Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, as a musical director at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Leipzig University ...

was a German composer of the late-Romantic period. His works are initially listed by

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(Op.), followed by works without Op. number (WoO). Other features shown are translation of titles,

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, scoring, year of composition,

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, information about texts and their authors, a link to the

Max-Reger-Institute The Max-Reger-Institute (MRI) is a musicological research institute and archive in Karlsruhe, Germany, dedicated to the work of the composer Max Reger, a representative of German music around the turn of the 20th century. An associated foundation ...

, which provides detailed information about times of composition, performance and publishing, and a link to the free score when available.

History

Reger was a German composer, born in

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in 1873. He studied music theory in

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, then piano and theory, in

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. The first compositions to which he assigned

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s were

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

and ''

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er''. A pianist himself, he composed works for both piano and organ. Reger returned to his parental home in 1898, where he composed his first work for choir and orchestra, ' (Hymn to singing), Op. 21. He moved to Munich in 1901. In 1907 he was appointed musical director at the

Leipzig University Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December ...

and professor at the Royal Conservatory in Leipzig. In 1911 Reger was appointed ''

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'' (music director) at the court of Duke

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, retaining his master class at the Leipzig conservatory. In 1913 he composed four

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s on paintings by

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(''

Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin ''Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin'' (Four tone poems after Arnold Böcklin), Op. 128, is a composition in four parts for orchestra by Max Reger, based on four paintings by Arnold Böcklin, including ''Die Toteninsel'' ('' ''Isle of the Dead ...

''), including ''Die Toteninsel'' ('' ''Isle of the Dead''''), as his Op. 128. He gave up the court position in 1914 for health reasons. In response to

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, he thought in 1914 already to compose a choral work to commemorate the fallen of the war. He began to set the Latin

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but abandoned the work as a fragment. In 1915 he moved to Jena, still teaching in Leipzig. He composed in Jena the '' Hebbel Requiem'' for soloist, choir and orchestra. Reger died in Leipzig on 11 May 1916. Reger assigned opus numbers to major works himself. In his compositions for solo voices and for choirs, he set poems by notable lyricists, including contemporaries, such as Gabriele D'Annunzio,

Otto Julius Bierbaum Otto Julius Bierbaum (28 June 1865 – 1 February 1910) was a German writer. Bierbaum was born in Grünberg, Silesia. After studying in Leipzig, he became a journalist and editor for the journals ''Die freie Bühne'', ''Pan'' and '' Die Insel'' ...

Joseph von Eichendorff Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (10 March 178826 November 1857) was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of Romanticism.Cf. J. A. Cuddon: '' ...

Friedrich Hebbel Christian Friedrich Hebbel (18 March 1813 – 13 December 1863) was a German poet and dramatist. Biography Hebbel was born at Wesselburen in Dithmarschen, Holstein, the son of a bricklayer. He was educated at the ''Gelehrtenschule des Johanneu ...

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and

Friedrich Rückert Friedrich Rückert (16 May 1788 – 31 January 1866) was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages. Biography Rückert was born in Schweinfurt and was the eldest son of a lawyer. He was educated at the local '' Gymnasium'' ...

Table of compositions

Reger's works with an opus number are listed first, then works designated as WoO (work without opus number). Details to compositions follow, such as song titles and names of poets for a collection of songs. The scoring is given if it cannot be recognized from the title or the

: for example songs (''Lieder'', ''Gesänge'') are normally for voice and piano, in a sonata the named solo instrument is usually accompanied by piano, and choral works are for four-part choir

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, unless otherwise noted. When the opus number provides a link, it leads to more details about a work, such as the titles, markings and keys of its parts. The last column provides two link for reference, when available: one to the detailed information on the piece by the

(in German), which appears as "MR" and the number on the website, the other to a free score (sc). sc

Other works

* ''Castra vetera'', incidental music (1889-1890) * ''Heroide'', symphonic movement for orchestra, D minor (1889) * Symphonic movement for orchestra, D minor (1890) * ''Grande Valse de Concert'' for piano, "Op. 378" (1891) * Six chorale preludes for organ (1893–1908) # "O Traurigkeit" # "Komm, süßer Tod" # "

Christ ist erstanden "Christ ist erstanden" (Christ is risen) is a German Easter hymn, and is possibly the oldest Christian liturgical German song. It has inspired music by composers such as Ludwig Senfl and Heinrich Schütz (from the sixteenth and seventeenth centur ...

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Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen "" ("A ship is coming, laden"), is an Advent season chorale and Marian Hymn. It is one of the oldest religious songs of German origin. History The oldest existing text source is a manuscript dated before 1450. It was found in the Strasbourg Dom ...

