where he obtained concert offers and where his rapid rise to fame began. During his first Munich season, Reger appeared in ten concerts as an organist, chamber pianist and accompanist. Income from publishers, concerts and private teaching enabled him to marry in 1902. Because his wife Elsa was a [[divorce]]d [[Protestantism|Protestant]], he was [[Excommunication|excommunicated]] from the Catholic Church.  He continued to compose without interruption, for example ''[[Gesang der Verklärten]]'', [[Max Reger works#71|Op. 71]].{{sfn|Biography|2012}}

In 1907, Reger was appointed musical director at the [[Paulinerkirche, Leipzig|Leipzig University Church]], a position he held until 1908, and professor at the [[Leipzig Conservatory|Royal Conservatory in Leipzig]].{{sfn|Biography|2012}}{{sfn|Schröder|1990}} In 1908 he began to compose ''{{lang|de|[[Der 100. Psalm]]}}'' (The 100th Psalm), Op. 106, a setting of Psalm 100 for mixed choir and orchestra, for the 350th anniversary of [[Jena University]]. Part I was premiered on 31 July that year. Reger completed the composition in 1909, premiered in 1910 simultaneously in [[Chemnitz]] and [[Wrocław|Breslau]].{{sfn|Op106|2016}}

[[File:Nölken, Reger.jpg|thumb|left|The composer at work, painting by [[Franz Nölken]], 1913]]
In 1911 Reger was appointed ''[[Kapellmeister#Similar terms and equivalents|Hofkapellmeister]]'' (music director) at the court of Duke [[Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen]], also taking charge of music at the [[Meiningen Court Theatre]]. He continued with his master class at the Leipzig conservatory.{{sfn|Biography|2012}} In 1913 he composed four [[tone poem]]s on paintings by [[Arnold Böcklin]] (''Vier Tongedichte nach Arnold Böcklin''), including ''Die Toteninsel'' (''[[Isle of the Dead (painting)|Isle of the Dead]]''), as his [[Max Reger works#128|Op. 128]].

He gave up the court position in 1914 for health reasons. In response to [[World War I]], already in 1914 he was planning to compose a choral work, commemorating those lost in the war. He began to set the Latin [[Requiem]] but abandoned the work as a fragment.{{sfn|Biography|2012}} He composed eight motets as his ''[[Acht geistliche Gesänge (Reger)|Acht geistliche Gesänge für gemischten Chor]]'' (Eight Sacred Songs, Op. 138), embodying "a new simplicity".{{sfn|Op138|2016}} In 1915 he moved to [[Jena]], commuting once a week to teach in Leipzig. In Jena he composed the ''[[Requiem (Reger)|Hebbel Requiem]]'' for soloist, choir and orchestra.{{sfn|Biography|2012}}
[[File:Max Reger - Grab 2020-12-24 - 497c.jpg|upright=0.75|thumb|Reger's grave, [[Munich Waldfriedhof]]]]
Reger died of a heart attack while staying at a hotel in Leipzig on 11 May 1916.{{sfn|Biography|2012}}{{sfn|Schröder|1990}} The [[Galley proof|proofs]] of ''Acht geistliche Gesänge'', including "[[Der Mensch lebt und bestehet|Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit]]", were found next to his bed.{{sfn|Krumbiegel|2014}}{{sfn|Brock-Reger|1953}} Six years after Reger's death, his funeral urn was transferred from his home in Jena to a cemetery in Weimar. In 1930, on the wishes of Reger's widow Elsa, his remains were moved to a grave of honour in [[Munich Waldfriedhof]].

Reger had also been active internationally as a conductor and pianist. Among his students were [[Joseph Haas]], [[Sándor Jemnitz]], [[Jaroslav Kvapil (composer)|Jaroslav Kvapil]], [[Ruben Liljefors]], [[Aarre Merikanto]], [[Sofie Rohnstock]], [[George Szell]] and [[Cristòfor Taltabull]]. He was the cousin of [[Hans von Koessler]].

