Max Reger
Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 1873 – 11 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, a musical director at the Leipzig University Church, a professor at the Royal Conservatory in Leipzig, and a music director at the court of George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Reger first composed mainly Lieder, chamber music, choral music and works for piano and organ. He later turned to orchestral compositions, such as the popular Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart (1914), and to works for choir and orchestra such as Gesang der Verklärten (1903), Der 100. Psalm (1909), Der Einsiedler and the Hebbel Requiem (both 1915). |
Birth and Death Data: Born Brand (municipality in the district of Tirschenreuth in Bavaria, Germany), Died May 11, 1916 (Leipzig (largest city in Saxony, Germany) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1909 - 1945
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-8234 | 10-in. | 9/17/1909 | Liebesfeier | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-16077 | 10-in. | 6/8/1915 | Andantino | Efrem Zimbalist | Violin solo | composer | |
| Victor | B-19524 | 10-in. | 3/28/1917 | The Virgin's slumber song | Julia Culp | Contralto vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | CVE-43988 | 12-in. | 5/16/1928 | Silvia | Elva Kalb | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-51032 | 10-in. | 3/15/1929 | Mariä Wiegenlied | Mrs. William H. Greene | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-51112 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | The virgin's slumber song | Martha Golden | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | CVE-63627 | 12-in. | 9/5/1930 | Die Forelle (The trout) | Amelita Galli-Curci | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | CVE-67792 | 12-in. | 1/14/1931 | Dream song | Elsie Baker ; Myrtle C. Eaver ; Lucy Isabelle Marsh | Female vocal duet, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BS-88972 | 10-in. | 5/21/1935 | Virgin's slumber song | Bruno Reibold | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-89272 | 10-in. | 4/8/1935 | Maria Wiegenlied | Pearl E. Gehner | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | LCS-100354 | 12-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 4/6/1936 | Marias Wiegenlied | Martin W. Bush ; Mable Allen Smails | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BS-0927 | 10-in. | 10/2/1936 | Marias Wiegenlied | John De Blois Wack | Baritone vocal solo, with cello and piano | composer | |
| Victor | BS-051839 | 10-in. | 7/10/1940 | The virgin's slumber song | Leo Rosenek ; Kerstin Thorborg | Contralto vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Victor | BS-071935 | 10-in. | 2/18/1942 | Ballet suite : Waltz | Jack Lowe ; Arthur Austin Whittemore | Piano duet | composer | |
| Victor | D5RB-0721 | 10-in. | 4/3/1945 | The Virgin's slumber song | Macklin Marrow ; Blanche Thebom ; Victor String Orchestra | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | [Trial 1915-04-01-03] | Not documented | 4/1/1915 | Wiegenlied | Donald MacBeath | Instrumental solo, with piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 140160 | 10-in. | 12/3/1924 | The Virgin's slumber song | Barbara Maurel | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Columbia | W141951 | 10-in. | 4/12/1926 | Mariä Wiegenlied | Maria Kurenko | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | 10270-10271 | 10-in. | 4/4/1923 | Maria’s Weigenlied | Claire Dux | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Brunswick | E29520 | 10-in. | Mar. 1929 | Maria’s Wiegenlied | Edward Goll | Piano solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | E19381-E19383 | 10-in. | 5/27/1926 | Maria’s Wiegenlied | Claire Dux ; Frederic Persson | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| Brunswick | 1767½bm | 10-in. | 1930 | Gloria in excelsis Deo | Paul Hebestreit | Organ solo | composer | |
| Edison | 8442 | 10-in. | 5/5/1922 | Standchen | Frieda Hempel | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
| Gramophone | 0RA880 | 10-in. | 11/14/1935 | Mariä Wiegenlied | Barnabáš von Géczy Orchester | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Gramophone | BR1362 | 10-in. | 5/27/1927 | Allein Gott in der höh’ sei her’ | Alfred Sittard | Organ solo | arranger |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Reger, Max," accessed January 7, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102535.
Reger, Max. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 7, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102535.
"Reger, Max." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 7 January 2026.
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LCNAR: Reger, Max, 1873-1916 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79108398
Wikidata: Max Reger - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q57139
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Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/42907 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/42907
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