" # " Wie schön leucht't uns der Morgenstern" * Violin parts for six sonatinas, Op. 36 by Clementi (before 1895) * ''Etude Brillante'' for piano, C minor (1896) * ''Three Album Leafs'' for piano (1898/1899) # Miniature Gavotte (s.a.) # Allegretto grazioso # Andante * ''Introduction and Passacaglia'' for organ, D minor (1899) * Prelude for organ, C minor (1900) * Three sacred songs for mezzo / baritone and organ (1900/1903) * ''Variations and Fugue on "Heil unserm König"'' for organ, C major (1901) * Fünf Spezialstudien (Bearbeitungen Chopin'scher Werke) (1898–1899
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* Four pieces for piano (1901/1906) # Romanze, D major (1906) # Improvisation, E minor (1901) # Nachtstück (1903) # Perpetuum mobile, C major (1902) * Prelude and Fugue for organ, D minor, (1902) * ''Romanze'' for harmonium, A minor (1904) * Two pieces for piano (1906) # Caprice, F-sharp minor * Prelude and fugue for organ, G-sharp minor (1906) * ''Vater unser'' for 12-part choir (1909) (completed by Hasse) * ''An Zeppelin'' for 4-part men's or children's choir (1909) * Twenty

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for choir (1911) * Prelude and fugue for organ, F-sharp minor (1912) * ''Marsch der Stiftsdamen'' for piano (1914)

Details of sets of compositions with Opus number

* Drei Orgelstücke (Three organ pieces), Op. 7 (1892) # Prelude and Fugue, C major # Fantasy on 'Te Deum laudamus', A minor # Fugue, D minor * Fünf Lieder (Five songs), Op. 8 (1892) # "Waldlied" (Uhland) # "Tränen im Auge" (v. Wildenbruch) # "Der Kornblumenstrauss" (v. Wildenbruch) # "Scherz" (v. Chamisso) # "Bauernregel" (Uhland) * Twelve Waltz-Caprices for 4-hand Piano, Op. 9 (1892) # Allegro, A major # Presto, D major # Andante (con passione), F-sharp minor # Lento impetuoso, F-sharp major # Allegro moderato (quasi andantino), D major # Prestissimo, A major # Moderato, C-sharp minor # Allegro non tanto, A-flat major # Andantino, E-flat major # Vivace, B-flat minor # Allegro scherzando, A-flat major # Allegro impetuoso, D-flat major * Zwanzig Deutsche Tänze (Twenty German Dances) for 4-hand piano, Op. 10 (1892) (also in orchestral arrangement for small orchestra by L. Artok) # Allegretto, D major # G minor # Innocente, A major # D minor # Con anima ed scherzando, E major # Allegro, C-sharp minor # Cantabile, A-flat major # Appassionato, F minor # Allegretto, B-flat major # Grazioso andantino, D major # Impetuoso, E major # Allegretto, A major # Andantino ma non troppo, B minor # Innocente, F major # Scherzando, G minor # Appassionato (non allegro), F minor # Andantino, A-flat major # Presto, C-sharp minor # Giocoso, B major # Con bravoura, E major * Seven Waltzes for piano, Op. 11 (1893) # Allegro ma non troppo, A major (also in arrangement for violin and piano by S. Dushkin) # Semplice, C-sharp minor # Moderato, D major # Grazioso, A-flat major # Commodo, E major # Melancolique (Lento), F-sharp minor # Allegro vivace, A major * Five songs (in the style of Franz Schubert), Op. 12 (1893) # "Friedhofgesang" (Kleinschmidt) # "Das arme Vögelein" (v. Gilm) # "Wenn ich's nur wüsst" (Ehlen) # "Gruß" (Michaeli) # "Um dich" (Kurz) * ''Lose Blätter'' for piano, Op. 13 (1894) # Petite Romance (Andante), F minor # Valsette (Allegretto grazioso), A-flat major # Scherzoso (Vivace), B-flat major # Moment Musical (Andantino), A-flat major # Petite Caprice (Allegretto), B flat minor # Prélude et Fugue (Andantino (semplice) – Allegretto), F major # Sarabande (Grave), D minor # (Largo), B minor # Danse des Paysans (Commodo), A major # Chant sans Paroles, E major # Appassionato (Vivace), C-sharp minor # Choral (Andante), D major # Marcia Funèbre, C minor (also in orchestral arrangement by

Lothar Windsperger Lothar Windsperger (22 October 1885 – 30 May 1935) was a German composer as well as long-standing literary editor and publisher at Schott. Life and career Born in Ampfing, Windsperger, son of a well-known organist and school teacher, received ...