== Works ==
{{Main|List of compositions by Max Reger}}
Reger produced an enormous output in just over 25 years, nearly always in abstract forms. His work was well known in Germany during his lifetime. Many of his works are [[fugue]]s or in [[Variation (music)|variation form]], including the ''[[Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart]]'' based on the opening theme of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s [[Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart)|Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331]].

Reger wrote a large amount of music for [[organ (music)|organ]], the most popular being the ''Benedictus'' from the collection [[Max Reger works#59|Op. 59]]<ref>Anderson, Christopher S. 2013. ''Twentieth-Century Organ Music''. Routledge. p. 123. {{ISBN|0-203-14223-3}}</ref> and his ''Fantasy and Fugue on [[BACH motif|BACH]]'', [[Max Reger works#46|Op. 46]]. While a student under [[Hugo Riemann]] in [[Wiesbaden]], Reger had already met the German organist, [[Karl Straube]]; their association as colleagues and friends began in 1898, with Straube premiering many of Reger's organ works, such as the [[Three chorale fantasias, Op. 52]].

[[File:WelteMaxReger1913.jpg|thumb|Recording session with Max Reger for the [[Welte-Mignon|Welte]]-Philharmonic-Organ, 1913]]
Reger recorded some of his works on the [[Welte-Mignon|Welte Philharmonic organ]], including excerpts from [[52 Chorale Preludes, Op. 67]]. He also composed various secular organ works, including the [[Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue]], Op. 127. It was dedicated to Straube, who gave its first performance in 1913 to inaugurate the [[Wilhelm Sauer]] organ at the opening of the [[Jahrhunderthalle, Breslau|Breslau Centennial Hall]].{{sfn|Mühle|2015}}{{sfn|Biography 1913|2016}}

Reger was particularly attracted to the fugal form and created music in almost every genre, save for [[opera]] and the [[symphony]] (he did, however, compose a [[Sinfonietta (symphony)|Sinfonietta]], his Op. 90). A similarly firm supporter of [[absolute music]], he saw himself as being part of the tradition of [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] and [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]]. His work often combined the classical structures of these composers with the extended harmonies of [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]] and [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]], to which he added the complex [[counterpoint]] of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]. Reger's organ music, though also influenced by Liszt, was provoked by that tradition.

Some of the works for solo string instruments turn up often on recordings, though less regularly in recitals. His solo piano and two-piano music places him as a successor to Brahms in the central German tradition. He intensively pursued Brahms's continuous development and free [[modulation (music)|modulation]], whilst being rooted in Bach-influenced polyphony.

Reger was a prolific writer of vocal works, [[Lied]]er, works for mixed chorus, [[men's chorus]] and female chorus, and extended choral works with orchestra such as ''[[Der 100. Psalm]]'' and ''[[Requiem (Reger)|Requiem]]'', a setting of a poem by [[Christian Friedrich Hebbel|Friedrich Hebbel]], which Reger dedicated to the soldiers of World War I. He composed music to texts by poets such as [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]], [[Otto Julius Bierbaum]], [[Adelbert von Chamisso]], [[Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff|Joseph von Eichendorff]], [[Emanuel Geibel]], [[Christian Friedrich Hebbel|Friedrich Hebbel]], [[Nikolaus Lenau]], [[Detlev von Liliencron]], [[Friedrich Rückert]] and [[Ludwig Uhland]]. Reger assigned opus numbers to major works himself.{{sfn|Biography|2012}}

His works could be considered retrospective as they followed classical and baroque compositional techniques such as fugue and [[Figured bass#Basso continuo|continuo]]. The influence of the latter can be heard in his chamber works which are deeply reflective and unconventional.

