Max Reger
Oster-Motette
Lasset uns den Herren preisen for Mixed Choir a cappella
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Max Reger
Oster-Motette
Lasset uns den Herren preisen for Mixed Choir a cappella
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SSATB)
- Composer Max Reger
- Lyricist Johann Rist
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher Breitkopf & Härtel KG
- Order no. CHB5388-02
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Description:
Max Regers Easter Motet was probably composed in October 1911 as a commission for the Chorbuch für die Kirchenchöre Sachsens [Choirbook for the Church Choirs of Saxony], which was published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1912. Hence, the piece was composed around the time Reger took up his position as kapellmeister of the orchestra at the court of Meiningen, a position he had deeply desired. In this work, Reger sets a baroque text from the "Himmlische Lieder" [Celestial Songs] of 1641 by Johann Rist (1606-1667) to music for five-part choir a cappella. These lyrics were not found in the hymnbook of the regional church of Saxony, but in others, such as Hanover.