) # À la Hongroise (Allegro), F minor * Five duets for soprano, alto and piano, Op. 14 (1894) # "Nachts" (Eichendorff) # "Abendlied" (Goethe) # "Sommernacht" (Saul) # "Gäb's ein einzig Brünnelein" (from Tuscany) # "O frage nicht" (Nawrocki) * Ten songs for medium voice and piano, Op. 15 (1894) # "Glück" (Rohrscheidt) # "Das Blatt im Buche" (Grün) # "Nelken" (Storm) # "Traum" (Eichendorff) # "Das Mädchen spricht" (Prutz) # "Scheiden" (Saul) # "Der Schelm" (R.) # "Leichtsinniger Rat" (Saul) # "Verlassen hab' ich mein Lieb" (Engel) # "Trost" (Falke) * Suite for organ No. 1, E minor, Op. 16 (1894–1895) (also in 4-hand piano arrangement by Reger) # Introduction (Grave) and Fugue (Allegro ma non tanto) # Adagio assai # Intermezzo (Un poco Allegro, ma non troppo) and Trio (Andantino) # Passacaglia (Andante) * ''Aus der Jugendzeit'' for piano, Op. 17 (1895) # Frohsinn (Allegretto), A major # Hasche mich! (Grazioso), C major # Ein Spielchen! (Andantino), F major # Das tote Vöglein (Andante espressivo), E minor # Über Stock und Stein (Presto), D minor # Was die Grossmutter erzählt (Andante espressivo), G major # Ein Tänzchen (Allegro), G minor # Bange Frage (Andante), A minor # Weihnachtstraum (Andantino), A major (Fantasy on Silent Night) # Großes Fest (Allegro à la marcia), B flat major # Abendgesang (Andante con espressione), D major # Fast zu keck! (Allegro vivace), F major # Frühlingslust (Vivace), C major # Kleiner Trotzkopf (Vivace), E minor # Reigen (Allegretto grazioso), G major # Fast zu ernst! (Fughette – Andante con espressione), G minor # A la Gigue (Presto assai), E minor # Nordischer Tanz (Allegretto), D major # Erster Streit (Agitato), D minor # Versöhnung (Cantabile), A major * Eight improvisations for piano, Op. 18 (1896) # Allegretto con grazia, E major # Andantino, B minor # Caprice (Allegro vivace), G minor # Andante sepmlice, D major # Moderato, ma marcato, C minor # Allegretto con grazia, C-sharp minor # Vivace assai, F major # Etude brillante (Allegro con brio), C minor * Two sacred songs for medium voice and organ, Op. 19 (1898) # "Passionslied" # "Doch du ließest ihn im Grabe nicht!" * Five Humoresques for piano, Op. 20 (1898) # Allegretto grazioso, D major # Presto – Andante (con grandezza), B minor # Andantino grazioso, A major # Prestissimo assai, C major # Vivace assai, G minor * Six Waltzes for 4-hand piano, Op. 22 (1898) # Allegro, E major # Più vivace, A major # Allegretto, B major # Moderato (quasi Andantino), C-sharp minor # Vivace, B major # Allegro vivace, E major * Four songs, Op. 23 (1898) # "Das kleinste Lied" (Hamerling) # "Pythia" (Ritter) # "Das sterbende Kind" (Geibel) # "Vom Küssen!" (Ritter) * Six pieces for piano, Op. 24 (1898) # Valse-Impromptu (Grazioso) E major # Menuett (Allegretto grazioso) B minor (reworked for orchestra and salon orchestra by Ernst Schmidt-Köthen) # Rêverie fantastique (Quasi improvisato) F-sharp minor # Un moment musical (Andantino) C major # Chant de la nuit (Moderato) E major # Rhapsodie (in the style of J. Brahms) (Agitato) E minor * Aquarellen for piano, Op. 25 (1897–1898) # Canzonetta (Allegretto con espressione) A minor # Humoreske (Allegro molto e con leggierezza) G major # Impromptu (Poco agitato) E minor # Nordische Ballade (Pesante) C minor # Mazurka (Allegretto grazioso) E-flat major * Seven fantasy pieces for piano, Op. 26 (1898) # Elegie (Andante sostenuto con espressione) E minor (also in orchestral arrangement) # Scherzo (Allegro grazioso) E major # Barcarole (Andantino) F major # Humoreske (Vivace (ma non troppo)) C minor # Resignation (Andante espressivo) A major (composed 3 April 1898, the anniversary of Brahms's death, using the main theme from the slow movement of his Symphony No. 4) (reworked for organ by Richard Lange) # Impromptu (Presto agitato) B minor # Capriccio (Vivace assai) C minor * Fantasia and Fugue for organ, C minor, Op. 29 (1898) (reworked for Piano 4-hand by Richard Lange) * Six Poems by

Anna Ritter Anna Ritter (February 23, 1865 – October 31, 1921) was a German poet and writer. Biography Ritter was born Anna Nuhn in Coburg, Bavaria, (then part of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) on February 23, 1865, but she was only a young child w ...

