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Reger first composed mainly Lieder, 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), Der 100.
May 9, 2024 · Max Reger (born March 19, 1873, Brand, Bavaria, Ger.—died May 11, 1916, Leipzig) was a German composer and teacher noted for his organ works, which use Baroque forms. He was one of the last composers to infuse life into 19th-century musical traditions. Reger studied at Weiden.
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Biography. The counterpoint of Bach meets the harmonies of Schoenberg in the music of Max Reger. He was both a conservative and a visionary, looking back to the traditional forms of the eighteenth century and forward to the harmonic adventures of the twentieth.
Mar 17, 2016 · Learn about Max Reger, a composer who bridged the gap between Brahms and Schoenberg, and influenced many modernists. Discover his unique style, his controversial legacy, and his admirers from Berg to Hindemith.
Mar 30, 2018 · Learn about the life and works of Max Reger, a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. Find out his relation to Mahler, his compositions, his death and burial, and his legacy.
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Max Reger (1873—1916) is one of them, others are Hans Pfitzner, Ferruccio Busoni, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Franz Schmidt or Alexander von Zemlinsky. Born in Brand in the Upper Palatinate, Reger grew up in the town of Weiden nearby and received musical instruction already at an early age.
Dec 1, 2004 · An overview of the life and work of Max Reger, a prolific and patriotic composer who died young in 1916. The article explores how Reger's music and legacy reflected the fin-de-siècle debate over German culture and identity in music.
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