Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue
Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue | |
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Organ music by Max Reger | |
![]() Reger in 1913 | |
Key | E minor |
Opus | 127 |
Composed | 1913 |
Dedication | Karl Straube |
Published | 1913 |
Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue (
History
Reger composed the work in
Reger revived organ concert music which had become unfashionable. In Karl Straube, he had an organist and friend who was able to play technically difficult music, and to influence the composition.[4] The markings for expression are believed to have been influenced by Straube.[1] Reger dedicated the work to Straube who played the first performance in Breslau on 24 September 1913.[5] The composition was published in November 2013 in Berlin by Ed. Bote & G. Bock.[5]
Music
The work is structured in three sections, the introduction, a
The organist
Manuscript and edition
The Max-Reger-Institute holds Reger's manuscript of the work which was intended for the engraver.[9]
- Reger, Max. Sämtliche Orgelwerke. Vol. Band 6. Choralfantasien. Wiesbaden/Leipzig/Paris: Breitkopf & Härtel. pp. 91–147.
Legacy
The Canadian composer Healey Willan heard the work, played by his friend Dalton Baker. When Baker said "that such a work could only have been composed by a 'German philosophical mind'" Willan was challenged to write a composition of the same structure, completed in 1916.[10]
References
- ^ a b Institute works 2016.
- ^ Thissen 2016, p. 4.
- ^ Institute biography 2016.
- ^ Thissen 2016, p. 8.
- ^ a b Institute 2016.
- ^ Clements 2013.
- ^ Hörnicke 2015.
- ^ Goode 2013.
- ^ Institute organ 2016.
- ^ Dawes 2005.
Bibliography
- Clements, Andrew (2013). "Reger: Introduction, Variations and Fugue; etc – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- Dawes, Chris (2005). "Theatricality in Healey Willan's Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue for organ (1916)" (PDF). humanities.mcmaster.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- Goode, David (2013). "Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in E minor, Op 127". Hyperion Records. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- Hörnicke, Richard (2015). "Orgel-Winterspiele in St.Bonifatius mit Regers "Phantasie und Fuge über B-A-C-H" eröffnet". Wiesbadener Kurier (in German). Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- Popp, Susanne (2007). Busch, Hermann J. (ed.). Zur Quellenlage der Regerschen Orgelwerk (in German) (2 ed.). Kassel: Merseburger Verlag.
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ignored (help) - Straube, Karl, ed. (1952). Briefe eines Thomaskantors. Stuttgart. p. 236.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Thissen, Paul (2016). "Anmerkungen zu Max Regers Orgelmusik (Teil 1)" (PDF) (in German). Diocese of Paderborn. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- "Introduction, Passacaglia und Fuge e-Moll Op. 127 / für Orgel". Max-Reger-Institute. 2016.
- "Volume I/2-3 Fantasias and fugues, variations, sonatas, suites". Max-Reger-Institute. 2016.
- "Music manuscripts". Max-Reger-Institute. 2016.
- "1913". Max-Reger-Institute. 2016.