== Reception ==
In 1898 [[Caesar Hochstetter]], an arranger, composer and critic, published an article entitled "Noch einmal Max Reger" ("Max Reger once again") in a music magazine (''Die redenden Künste'' 5 no. 49, pp.&nbsp;943 f). Caesar recommended Reger as "a highly talented young composer" to the publishers. Reger thanked Hochstetter with the dedications of his piano pieces ''Aquarellen'', [[Max Reger works#25|Op. 25]], and ''Cinq Pièces pittoresques'', [[Max Reger works#34|Op. 34]].{{sfn|Biography|2012}}

Reger had an acrimonious relationship with [[Rudolf Louis]], the music critic of the ''Münchener Neueste Nachrichten'', who usually had negative opinions of his compositions. After the first performance of the Sinfonietta in A major, [[Max Reger works#90|Op. 90]], on 2 February 1906, Louis wrote a typically negative review on 7 February. Reger wrote back to him: "''Ich sitze in dem kleinsten Zimmer in meinem Hause. Ich habe Ihre Kritik vor mir. Im nächsten Augenblick wird sie hinter mir sein!''" ("I am sitting in the smallest room of my house. I have your review before me. In a moment it will be behind me!").{{sfn|Slonimsky|1965}}{{sfn|Kirshnit|2006}} Another source has the German composer [[Sigfrid Karg-Elert]] as the targeted critic of this letter.{{sfn|Schonberg|1973}}

[[Arnold Schoenberg]] was an admirer of Reger's. A letter he sent to [[Alexander von Zemlinsky]] in 1922 states: "Reger...must in my view be done often; 1, because he has written a lot; 2, because he is already dead and people are still not clear about him. (I consider him a genius.)"{{sfn|Schonberg|1973}}

== Films ==
The documentary ''Max Reger – Music as a perpetual state,'' by {{ill|Andreas Pichler|de|Andreas Pichler (Regisseur)}} and Ewald Kontschieder, Miramonte Film, was released in 2002. It was the first factually based film documentation about Max Reger. It was produced in cooperation with the [[Max-Reger-Institute]].{{sfn|Muspilli|2016}}