for medium voice, Op. 31 (1898) # "Allein" # "Ich glaub', lieber Schatz" # "Unbegehrt" # "Und hab' so große Sehnsucht doch" # "Mein Traum" # "Schlimme Geschichte" * Seven character pieces for piano, Op. 32 (1899) # Improvisation (Agitato ed appassionato) C-sharp minor # Capriccio (A study) (Vivace assai) B minor # Burleske (Vivo) C major # Intermezzo (Agitato ed apassionato (Vivace, ma non troppo)) F-sharp minor # Intermezzo (Andante) C major # Humoreske (Prestissimo assai) G minor # Impromptu (Con passione e vivace) B minor * Five pittoresque pieces for 4-hand piano, Op. 34 (1899) # Allegretto con moto B minor # Prestissimo A minor # Vivace assai G minor # Andantino (Con moto) A minor # Con moto (Vivace) D minor * Nine ''Bunte Blätter'' for piano, Op. 36 (1899) # Humoreske (Vivace assai) G minor # Albumblatt (Andantino) F major # Capriccietto (Vivace assai) E minor # Reigen (Allegretto grazioso) D major # Gigue (Vivace assai) A minor # Elegie (Andantino sostenuto (ma non troppo)) E minor # Valse-Impromptu (Con moto) D minor # Capriccio (A study) (Vivace assai) C minor # Rêverie (Andante con espressione) F major * Five songs, Op. 37 (1899) # "Helle Nacht" (Verlaine) # "Volkslied" (Ritter) # "Glückes genug" (Liliencron) # "Frauenhaar" (Bierbaum) # "Nächtliche Pfade" (Stieler) * Seven songs for men's chorus, Op. 38 (1899) # "Ausfahrt" (Scheffel) # "Frühlingsruf" (Kleber) # "Über die Berge!" (Ernst) # "Wie ist doch die Erde so schön!" (Reinick) # "Frohsinn" (after v. Klump) # "Abendreihn" (Müller) # "Hell ins Fenster" (Groth) * Three songs for 6-part (SAATBB) choir, Op. 39 (1899) # "Schweigen" (Falke) # "Abendlied" (Plinke) # "Frühlingsblick" (Lenau) * Four violin solo sonatas, Op. 42 (1900) # D minor # A major # B minor # G minor * Eight songs, Op. 43 (1900) # "Zwischen zwei Nächten" (Falke) # "Müde" (Falke) # "Meinem Kinde" (Falke) # "Abschied" (Wiener) # "Wiegenlied" (Dehmel) (also in orchestral arrangement) # "Die Betrogene spricht" (Ritter) # "Mein Herz" (Wiener) # "Sag es nicht" (Wiener) * Ten little pieces for piano, Op. 44 (1900) # Albumblatt (Mit Ausdruck, nicht zu langsam) B minor # Burletta (Sehr lebhaft, mit Humor) G minor # Es war einmal (Mässig langsam und ausdrucksvoll) E minor # Capriccio (Sehr rasch) A minor # Moment musical (Anmutig, etwas lebhaft) C-sharp minor # Scherzo (Sehr schnell) D major # Humoreske (Lebhaft) B minor # Fughette (Mässig langsam) A minor # Gigue (So schnell als möglich) D minor # Capriccio (Sehr schnell; mit Humor) C major * Six intermezzi for piano, Op. 45 (1900) # (Sehr aufgeregt und schnell) D minor # (Äußerst lebhaft, anmutig) D-flat major # (Langsam, mit leidenschaftlichem, durchaus phantastischem Ausdruck) E-flat minor # (So schnell als möglich, mit Humor) C major # (Mit großer Leidenschaft und Energie) G minor # (So schnell als nur irgend möglich) E minor * Six organ trios, Op. 47 (1900) # Canon (Andante) E major # Gigue (Vivacissimo) D minor # Canzonetta (Andantino) A minor # Scherzo (Vivacissimo) A major # Siciliano (Andantino) E minor # Fugue (Vivace) C minor * Seven songs for medium voice, Op. 48 (1900) # "Hütet euch" (Geibel) # "Leise Lieder" (Morgenstern) # "Im Arm der Liebe" (Hartleben) # "Ach, Liebster, in Gedanken" (Stona) # "Junge Ehe" (Ubell) (on a theme from Wagner's ''

