Das Gelegenheitswerk entstand auf Wunsch des Münchner Verlages Joseph Aibl. Reger hielt die technischen Anforderungen bewusst einfach. Die Drucklegung erfolgte unmittelbar nach dem Tode von Queen Victoria am 22.1.1901 und war wohl im Hinblick auf den dadurch zu erwartenden Absatz gewählt.
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Max Reger
| 1873-1916Born in Brand, Bavaria, in 1873, Reger studied music in Munich and Wiesbaden with Hugo Riemann. From 1905 on he worked at the Academy in Munich as a teacher for organ and composition. He moved in 1907 to Leipzig to become the music director of the university until 1908 and professor of composition at the conservatory until his early death in 1916. Personal details