Scan 74
GROVE'S DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS IN FIVE VOLUMES, 1908
111 lines. Read by computer on 5 September 2026. Printed page 48. See the scan on archive.org.
1instruments [Harleian MS., 1419, A fol. 200], we find thirteen pairs of single regalls (the 'pair' meant only one instrument) and five pairs of double regalls (that is with two pipes to each note). The name continued in use at the English Court down to 1773, the date of the death of Bernard Gates, who was 'tuner of the Regals in the King's household.' For further particulars the reader is referred to Mr. A. J. Hipkins's Musical Instruments (A. & C. Black, 1887), where instruments are figured; also to the same writer's History of the Pianoforte, 1898. &c.; with additions from MS. notes left by Mr. Hipkins.
3REGAN, ANNA, soprano singer. [See SCHIMON.]
5REGER, MAX, was born March 19, 1873, at Brand, a village near Kemnath in Bavaria, and left his native place when but a year old for Weiden, whither his father, who was a teacher, was transferred in 1874. There he received his first musical training through his father and the organist, whose name was Lindner. In 1890 he went to study with Riemann at Sondershausen, whom he followed to Wiesbaden on the latter's appointment to the Conservatorium, and became himself a teacher there in 1895, till in 1896 he was called to the service of his country. After recovering from a severe illness he returned to his own home in 1898, removed again in 1901, this time to Munich, where he married.
7Of all the composers of the modern German school of chamber and church music Herr Reger occupies a place that is probably the most prominent of any, and the fact that his publishers attest to an enormous sale of his works in Berlin and other musical centres must contribute to that belief. It cannot be denied that he is a composer gifted, as a celebrated German critic remarks, with strong individuality, and that he handles with the utmost facility the art of counterpoint; but to a large number of persons at the present day his resources of harmony and his indulgences in rhythm and in form will appear so infinite as to fog even a most attentive and experienced listener with their complexity. Truly, however, his compositions contain remarkable and original effects. In his songs, to quote the aforesaid critic, 'hat er sich vielfach von einer Strömung fortreissen lassen, welche das Grundwesen des Liedes zerstört.' To which he adds that Herr Reger's powers of invention are so rich that only the employment of a conscious limitation of his artistic means instead of an intentional eclipse of his forerunners is to be desired of him, and he would then be the master to continue the direct line of the great German composers. For a man of thirty-four years of age the number of his compositions is enormous, as will be seen from the catalogue below, which, it will be noticed, contains only one number for orchestra (op. 90).
9Op.
101. Sonata for violin and piano, in D minor.
112. Trio for piano, violin and viola.
123. Sonata for violin and piano, in D.
134. Six Songs.
145. Sonata for violoncello and piano, in F minor.
156. { Two Sacred Songs with organ.
16 Songs for 4 voices with piano.
177. Three Organ pieces.
188. Five Songs.
199. 'Walzer Kapricen' (piano pieces for 4 hands).
2010. 'Deutsche Tänze' (piano pieces for 4 hands).
2111. Waltzes for PF., solo.
2212. Five Songs.
2313. 'Lose Blätter,' PF. solo.
2414. Duets for soprano and alto, with piano.
2515. Ten Songs.
2616. Suite in E minor, for organ.
2717. 'Aus der Jugendzeit,' twenty pieces for PF. solo.
2818. 'Improvisation,' PF. solo.
2919. Two Sacred Songs, with organ.
3020. Five Humoresken for PF. solo.
3121. Hymn 'An der Gesang' (male chorus, with orchestra).
3222. Six Waltzes, for piano (4 hands).
3323. Four Songs.
3424. Six Pieces for PF. solo.
3525. Aquarellen for PF. solo.
3626. Seven Fantasietücke for PF. solo.
3727. Fantasie for organ on 'Ein' feste Burg.'
3828. Sonata for piano and violoncello, in G minor.
3929. Fantasie and Fugue, C minor, for organ.
4030. Fantasie for organ on 'Freu' dich sehr, o meine Seele.'
4131. Six Songs.
4232. Seven Characteristic Pieces for PF. solo.
4333. Sonata for Organ, F# minor.
4434. 'Pièces Pittoresques' for piano (4 hands).
4535. Six Songs.
4636. Bunte Blätter, nine small pieces for PF. solo.
4737. Five Songs.
4838. { Two volumes of Folk-songs for male chorus (a 5-9).
49 Two volumes of Folk-songs for mixed chorus (a 6-8).
50 Sacred German Folk-songs (a 7-12).
51 Seven Choruses for male voices.
5239. Three Six-part Choruses for mixed voices.
5340. { I. Fantasie on 'Wie schön leucht' uns der Morgenstern.'
54 II. Ditto on 'Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn' (both for organ).
5541. Sonata in A for violin and piano.
5642. Four Sonatas for violin, in D minor, A, B minor, and G minor.
5743. Eight Songs.
5844. Piano Solos.
5945. Six Intermezzi for piano.
6046. Phantasie and Fugue on B A C H for organ.
6147. Six Trios for organ.
6248. Seven Songs.
6349. { Four Sonatas for violin alone (one in the style of Bach).
64 Two Sonatas for clarinet and piano.
6550. Two Romances for violin in G and D.
6651. Twelve Songs.
6752. { Organ Fantasie on 'Alle Menschen müssen sterben.'
68 Ditto. 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme.'
69 Ditto. 'Halleluja, Gott zu loben.'
7053. 'Silhouetten' for piano.
7154. Three String Quartetts in G, A, and D minor.
7255. Fifteen Songs.
7356. Five easy Preludes and Fugues for organ.
7457. { Variations on 'Heil unsern König, Heil.'
75 Symphonic Fantasie and Fugue. } for organ
7658. Six Burlesken for PF. (4 hands).
7759. Twelve Pieces for organ.
7860. Sonata for organ in D minor.
7961. { 'Palmsonntagmorgen' (5 voices a cappella).
80 Der evangelische Kirchenchor (for 4 voices), forty Easy Compositions for church performance.
8162. Sixteen Songs.
8263. Twelve Monologues for the organ.
8364. String quintet in C Minor (two violins, two violas, and violoncello).
8465. Twelve Pieces for organ.
8566. Twelve Songs.
8667. Fifty-three Easy 'Choral Vorspiele.
8768. Six Songs.
8869. Ten Organ Pieces.
8970. Seventeen Songs.
9071. 'Gesang der Verklärten' (for 5-voiced choir and grand orchestra).
9172. Sonata for piano and violin.
9273. Variations and Fugue on an original theme for organ.
9374. String quartet in D minor.
9475. Eighteen Songs.
9576. Fifteen 'Schlichte Weisen' for piano and voice.
9677. (a) Serenade in D for flute, violin, and viola.
97 (b) Trio in A minor for violin, viola, and violoncello.
9878. Sonata for violoncello and PF. in F.
9979. Fourteen volumes of Pieces for piano, for organ, for piano and violin, for piano and violoncello, and songs.
10080. Five Easy Preludes and Fugues, Bach's Two-part Inventions arranged as organ trios (with K. Straube), and twelve pieces for organ.
10181. Variations and Fugue on a theme of J. S. Bach, for PF. solo.
10282. Twelve small pieces for PF. solo, 'Aus meinem Tagebuche.'
10383. Eight Songs for male chorus.
10484. Sonatas for PF. and violin in F# minor.
10585. Four Preludes for the organ.
10686. Variations and Fugue on a theme by Beethoven for two PFs (4 hands).
10787. Two Compositions for violin and PF.
10888. Four Songs.
10989. Two Sonatas (E minor and D) for PF. solo.
11090. Sinfonietta for orchestra.
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.