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Max Reger

Three Suites op. 131d for Viola solo

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Max Reger

Three Suites op. 131d for Viola solo

Franz Beyer (Editor)

Urtext Edition without fingering, paperbound

Viola solo

Pages 24 (III+21), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm

Weight 120 g

HN 468 · ISMN 979-0-2018-0468-2

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Max Reger’s reception of Bach was not limited to the organ and orchestra. Like Bach, Reger wanted to compose sonatas and suites for a solo string instrument that were not merely études, but rather presented a compositional compendium. Among them are his three Suites for viola solo op. 131d. Reger published these in the last year of his life, 1914/15, together with Six Preludes and Fugues for violin solo, Three Duos in Ancient Style for two violins and Three Suites for violoncello solo, grouping all these works under the opus number 131. The present Urtext edition of the Suites for viola solo op. 131d is based on the first edition of 1916, which was prepared using the now lost manuscript. The editor discusses all the divergences between this edition and the first edition in his preface and Critical Report.

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Suite g minor op. 131d,1

Suite D major op. 131d,2

Suite e minor op. 131d,3

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About the Composer

Max Reger

Late-Romantic composer who combines a chromatic tonal language with Baroque and Classical forms, thus anticipating 1920s neoclassicism.

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The three "Viola Suites" immediately follow on from his "Six Preludes and Fugues for Solo Violin", three "Violin Duos" and "Three Suites for Solo Cello", and the intention was presumably to complete this cycle with a few works for the viola. ... However given Reger’s propensity and understanding for the instrument, this is by any yardstick, a stalwart work in the viola repertoire and eminently playable and listenable. This Urtext edition is based on the first Simrock edition of 1916. A preface details any small deviations from the Original text that were made in the interests of clarity. Henle here adopts its usual fastidious attention to veracity and critical scholarship.

Stringendo, 2003