Tuesday, March 19, 2024

March 19 - Max Reger (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous postings for March 19th may be found here:  Max Reger (2019), Josef Matthias Hauer (2020), Robert McFerrin Sr.; Max Reger (2021), Max Reger (2022), and Max Reger (2023)

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Max Reger (19 March 1873 – 11 May 1916) was a German composer who had an unrivaled command of counterpoint and late Romantic chromaticism.  Critical opinion varies as to whether this was for better or for worse.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's Not the Destination, but the Journey

Max Reger like to show that he

Could obfuscate tonality.

He’d start and end within a key

Like C, or D, or G, or E,

But in between was found to be

In complications, floating free,

A boater on a stormy sea.

 

 

 

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