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'') # "Am Dorfsee" (Wiener) # "Unvergessen" (Frey) * Two clarinet sonatas, Op. 49 (1900) # A-flat major # F-sharp minor * Two romances for violin and small orchestra, Op. 50 (1900) # (Andante sostenuto) G major # (Larghetto) D major * Twelve songs, Op. 51 (1900) # "Der Mond glüht" (Diderich) # "Mägdleins Frage" (Dorr-Ljubljaschtschi) # "Träume, träume, du mein süßes Leben!" (Dehmel) # "Geheimnis" (Evers) # "Mädchenlied" (Morgenstern) # "Schmied Schmerz" (Bierbaum) # "Nachtgang" (Bierbaum) # "Gleich einer versunkenen Melodie" (Morgenstern) # "Frühlingsregen" (Morgenstern) # "Verlorne Liebe" (Galli) # "Frühlingsmorgen" (Müller) # "Weiße Tauben" (Morgenstern) * Seven ''Silhouettes'' for piano, Op. 53 (1900) # (Äußerst lebhaft) E minor # (Ziemlich langsam) D major # (Sehr bewegt und ausdrucksvoll) F-sharp major # (Sehr schnell und anmutig) F-sharp minor # (Ziemlich schnell) C major # (Langsam, schwermütig) E major # (Äußerst lebhaft und mit viel Humor) B major * Fifteen songs, Op. 55 (1901) # "Hymnus des Hasses" (Morgenstern) # "Traum" (Evers) # "Der tapfere Schneider" (Falke) # "Rosen" (Itzerott) # "Der Narr" (v. Jacobosky) # "Verklärung" (Itzerott) # "Sterne" (Ritter) # "Zwei Gänze" (De Capitolio) # "Ein Paar" (Braungart) # "Wären wir zwei klein Vögel" (Greiner) # "Viola d'amour" (Falke) # "Nachtsegen" (Evars) # "Gute Nacht" (Falke) # "Allen Welten abgewandt" (Stona) # "Der Alte" (Falke) * Five organ preludes and fugues, Op. 56 (1901) # E major # D minor # G major # C major # B minor * Twelve organ pieces, Op. 59 (1901) # Prelude # Pastorale # Intermezzo # Kanon # Toccata # Fuge # Kyrie # Gloria # Benedictus # Capriccio # Melodia # Te Deum * Organ Sonata No. 2, D minor, Op. 60 (1901) # Improvisation # Invocation # Introduction and Fugue * 16 songs, Op. 62 (1901) # "Wehe" (Boelitz) # "Waldeseligkeit" (Dehmel) # "Ruhe" (Evers) # "Menschen und Natur" (Baumgart) # "Wir zwei" (Falke) # "Reinheit" (Boelitz) # "Vor dem Sterben" (Boelitz) # "Gebet" (Braungart) # "Strampelchen" (Bluethgen) # "Die Nixe" (Falke) # "Fromm" (Falke) # "Totensprache" (Jacobovsky) # "Begegnung" (Mörike) # "Ich schwebe" (Henkel) # "Pflügerin Sorge" (Henkel) # "Anmutiger Vertrag (Morgenstern) * Monologues for organ, Op. 63 (1902) # Prelude, C minor # Fugue, C major # Canzona, G minor # Capriccio, A minor # Intro, F minor # Passacaglia, F minor # Ave Maria # Fantasy, C major # Toccata, E minor # Fugue, E minor # Kanon, D major # Scherzo, D minor * Twelve songs, Op. 66 (1902) # "Sehnsucht" (Itzerott) # "Freundliche Vision" (Bierbaum) # "Aus der ferne in der Nacht" (Bierbaum) # "Du bist mir gut!" (Boelitz) # "Maienblüten" (v. Jacobovsky) # "Die Primeln" (Hamerling) # "Die Liebe" (Dehmel) # "An dich" (Itzerott) # "Erlöst" (Itzerott) # "Morgen" (Mackay) # "Jetzt und immer" (Dehmel) # "Kindergeschichte" (v. Jacobovsky) * Six songs, Op. 68 (1902) # "Eine Seele" (Jacobovsky) # "Unterwgs" (Boelitz) # "Märchenland" (Evers) # "Engelwacht" (Muth) # "Nachtseele" (Evers) # "An die Geliebte" (Falke) * Ten organ pieces, Op. 69 (1903) # Prelude, E minor # Fugue, E minor # Basso ostinato, E minor # Moment musical, D major # Capriccio, D minor # Toccata, D major # Fugue, D major # Romance, G minor # Prelude, A minor # Fugue, A minor * Seventeen songs, Op. 70 (1903) # "Präludium" (Boelitz) # "Der König bei der Krönung" (Mörike) # "Ritter rät dem Knappen dies" (Bierbaum) # "Die bunten Kühe" (Falke) # "Gruß" (Genischen) # "Elternstolz" (folk song) # "Meine Seele" (Evers) # "Die Verschmäte" (Falke) # "Sehnsucht" (Jacobovsky) # "Hoffnungstrost" (from East Preussia) # "Gegen Abend" (Bierbaum) # "Dein Bild" (Jacobovsky) # "Mein und dein" (Fischer) # "Der Bote" (Fick) # "Thränen" (Braungart) # "Des Durstes Erklärung" (Fick) # "Sommernacht" (Evers) * 18 songs, Op. 75 (1904) # "Markspruch" (Weigand) # "Mondnacht" (Evers) # "Der Knabe an die Mutter" (Serbian) # "Dämmer" (Boelitz) # "Böses Weib" (16th century) # "Ihr, ihr Herrlichen!" (Hölderlin) # "Schlimm für die Männer" (Serbian) # "Wäsche im Wind" (Falke) # "All' mein Gedanken, mein Herz und mein Sinn" (Dahn) # "Schwäbische Treue" (Seyboth) # "Aeolsharfe" (Lingg) # "Hat gesangt – bleibt nicht dabei" (folk song) # "Das Ringlein" (Jacobovsky) # "Schlafliedchen" (Busse) # "Darum" (Seyboth) # "Das Fenster klang im Winde!" (Evars) # "Du brachtest mir deiner Seele Trank" (Braungart) # "Einsamkeit" (Goethe) * Simple songs, Op. 76 (1903–1912) # "Du meines Herzens Krönelein" # "Daz tuwer min Engel walte" # "Waldeinsamkeit" # "Wenn die Linde blüht" # "Herzenstausch" # "Beim Schneewetter" # "Schlecht' Wetter" # "Einen Brief soll ich schreiben" # "Am Brünnelle" # "Warte nur" # "Mei Bua" # "Mit Rosen bestreut" # "Der verliebte Jäger" # "Mein Schätzelein" # "Maiennacht" # "Glück" # "Wenn alle Welt so einig wär" # "In einem Rosengärtelein" # "Hans und Grete" # "Es blüht ein Blümlein" # "Minnelied" # "Des Kindes Gebet" # "Zwiesprache" # "Abgeguckt" # "Friede" # "Der Schwur" # "Kindeslächeln" # "Die Mutter spricht" # "Schmeichelkätzchen" # "Vorbeimarsch" # "Gottes Segen" # "Von der Liebe" # "Das Wölklein" # "Reiterlied" # "Mittag" # "Schelmenliedchen" # "Heimat" # "Das Mägdlein" # "Abendlied" # "Wunsch" # "An den Frühlingsregen" # "Der Postillon" # "Brunnensang" # "Klein Marie" # "Lutschemäulchen" # "Soldatenlied" # "Schlaf' ein" # "Zwei Mäuschen" # "Ein Tänzchen" # "Knecht Ruprecht" # "Die fünf Hühnerchen" # "

