Unser lieben Frauen Traum
Unser lieben Frauen Traum | |
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Motet by Max Reger | |
Key | F major |
Opus | 138, No. 4 |
Text | anonymous |
Language | German |
Composed | 1914 |
Published | 1916 |
Scoring | SSATBB choir |
Unser lieben Frauen Traum (Our dear Lady's dream, Our Lady's Vision[1]) Op. 138, No. 4, is a sacred motet for unaccompanied mixed choir by Max Reger. The German text is a poem by an anonymous poet, derived from a Volkslied. The piece is in F major and scored for up to six voices, SSATBB. Composed in Meiningen in 1914, it was published in 1916 after Reger's death as the fourth of Acht geistliche Gesänge (Eight Sacred Songs). It is often performed in Advent.
History
Reger composed the motets of Op. 138 in
- Der Mensch lebt und bestehet (Matthias Claudius)
- Morgengesang (Johannes Zwick)
- Nachtlied (Petrus Herbert)
- Unser lieben Frauen Traum (anonymous)
- Kreuzfahrerlied (anonymous)
- Das Agnus Dei (Nikolaus Decius)
- Schlachtgesang (anonymous)
- Wir glauben an einen Gott" (anonymous)
Text and music
The German text consists of three short stanzas by an anonymous poet, derived from a religious folk song, that was first printed in 1602 in a Catholic hymnal edited by Nicolaus Beuttner.[5][6][7]
Und unser lieben Frauen, der traumet ihr ein Traum
wie unter ihrem Herzen gewachsen wär ein Baum.
Und wie der Baum ein Schatten gäb wohl über alle Land:
Herr Jesus Christ der Heiland, also ist er genannt.
Herr Jesus Christ der Heiland ist unser Heil und Trost,
mit seiner bittern Marter hat er uns all erlöst.
The topic is a dream of
A free English translation of the poem was provided by Catherine Winkworth, "Our Lady lay a-sleeping". A translation to be sung was written by Jean Lunn, published by Carus: "And to our blessed lady".[9]
Max Reger produced an altogether new composition, not making use of the existing folk tune. The piece is in
Recording
The motet has been recorded in programs for Advent and Christmas, such as a collection by the chamber choir ars antiqua Aschaffenburg,[11] and in recordings of the complete motets Op. 138, for example by the NDR Chor conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann.[3]
References
- ^ "Max Reger: Our Lady's Vision Op.138 No.4". Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Reger, Max / 8 Geistliche Gesänge op. 138 (Meiningen, September 1914)". Edition Peters. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Reger: Acht geistliche Gesänge op. 138 (Carus Classics)". Carus-Verlag. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ Brock-Reger, Charlotte (19 March 1953). "Motette am 5. Dezember 2014 / Max Reger (1873–1916) / Unser lieben Frauen Traum" (in German). Die Zeit. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ Beuttner, Nicolaus (1602): Catholisches Gesang-Buch. Graz, pp. 180–183, (1718 edition online).
- ^ Erk, Ludwig; Böhme, Franz Magnus (eds.) (1894): Deutscher Liederhort. Vol. 3. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, pp. 749–750 (Digitalisat).
- ^ Und unser lieben Frauen, Liederprojekt
- ^ Thomaskirche. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Acht geistliche Gesänge, op. 138 / Unser lieben Frauen Traum". Carus-Verlag. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Acht geistliche Gesänge, op. 138 / Unser lieben Frauen Traum" (PDF). Stiftschor Bonn. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ "Da haben die Dornen Rosen getragen" (in German). arsantiqua.de. 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2015.