Max Reger Reger-Werkausgabe, Vol. II/8: Works for mixed voice unaccompanied choir I (1890–1902)

This first part-volume contains mixed choruses composed by Reger between 1890 and 1902. It includes functional music for use in the Catholic liturgy (Opus 61 and WoO VI/12, 19) and the Protestant liturgy (Opus 79f and WoO VI/17, which provides chorale-based four-part settings for a complete church year). Reger wrote both secular folk song settings (WoO VI/10, 11), as well as sacred (WoO VI/13, 14). His Drei Chöre (Three Choruses) op. 39, very demanding both compositionally and tonally, were dedicated to renowned choral societies, almost professional in standard. "Palmsonntagmorgen" WoO VI/18, written as a commission, forms a bridge to Reger’s later motets to a certain extent.

The Max-Reger-Institut (MRI) in Karlsruhe is publishing a scholarly-critical edition of the works of Reger (RWA) for the first time. This is supported by the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature, and as a Hybrid Edition, it is pursuing new directions in editorial techniques.

Content

Tantum ergo in g WoO VI/2
Gloriabuntur in te omnes WoO VI/3
Sechs ausgewählte Volkslieder WoO VI/10
Acht ausgewählte Volkslieder WoO VI/11
Drei Chöre op. 39
Maria, Himmelsfreud WoO VI/12
Zwölf deutsche geistliche Gesänge WoO VI/13
Sieben geistliche Volkslieder WoO VI/14
Der evangelische Kirchenchor WoO VI/17
Acht »Tantum ergo« op. 61a
Acht Marienlieder op. 61d
Sechs Trauergesänge op. 61g
Acht Grabgesänge WoO VI/15
Palmsonntagmorgen WoO VI/18
Komm, Heiliger Geist WoO VI/19
Kompositionen op. 79f

Appendix

Kompositionen op. 79f Nr. 8–10, 12–13, Erstfassung