Mariae Wiegenlied Mariae Wiegenlied (Mary's lullaby) is a German Christmas song for solo voice and piano, with music by Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic ...

" (also arranged by the composer as a piano solo) # "Das Brüderchen" # "Das Schwesterchen" # "Furchthäschen" # "Der Igel" # "Die Bienen" # "Mäusefangen" # "Zum Schlafen" # "Der König aus dem Morgenland" * Ten pieces for piano, Op. 79a (1900–1904) # Humoreske # Humoreske # Intermezzo # Melodie # Romanze # Impromptu # Impromptu # Caprice # Capriccio # Melodie * Chorale preludes for organ, Op. 79b (1900–1904) # Ach Gott, verlaß mich nicht #

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (originally written in the German language with the title ) is one of the best known hymns by the Protestant Reformers, Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, a prolific hymnwriter. Luther wrote the words and composed ...

# Herr, nun selbst den Wagen halt #

Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit "" (Morning splendour of eternity) is a Christian hymn with German text originally by Christian Knorr von Rosenroth, written around 1690 and set to music for private devotion. It became known with a 1662 melody by Johann Rudolf Ahle. The song is pa ...

# #

Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende "" ("Who knows how near to me is my end?") is a Lutheran hymn in German with lyrics by Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, written in 1686. The hymn reflects the preparation for a good death. It is sung to the melody of " Wer nur den lieb ...

# Auferstehn, ja auferstehn wirst du # Christ ist erstanden von dem Tod # Christus, der ist mein Leben # #

Nun danket alle Gott A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.''The Oxford English Dictionary'', vol. X, page 599. The term is o ...