''Max Reger: The Last Giant'', a documentary film about the life and works of Max Reger, is included on a 6 DVD set entitled ''Maximum Reger'' released in December 2016 to mark the 100th anniversary of Reger's death. The set was produced by Fugue State Films and in addition to the documentary includes excerpts from Reger's most important works for orchestra, piano, chamber ensemble and organ, with performances by Frauke May, [[Bernhard Haas]], Bernhard Buttmann and the [[Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder)|Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fuguestatefilms.co.uk/product/maximum-reger/|title=Maximum Reger|publisher=Fugue State Films|access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 28 September 2015
| publisher = [[Max-Reger-Institute]]
| access-date = 2 October 2012
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| year = 2016
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| archive-date = 2 April 2023
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| access-date = 25 January 2024
| language = de
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}}
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}}
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| title = Annäherungen an Max Reger
| publisher = Georg Olms Verlag
| year = 2014
| language = de
| pages = 231–243
| isbn = 978-3-487-15145-8
}}
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| editor-first = Antonius
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== Further reading ==
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* Albright, Daniel, ed. (2004), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Wux_2BU1gXsC ''Modernism and music: an anthology of sources.''] University of Chicago Press. {{ISBN|0-226-01266-2}}.
* Anderson, Christopher (2003). ''Max Reger and Karl Straube: Perspectives on an Organ Performing Tradition.'' Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7546-3075-7}}.
* Bittmann, Antonius (2004). ''Max Reger and Historicist Modernisms.'' Baden-Baden: Koerner. {{ISBN|3-87320-595-5}}.
* [[Adele Bloesch-Stöcker|Bloesch-Stöcker, Adele]] (1973). ''Erinnerungen an Max Reger.'' Bern: H. Bloesch.
* {{cite journal|last=Botstein|first=Leon|author-link=Leon Botstein|title=History and Max Reger|journal=[[The Musical Quarterly]]|volume=87|issue=4|date=Winter 2004|pages=617–627|doi=10.1093/musqtl/gdh029 |url=https://academic.oup.com/mq/article/87/4/617/1011460|access-date=20 March 2020|ref=none}}
* Brauss, Helmut, (1994), ''Max Reger's Music For Solo Piano''. University of Alberta Press. {{ISBN|0-88864-255-5}}
* Cadenbach, Rainer (1991). ''Max Reger und Seine Zeit.'' Laaber: Laaber-Verlag. {{ISBN|3-89007-140-6}}.
* Grim, William (1988). ''Max Reger: A Bio-Bibliography.'' Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. {{ISBN|0-313-25311-0}}.
* Häfner, Roland (1982). ''Max Reger, Klarinettenquintett op. 146''. Munich: W. Fink Verlag. {{ISBN|3-7705-1973-6}}.
* Mead, Andrew (2004). "Listening to Reger". ''[[The Musical Quarterly]]'' 87, no. 4 (Winter): 681–707.
* Mercier, Richard (2008). ''The Songs of Max Reger: A Guide and Study''. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-6120-6}}.
* Reger, Elsa von Bagenski (1930). ''Mein Leben mit und für Max Reger: Erinnerungen von Elsa Reger''. Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang.
* Reger, Max (2006). ''Selected Writings of Max Reger'', edited and translated by Christopher Anderson. New York: Routledge. {{ISBN|0-415-97382-1}}.
* Rohnstock, Sofie (1960). “Memories of Max Reger” Bonn: Max Reger Institute.
* Schreiber, Ottmar, and Ingeborg Schreiber (1981). ''Max Reger in seinen Konzerten'', 3 vols. Veröffentlichungen des Max-Reger-Institutes (Elsa-Reger-Stiftung) 7. Bonn: Dümmler. {{ISBN|3-427-86271-2}}.
* Williamson, John (2001). "Reger, (Johann Baptist Joseph) Max(imilian)". ''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]'', 2nd ed., edited by [[Stanley Sadie]] and [[John Tyrrell (musicologist)|John Tyrrell]]. London: Macmillan.
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.max-reger-institut.de/en/max-reger/max-regers-works
| title = Max Reger's works
| publisher = [[Max-Reger-Institute]] / Elsa-Reger-Stiftung
| access-date = 2 March 2016
| language = de
}}
*[https://academic.oup.com/mq/issue/87/4 Special Issue on Max Reger] – ''[[The Musical Quarterly]]'', Volume 87, Issue 4
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* [https://www.carusmedia.com/images-intern/medien/50/5280600/5280600x.pdf Max Reger: Werkausgabe] [[Carus-Verlag]]
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* [http://www.maxreger.org The Max Reger Foundation of America, New York City]
* [http://www.musikgeschichte-meiningen.de/max-reger-archiv.html Max Reger Archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804050955/http://www.musikgeschichte-meiningen.de/max-reger-archiv.html |date=4 August 2020 }} Meiningen (in German)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218073606/http://klavier-zergiebel.de/en/hildburghausen-17-10-08.php Piano recital without Pianist or Max Reger plays Max Reger]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160518093954/http://www.mdr.de/kultur/themen/max-reger-188.html Max Reger zum 100. Todestag] [[Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151125094109/http://www.reger2016.de/en The portal for the Reger-year 2016] reger2016.de

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[[Category:1873 births]]
[[Category:1916 deaths]]
[[Category:19th-century German classical composers]]
[[Category:19th-century German classical pianists]]
[[Category:19th-century German male musicians]]
[[Category:19th-century German organists]]
[[Category:20th-century German classical composers]]
[[Category:20th-century German classical pianists]]
[[Category:20th-century German male musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century German organists]]
[[Category:Composers for piano]]
[[Category:Composers for pipe organ]]
[[Category:German classical musicians]]
[[Category:German classical organists]]
[[Category:German male classical composers]]
[[Category:German male pianists]]
[[Category:German Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:German Romantic composers]]
[[Category:Historicist composers]]
[[Category:German male classical pianists]]
[[Category:People from Saxe-Meiningen]]
[[Category:Musicians from the Kingdom of Bavaria]]
[[Category:People from Tirschenreuth (district)]]
[[Category:Pupils of Hugo Riemann]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig]]
[[Category:German male classical organists]]