Der Einsiedler
| Der Einsiedler | |
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| Chorale composition by Max Reger | |
The composer at work, a painting by Franz Nölken, 1913
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| Catalogue | Op. 144a |
| Text | by Eichendorff |
| Language | German |
| Composed | 1915 |
| Dedication | Bach-Verein Heidelberg and Philipp Wolfrum |
| Published | 1916 |
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Der Einsiedler (The Hermit) Op. 144a, is a composition for baritone soloist, five-part choir and orchestra by Max Reger, written in 1915. The German text is a poem by Joseph von Eichendorff, beginning "Komm' Trost der Welt, du stille Nacht" (Come, consolation of the world, you quiet night). The composition was published in 1916 after Reger's death by N. Simrock, combined with the Hebbel Requiem, as Zwei Gesänge für gemischten Chor mit Orchester (Two songs for mixed chorus with orchestra), Op. 144.
Reger composed the work in Jena, dating it 15 July 1915, setting a poem by Joseph von Eichendorff. He dedicated it to the Bach-Verein Heidelberg and its founder and conductor Philipp Wolfrum, writing "dem hochverehrlichen 'Bach-Verein Heidelberg' und seinem ausgezeichneten Dirigenten Herrn Geheimrat, Generalmusikdirektor, Professor Dr. Philipp Wolfrum" (to the praise-worthy 'Bach-Verein Heidelberg' and its excellent conductor, Geheimrat, Generalmusikdirektor, Professor Dr. Philipp Wolfrum).
Reger sent two works to the publisher N. Simrock, Der Einsiedler and Hebbel Requiem. He wrote to Simrock on 8 September: "I've finished two choral works (Der Einsiedler and Requiem). I think I can safely say that they're both among the most beautiful things I've ever written." ("Ich habe nun zwei Chorwerke (Der Einsiedler und Requiem) fertig. Ich glaube sagen zu dürfen, daß diese beiden Chorwerke mit das Schönste sind, was ich je geschrieben habe.") The two works were as Zwei Gesänge für gemischten Chor mit Orchester (Two songs for mixed chorus with orchestra), Op. 144. Reger himself had edited the piano version.
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