# Herr, nun selbst den Wagen halt # Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen * Eight songs, Op. 79c (1900–1904) # "Abend" (Schäfer) # "Um Mitternacht blühen die Blumen" (Stona) # "Volkslied" (Itzerott) # "Friede" (Huggenberger) # "Auf mondbeschienen Wegen" (Huggenberger) # "Die Glocke des Glücks" (Ritter) # "Erinnerung" (Schäfer) # "Züge" (Huggenberger) * Suite for violin and piano', Op. 79d (1902–1904) # Wiegenlied # Capriccio # Burla * Two pieces for cello and piano, Op. 79e (1904) # Caprice # Kleine Romanze * 14 chorales for 4-, 5- or 6-part choir, Op. 79f (1900–1904) # "Jesu, meines Lebens Leben" (4-part) # "Auferstanden" (4-part) # "Nun preiset alle" (4-part) # "Nun preiset alle" (4-part) # " Such, wer da will" (4-part) # "Ach, Gott, verlaß mich nicht" (4-part) # "Ich weiß, mein Gott" (4-part) # "" (5-part) # "Jesu, großer Wunderstern" (5-part) # "Jesus soll die Losung sein" (5-part) # "Trauungsgesang" # "Auferstanden" (5-part) # "Gib dich zufrieden" (5- or 6-part) * ''Aus meinem Tagebuch, fünfunddreißig Stücke für Pianoforte'', Op. 82 (1904–1912) : Vol. 1, No. 1 Vivace : Vol. 1, No. 2 Adagio : Vol. 1, No. 3 Andante sostenuto : Vol. 1, No. 4 Vivace : Vol. 1, No. 5 "Gavotte" (Moderato) : Vol. 1, No. 6 Sostenuto : Vol. 1, No. 7 Vivace : Vol. 1, No. 8 Andantino—Presto : Vol. 1, No. 9 Vivace : Vol. 1, No. 10 Andante innocente : Vol. 1, No. 11 Sostenuto ed espressivo : Vol. 1, No. 12 Larghetto : Vol. 2, No. 1 Allegretto con grazia : Vol. 2, No. 2 Andantino : Vol. 2, No. 3 Andante espressivo : Vol. 2, No. 4 Andantino : Vol. 2, No. 5 Allegretto con grazia; sempre poco agitato : Vol. 2, No. 6 Andante espressivo : Vol. 2, No. 7 Larghetto : Vol. 2, No. 8 Vivacissimo—Andante—Vivacissimo : Vol. 2, No. 9 Andantino : Vol. 2, No. 10 Scherzando e vivace : Vol. 3, No. 1 "Lied" (Andante sostenuto) : Vol. 3, No. 2 "Albumblatt" (Andante sostenuto) : Vol. 3, No. 3 "Gavotte" (Allegretto) : Vol. 3, No. 4 "Romanza" (Andante sostenuto) : Vol. 3, No. 5 "Melodie" (Andante sostenuto) : Vol. 3, No. 6 "Humoreske" (Vivace) : Vol. 4, No. 1 "Präludium" (Poco con moto) : Vol. 4, No. 2 "Fuge" (Sostenuto) : Vol. 4, No. 3 "Intermezzo" (Andante) : Vol. 4, No. 4 "Arabeske" (Allegretto) : Vol. 4, No. 5 "Silhouette" (Con moto) : Vol. 4, No. 6 "Melodie" (Molto sostenuto) : Vol. 4, No. 7 "Humoreske" (Poco vivace) * Four preludes and fugues for organ, Op. 85 (1905) # C-sharp minor # G major # F major # E minor * Two compositions for violin and piano, Op. 87 (1905) # Albumblatt # Romanze * Four songs, Op. 88 (1905) # "Notturno" (Boelitz) # "Stelldichein" (Hörmann) # "Flötenspielerin" (Evers) # "Spatz und Spätzin" (Meyere) * Four sonatinas for piano, Op. 89 (1905–1908) # E minor # D major # F major # A minor * Seven sonatas for violin solo, Op. 91 (1905) # A minor # D major # B-flat major # B minor # E minor # G major # A minor * Suite for organ No. 2, Op. 92 (1905) # Prelude, G minor # Fugue # Intermezzo, B minor # Basso ostinato, G minor # Romance, A-flat major # Toccata, G minor # Fugue, G minor * Four songs, Op. 97 (1906) # "Das Dorf" (Boelitz) # "Leise, leise weht ihr Lüfte" (Brentano) # "Ein Drängen ist in meinem Herzen" (Stefan Zweig) # "Der bescheidene Schäfer" (Weisse) * Five songs, Op. 98 (1906) # "Aus den Himmelsaugen" (Heine) # "Der gute Rath" (Schatz) # "Sonntag" (folk song) # "Es schläft ein stiller Garten" (Hauptmann) # "Sommernacht" (Triepel) * Six songs, Op. 104 (1907) # "Neue Fülle" (Zweig) # "Warnung" (anon.) # "Mutter, tote Mutter" (Hartwig) # "Lied eines Mädchens" (13th century) # "Das Sausewind" (Busse) # "Mädchenlied" (Boelitz) * Two sacred songs for mezzo / baritone and organ / harmonium / piano, Op. 105 (1907) # "Ich sehe dich in tausend Bildern" (Novalis) # "Meine Seele ist still zu Gott" ( Psalm 62) * Three duets for soprano, alto and piano, Op. 111a (1909) # "Waldesstille" (Rafael) # "Frühlingsfeier" (Steindorff) # "Abendgang" (Brandtl) * ''Episodes'', eight pieces for piano, Op. 115 (1910) # Andante, D major # Andante con moto # Allegretto, C major # Andante sostenuto # Larghetto # Vivace # Vivace quasi presto # Vivace * Eight preludes and fugues for solo violin, Op. 117 (1909–1912) # B minor # G minor # E minor # G minor (Chaconne) # G major # D minor # A minor # E minor * Nine pieces for organ, Op. 129 (1913) # Toccata, D minor # Fugue, D minor # Canon, E minor # Melodia, B-flat major # Capriccio, G minor # Basso ostinato, G minor # Intermezzo, F minor # Prelude, B minor # Fugue, B minor * Six preludes and fugues for solo violin, Op. 131a (1914) # A minor # D minor # G major # G minor # D major # E minor * Three suites for solo cello, Op. 131c (1915) # G major # D minor # A minor * Three suites for solo viola, Op. 131d (1915) # G minor # D major # E minor * Twelve sacred songs with piano / harmonium / organ accompaniment, Op. 137 (1914) # "Bitte um einen seligen Tod" (Herman. gest. 1561) # "Dein Wille, Herr, geschehe!" (Eichendorff) # "Uns ist geboren ein Kindlein" (anon.) # "Am Abend" (anon.) # "O Herre Gott, nimm du von mir" (anon.) # "Christ, deines Geistes Süßigkeit" (anon.) # "Grablied" (Arndt) # "Morgengesang" (Alberus) # "Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauern" (Flemming) # "Christkindleins Wiegenlied" (anon.) # "Klage vor Gottes Leiden" (v) # "O Jesu Christ, wir warten dein" (Alberus) * 5 Neue Kinderlieder, Op. 142 (1915) # "Wiegenlied" (Stein) # "Schwalbenmütterlein"(Reinick) # "Maria am Rosenstrauch" (Schellenberg) # "Klein-Evelinde" (Weber) # "Bitte" (Holst) * Träume am Kamin, 12 Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 143 (1915) # Larghetto, B-flat major # Con moto, E-flat major # Molto adagio, A major # Allegretto grazioso, E major # Agitato, B minor # Poco vivace, A-flat major # Molto sostenuto, D major # Vivace, C major # Larghetto, C minor # Vivace, D minor # Andantino, G minor # Larghetto, D major

