Reger

(ra’-gér), Max, Brand, Bavaria, March 19, 1873—Leipzig, May 11, 1916; pupil of Lindner and H. Riemann; composer, pecially in chamber music and sacred music; 1891-96 he was teacher at Wiesbaden Cons., then took his year After a severe illne he settled in Munich, 1901, of military service. and married there; 1905 he taught counterpoint at the Royal Academy; 1907-08 taught composition at Munich Cons., and was University music dir.; 1908 was named Royal Prof. and Dr. Phil. by Jena; 1910 Mus. D. Berlin U.; in 1911, he became General Music Dir. at Me in in gen, cond. Me in in gen orch., continuing to teach one day a week at Leipzig Cons. He toured with the orch., 1912. His compositions are exceedingly numerous, and include a Sinfonietta, op. 90, symph. prologue to a tragedy, op. 108, ‘‘Lustpzel’”” overture (1911), violin concerto; a vast amount of chamber music, sonatas for piano, organ, violin, clarinet, ’cello, variations, fugues, canons in all keys, left-hand studies, and transcriptions for piano; much organ music; ‘‘Gesang der Verklarten’’ for choir and orch., “An die Hoffnung’ for contralto and orch. (1912); three orch. pieces “‘ Nocturne,” ‘‘ Elfenspuk;” ‘Helios’ (1912); organ fantasie and fugue,B-A-C-H; violin suite op. 103, sonata op. 42, for violin alone; tone-poems for pianos, ‘‘Aus meinem Tagebuch”; — cantatas, male and mixed choruses, and many beautiful sacred and secular songs.. His music as a whole is marked by elaborate formal and contrapuntal structure, sometimes developed to the point of pedantry. R., though a strong influence upon German musicians of his time, represents a‘type of comp. in whom ponderous scientific knowledge and great practical ability are unleavened by a sense of proportion. In the field of organ comp. he holds an honourable place. Biog. also thematic catalogue of his works, by Fritz Stein. Régis (ra’-zhés), Jns., Belgian cptist.; contemporary of Okeghem.