Details of sets of compositions with WoO number

* "Grüße an die Jugend" for piano (1898) WoO III/6 # Fughette # Caprice fantastique # Abenddämmerung # Albumblatt # Scherzo # Humoresque * ''Blätter und Blüten'' for piano (1900/1902) WoO III/12 # Albumblatt # Humoresque # Frühlingslied # Elegie # Jagdstück # Melodie # Moment Musical No. 1 # Moment Musical No. 2 # Gigue # Romanze No. 1 # Romanze No. 2 # Scherzino * Four "Spezialstudien" for piano left hand (1901) WoO III/13 # Scherzo # Humoresque # Romanze # Prelude and Fugue * Fünf ausgewählte Volkslieder für TTBB (1898) WoO VI/6 # Herzweh (1817, Gotha, with an additional second stanza by

Hermann Kurz Hermann Kurz (30 November 1813 – 10 October 1873) was a German poet and novelist. He was born at Reutlingen. Having studied at the theological seminary at Maulbronn and at the University of Tübingen, he became assistant pastor at Ehningen. H ...

) # Liebchens Bote (Flugblatt 1756) # Das Sternlein (

Matthias Claudius Matthias Claudius (15 August 1740 – 21 January 1815) was a German poet and journalist, otherwise known by the pen name of “Asmus”. Life Claudius was born at Reinfeld, Holstein, Reinfeld, near Lübeck, and studied at Jena. He spent the gre ...

) # Dianderl tief drunt im Thal (from

Carinthia Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German language, German. Its regional dialects belong to t ...

) # Ich hab' die Nacht geträumet * Sechs ausgewählte Volkslieder für SATB (1899) WoO VI/10 # Liebesschmerz (from

Swabia Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany. The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...

) # Das Sternlein (

) # Liebesqual (from

) # Vergebens (from

Franconia Franconia (german: Franken, ; Franconian dialect: ''Franggn'' ; bar, Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: ''Fränkisch''). The three administrative regions of Lower, Middle and Upper Fr ...

) # Liebchens Bote (Flugblatt 1756) # Das Mädchen vom Lande (

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (2 April 1719 – 18 February 1803) was a German poet, commonly associated with the Enlightenment movement. Life Gleim was born at the small town of Ermsleben in the Principality of Halberstadt, then part of Prussia ...

) * Acht ausgewählte Volkslieder. Neue Folge, für SATB (1899) WoO VI/11 # Mailied (Friedrich Richter) # Ach, Bäumchen, du stehst grüne (überliefert by

Karl Simrock Karl Joseph Simrock (28 August 1802 – 18 July 1876) was a German poet and writer. He is primarily known for his translation of ''Das Nibelungenlied'' into modern German. Life He was born in Bonn, where his father was a music publisher. He s ...

# Liebesleid # Ich hab' die Nacht geträumet # Trutze nicht (from the

Odenwald The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Location The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried'' (the northeastern section ...

1839) # Wie kommt's? (from

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

and

) # Schwäbisches Tanzliedchen (Ländler from

Upper Swabia Upper Swabia (german: Oberschwaben or ) is a region in Germany in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.''Brockhaus Enzyklopädie.'' 19. Auflage. Band 16, 1991, p. 72. The name refers to the area between the Sw ...

) # Es waren zwei Königskinder

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